"Peter Clarke" wrote in message
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I note that the Met Office is due to publish its LR forecast for the
remainder of the winter tomorrow and I thought I would get in my '
twopennyworth' first.

This is, I hope, sensible guesswork, based on experience of past winters
and my ' gut
' feeling - which is not infallible. Here goes:-

February will again have temperatures above normal, but it will be more
anticyclonic and drier than January. The anticyclonic spells will
probably have ' High' centres
close to Ireland, and central/ south-east Europe.One or two
brief northerly outbreaks will chiefly affect Scotland, - of course.
Several springlike
days can be expected in the south , probably with temperatures up to 16c,
especially in the second half of the month.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom
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I wouldn't argue with that. Looking at the charts and knowing the way things
are these days no sensible person is going to predict severe cold (Piers,
you can take a comfort break at this point). Predicted cold generally hasn't
materialised while forecast mildness rarely seems to be turned on its head.
We'll see, but I know where my money's going. (Down the drain, at the
moment, actually :-( )

Dave