On Jan 31, 6:49*pm, "Togless" wrote:
One of the BBC forecasters mentioned the unusual size of the high pressure
system (if that's the correct terminology) extending essentially from the
east coast of Russia all the way across Europe to the UK. *He said that he
had never seen high pressure over such a large area before. *Could anyone
please explain the significance of this - if there is any!

I am not into conspiracy theory, though of course there are good
reasons to suspect them. Mental alertness and electronic instruments
misbehaving, that sort of thing otoh....

Or maybe it is just the High saying 'bye to Paul Bartlett.

But here is someone else's take on things:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Userutchsinse
http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse

Nothing much on here yet:

http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/us...rweek=20120125
Try next Wodens Day.