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Will Hand writes:

"John Hall" wrote in message
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I assume that there must be a lot of cloud, coupled with not much snow
cover, over southern Scandinavia and Russia? Otherwise their reluctance
to cool down is hard to understand.

Wait till Friday John (T+72) and then re-assess, the deep cold air hasn't
reached them yet!

Understood, but at this time of the year you'd normally expect them to
cool down rapidly in the absence of an Atlantic feed, even without cold
air being advected from the North.
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John Hall
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