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RK writes:
On Dec 11, 12:04*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:


No/yes (without looking at the vid.)


You seem rather bullish still, Will. Based on the current models and
today's Met Office update, at least it seems this spell won't be the
usual "short cold blast and a toppler" of many recent winters. I think
the pattern could stay rather blocked for some time, as you suggest.
However the actual cold air does look to be in rather short supply -
the extreme blasts of -15C uppers from the NE as modelled a few days
ago look more likely to be fairly slack wafts of -5 to -7 instead. But
of course the longer the pattern stays, the more things could
improve...

The 12Z GFS ensemble looks colder than most of its immediate
predecessors, the mean 850mb temperature getting down to around -10,
though not until about 6-7 days hence.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
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