"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
John Hall writes:
In article ,
Philip Eden writes:
So, are Januarys in the UK more "westerly" than ever before?
Apparently not. Lots to get your teeth into here.
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Fascinating. Whilst there are periodic oscillations, it's hard to spot
any long term trends. When did surprise me was that Westerliness seemed
to be at an all-time around the early 1970s, when we were having a run
of mild winters.

Oops! Please read "what" for "when" and insert "low" after "all-time".
And in spite of the season, I was stone-cold sober at the time.
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I know ... fingers seem to have a life of their own sometimes,
don't they? I find spellcheckers offensive, so it is always
necessary for me to read through posts before I hit the send
icon, but sometimes I'm too lazy, sometimes I forget, and
sometimes I still misss the typo.

Back on topic, I was surprised that the 1980s-1990s didn't
produce record westerliness ... but this is more than
compensated for in the February graphs which will appear
shortly.

Philip Eden