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Old March 16th 13, 12:29 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Teignmouth Teignmouth is offline
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Default Blizzards next weekend?

Joe, I seem to remember reading in Philip Eden's 1994 Weatherwise (it's a shame he doesn't post here anymore), the reason why the Jet Stream typicaly meanders in early spring is because the contrast in temperature between the Atlantic & Continental Europe is at its minimum.

Once Continental Europe starts to warm up later in spring, the Atlantic is still relatively cool & takes longer to warm up, this creates a bigger temperature contrast heralding the return of the Westerlies.