Graham P Davis wrote:

Keith (Southend) wrote:

Graham Easterling wrote:
James Brown wrote:

Zonality and a high to the south look like persisting for some time -
but I am still wondering about the cold SST's in the North Sea -
summat's up, but I'm not sure what.


Cold SSTs in the North Sea?
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate...t.20061122.gif

Graham
Penzance


The cold anomaly to the south of Newfoundland is breaking up as well :-(
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SS...11.27.2006.gif
Mild mild and more b*&^%y mild.


I was never too sure about how long that cold pool would last as it seemed
to have been created by the hurricanes which moved across the area a few
months ago. In any case, I'll stick with my idea that El Nino will keep the
westerlies going and we'll have a mild, wet, winter.

Is there anywhere in the world other than northwestern Europe where the
winter months are so prone to producing an aesthetic desert :-(

I think there is hope though. December 1984 and 1986 had drab, boring
weather but the following January was much more exciting in either
case.... December rarely if ever sets the tone for the rest of the
winter, indeed in recent years good weather in December has been
followed by bad in January.

With the last January to produce significant snow in the south of
England being 1987, I certainly think we're well overdue a decent
January - hopefully we won't reach a run 20 (virtually) snowless
Januaries...

Nick