"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Well the promised snow (moderate confidence) and cold weather did not
materialize. It did get as far as Denmark and Shetland but then ground to
a halt
as the Atlantic once again re-asserted its influence.

Interesting to note that the MetO Global Model offered fairly consistent
guidance in the leadup to this week, Will. While other operational models
tended to flip from one solution to another (a bit like our probabilities
;-) the GM appeared to maintain the mild unsettled solution for the UK
throughout.


Yes cheers Jon. That pleases me immensely. The Met Office now have some cracking
models!

The GM still just about holding on to 2nd place here
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ST.../aczhist6.html

NWP has come a long way in my lifetime, I remember the 10-level Rectangle in the
1970s which tried to predict UK rainfall up to 24 hours ahead, it was good in
its day, but the errors would have given Lawrence a field day on here!

Will.
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