On Sunday, January 19, 2014 12:24:10 PM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 04:03:49 -0800 (PST)

David Mitchell wrote:



The 06z maintains the zonal theme and my confidence that this zonal

weather will persist to the last few days of January is rising.



That is an absolutely staggering observation.



Excuse me for butting into your friendly little conversation but I'd

like to point out that zonality is also favoured by the SST pattern

in the western N Atlantic, as it has been for most of the winter. This

doesn't guarantee that the atmosphere will continue with a zonal

pattern but it does tilt the odds in favour of that happening. It may

also explain why the models' forecasts of blocking patterns developing

have so far come to naught.

Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.

The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write

with. - MARTY FELDMAN

Your butt is welcome, so as to speak.

True and I always take notice of your SST/UK weather links and hypotheses. It's interesting and I'd like to see more research in the area - as I'm looking forward to Lockwood's next piece of research on solar/stratosphere influences. Of all the areas which may explain (and be able to forecast) our medium-term weather, these two perhaps may prove to be the strongest influences.