"Scott W" wrote in message
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I've been offline for the past couple of days but the situation
developing on the models looks very serious indeed for north-west
Europe and Scandinavia - I realise that the Norway and Sweden are used
to such conditions but this looks severe even by their standards -
especially with the run of mild winters up until a couple of years ago

I agree and the last few weeks will have only served to pre-condition the
ground for what's to come and of course many areas are still buried under it
all
http://metofficenews.files.wordpress...10/12/snow.jpg
- presumably they'll be a thaw over the weekend with air temperatures
broadly in the range +6 to +8.

Jon.