John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Dave Cornwell writes:
Without drawing global warming into it, do you have an
impression that certain weather types, if any, in your area have
become less frequent.

I have the impression that the traditional polar maritime type has
become rarer than it used to be, at least in SE England and especially
in winter. I believe it used to be the commonest type. That said, we've
had a day of it today, though windier than usual.
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It's interesting you should say that - I remember making a similar
comment on here a couple of years ago in relationship to short term
heavy snow falls in a westerly flow and was given rather short shrift.
My generalised view of 60 years of winters in Essex, taking out the
extremes, was one of frequent wet and windy weather, rather cold with
shorter transient spells of sunny frosty weather, some snow showers
giving a decent covering and the odd heavier fall.
This winter could still be a bit like that, though the polar maritime
seems less cold.