On Dec 22, 9:57*am, John Hall wrote:
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*Richard Dixon writes:

Just wanted to be the first to use the word "Battleground" today
having just seen the 00Z EC...

Yes, the 00Z GFS and ECM seem rather to have swapped places, with the
GFS now bringing in zonality and the ECM not.

Having said that - the EC appears to drag relatively warm air off the
continent to what we might expect from such an ESE'ly:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2402.gif

Richard