I'm hoping for the end of the lingering threat of the cold obsessives
going on and on about cold ensembles & bitter winds after T+240
that never seems to happen
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Same here, it's been going on for weeks. Why are they so obsessed, December
has gone, that was winter 2011?
They keep saying zonality is dead, but this is by far the warmest February
on record (1960-2011), as it stands after 13 days
and I can't see that changing much with more very mild weather to come,
after a few average days this week.
If my current mean for February remains close to what it is now, Winter 2011
won't be far from average, who would a thought that a few weeks ago?
Move on guys, the very cold air may return next Winter but for now it's a
distant memory.

Graham