On 1 Feb, 11:20, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
I did this once before, after I'd completed the 1991-2000
analyses, but we now have a new decade. These are the
results for January:

1961-70
Icelandic low * * * * 1001 mbar at 58N 39W
Barents Sea low * *1007 mbar
Mediterranean low 1015 mbar
Azores high * * * * * *1021 mbar over Morocco
UK flow direction * 210°
50N00 - 60N10W 8.7mbar

1971-80
Icelandic low * * * * * 996 mbar at 61N 31W
Barents Sea low * * *absent
Mediterranean low 1016 mbar
Azores high * * * * * *1022 mbar south of the Azores
UK flow direction * 230°
50N00 - 60N10W 11.9mbar

1981-90
Icelandic low * * * * * 995 mbar at 61N 37W
Barents Sea low * * *absent
Mediterranean low 1018 mbar
Azores high * * * * * *1026 mbar between the Azores and Madeira
UK flow direction * 250°
50N00 - 60N10W 15.4mbar

1991-2000
Icelandic low * * * * * 995 mbar at 61N 34W
Barents Sea low * * *996mbar
Mediterranean low 1019 mbar
Azores high * * * * * *1023 mbar SSW of the Azores
UK flow direction * 230°
50N00 - 60N10W 15.6mbar

2001-10
Icelandic low * * * * * 993 mbar at 59N 39W
Barents Sea low * * *999mbar
Mediterranean low 1017 mbar
Azores high * * * * * *1025 mbar betw the Azores and Madeira
UK flow direction * 240°
50N00 - 60N10W 14.2mbar

Philip

Thanks Philip, an interesting summary - I've saved it.

Graham
Penzance