Checking out the 12z runs:

http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn1923.png

kicks off the cold big time.

I have the daily weather charts for the 62/63 Winter and a ridge from
Spain joined forces with a Scandinavian high, a front became retrograde
over the North Sea and the rest as they say is history!

Hmm ;-))
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James Brown