"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
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From: "Richard Dixon"
Newsgroups: uk.sci.weather
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:27 AM
Subject: Battleground


On Dec 22, 11:00 am, John Hall wrote:

Yes. That's at 850mb, though, and I imagine that it would be pretty
chilly near the surface.

Good point ! And backed up by Meteogroup plot:

http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/meteo/ep...tt6-london.gif

Remarkable winter spell.

Richard

I would agree, 850mb temperatures rise significantly but the boundary
layer/surface temperatures remain chilled, especially in the east.

Jon.

As I said Jon, classic SW'ern style blizzard, big wet flakes with an
isothermal freezing layer.

Will
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