On 21 Oct, 13:21, "Col" wrote:
"Bonos Ego" wrote in message

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Look what I have just found, 31st October 1946
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...lp19461031.gif

1946/7 Winter was one of the coldest & snowiest winters on record.

Forecast GFS 26 October 2007
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1201.png
Paintshop link:
http://s2.excoboard.com/forums/16030...331/407209.jpg

Spot the difference, albeit 6 days out.

Sheer coinincidence. Look at enough charts over the years and
you are bound to find some that look uncannily similar.
And let's face it with high pressure extending from the east over
the UK the distribution of highs/lows around it is always going
to follow the same general pattern.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

It's also very easy to pick 1 element that's the same. North Atlantic
Sea temperatures, arctic ice extent, etc etc paint a very different
picture.

Graham
Penzance
(where we've yet to record a maximum 15C this autumn, though there
have been a number of near misses since mid Sept.)