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Graham writes:
Did say a few weeks ago it reminds me of the 1988/89 Winter in
which January was completely snowless with high pressure to the
South west, looks like happening again

Just a few hours later, with the latest model runs that's looking a lot
less certain. Snow is possible in the south of England as little as a
week away (on the 15th) based on the GFS 0Z operational run, though
admittedly at that point the temperature might still be a bit too high.
--
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"