On Jan 5, 4:39*pm, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Without drawing global warming into it, do you have an impression that
certain weather types, if any, in your area have become less frequent.
Until this week I would have said gales and that probably is still true
to a large extent. The lack of snow showers off the North Sea,
particularly any giving significant falls of snow and perhaps violent
thunderstorms with associated downpours and flash flooding are the most
significant here.

Night-time French thunderstorm imports in S/SE England - a regular
staple of summertime fear for me when growing up in the 1980s !

Richard