On Dec 22, 10:48*am, Richard Dixon wrote:
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

Wouldn't that depend on what the surface temperatures are at that
particular time - with little influence from the sun temeratures could
be at or close to freezing at ground level - and not particularly
pleasant right on the coast?