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Rob Brooks writes:
It would be good if you had comparisons for 1962. I think you will find a
massive difference of at least 10 or 15 C lower. These temperatures are
balmy compared with 1962, which does not lead me t o believe that anything
fromthe East is going to be that cold. We don't even see the 528 DM encroach
anywhere near the UK shores.

We are obviously going to need a prolonged easterly to bring in anything
really cold from that direction. I remember in the last week of January,
1986 the wind turned to the east after a prolonged spell of zonal
weather that had taken mild conditions deep into Europe. It took almost
a week of easterlies before really cold weather reached the UK, but it
did eventually arrive.
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