On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:39:35 -0000, "Alastair McDonald"
wrote:
But if it is going to bring us cold weather surely the stratwarm
has to
happen at the right longitude.

It's a bit more complex than that. A disruption to the zonal flow
anywhere in our hemisphere will have a downstream effect right round
the globe - dependent on the strength and the orientation of the
disruption. I doubt there is a 'right' longitude.

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