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"Keith (Southend)G" writes:
I could really do with knowing what the weather is going to be like
in January 2014 as I could do with the ground drying out a bit
around here and the Christmas period is looking wet - bah

The trouble is that the ground dries so slowly at this time of the year
that it will need quite a long dry spell. And long dry spell probably
means either high pressure or an easterly, so the ground could well
freeze solid, which I imagine wouldn't suit you.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"