On Dec 19, 2:24*pm, "Eskimo Will" wrote:
"Nick" wrote in message

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The latest 30 day forecast seems absolutely hopeless without even a
chance of anything even slightly pleasant, never mind interestingly
cold, for the south of England for the next month. Is it now time to
write off the first half of winter 2012/13 as a hideous, damp,
Atlantic-dominated gloomfest? Is there any hope whatsoever of anything
even passably pleasant (read: dry, don't care about the temperature)
before late January?

Seems January will be the 10th consecutive unsettled month according
to that forecast. It seems possible now that April 2012-March 2013
will be possibly the wettest 12-month on record, unless Feb and March
are extremely dry.

It's the shortest day on Friday but with that forecast I suspect it'll
be February before we notice the afternoons getting even slightly
lighter.

Nick, every time I read your posts they make me feel very depressed. I'm
normally the optimistic sort but you always seem to succeed in lowering my
canker! Learn to love the rain :-)

Will
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Sorry, it's just rather depressing when I see a 30 day forecast like
that, and I do find the dampness and low light levels gets me down -
I'm just looking for a glimmer of hope and hoping that the 30-day
forecast is not as certain as it sounds! I also do appreciate - maybe
too much - the beauty of snow, frost and ice and don't like it when it
fails to materialise.

Probably the best solution then is not to look at any long-term
forecasts or models!

Nick