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Old March 16th 13, 11:33 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Cornwell[_4_] Dave Cornwell[_4_] is offline
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Default Blizzards next weekend?

Howard Neil wrote:
On 16/03/2013 08:25, Eskimo Will wrote:
ECMWF and now GFS quite bullish about possibility of blizzards next
weekend over northern England as fronts push north into -5C to -10C air
at 850 hPa. Strong easterly winds. UKMO much less keen but ECM ensembles
quite solid for two runs now. Interesting mild/very cold battleground
coming up I reckon, but where will it be? Southern England, northern
England, Scotland?
Gobsmacking too how GFS keeps the polar jet running way south into North
Africa right into April, not good news for our farmers who could be
really struggling in a week or two :-(

Will


Yes, it does look bad for the farmers. The arable farmers need warmer
temperatures while the livestock farmers need less precipitation. Both
look like losing out.:-(

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Yes despite a relatively dry year so far here (95mm) the ground is still
saturated.
Dave, S.Essex