On 15/02/2014 17:42, exmetman wrote:
That David Shukman has done several reports on the recent extreme weather that amuse/infuriate me. You know the one were he gleefully tells the viewer that the jet stream this winter has been working like a giant weather factory/machine churning out storm after storm on a conveyor belt and firing them at the UK...

cue graphic of jet stream

David, welcome to the world of the weather, its always worked like that, and thankfully will always continue to work like that, as long as the sun is there to keep it going.


It doesn't normally fire them right at the UK though, if it did then the
rainfall amounts and storminess we've seen this winter would be classed
as normal. That last bit about "firing them at the UK" is important.