"Col" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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"Alan (North West Surrey)" wrote in message
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Or did I eat something dodgy for lunch? Kind of backed up by the
assemblies, perhaps not as extreme as the model.


Alan, the charts next week are truly amazing. The polar jet is running
well south into North Africa the Atlantic is coming well and truly
blocked with deep cold becoming established over a lot of Europe. If this
comes to fruition, and as you say ensembles are pretty solid now for the
onset at least, this could well be a really special event. The downside
for many is that Spring could be set back for weeks, especially in
northern Europe.

Excited cheers,

They're getting excited over on TWO, that's for sure!

Not sure I really share that excitement, I would if I thought it was
going to be a notable (for March)event here, but I don't think the
synoptics are right for that.
It's not even as if this winter has been 'snow-starved' here, far from it
so I'm not desperately looking for any 'last throw of the dice' winter
snow action.

True we have had some good snow this winter but this spell is shaping up to
be a long and very cold one, perhaps even the coldest of the winter. Add in
greater insolation at this time of year and we could see some cracking
convection in the deep cold air, even west of the Pennines, Col. I also
fancy the speed of onset will take many by surprise too. (Not usw
afficionados of course :-) ).
So, yes I'm looking forward to it and when it is over then we can get on
with the business of Spring and the main start of the growing season in
April (at least that is when it is up here).

Will
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