17th December 10:17 and we are starting with a clean slate.

No major earthquakes and no major tropical storms. Low pressure
brackets the US and a number of Highs sit over the continent.

On the Atlantic chart very high pressure extends into Britain from
Scandinavia.and a couple of low systems extend southwards over the
North Atlantic Ridge form Greenland. Looks like volcanic activity is
going to dominate this spell.

You may wish to compare and keep an eye on hehttp://
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/us...ontent=archive
and this one for fear of tornadic stuff:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/

Previous similar spells:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgx44d4z_4hhz974mx

2002

10 to 17 Jul 2002 10:26*

1 to 8 Aug 2002 10:22

15 to 22 Aug 2002 10:12*
22 31 Aug 2002 22:29

Name Identifier Basin Start/End Date 10-minute MSW (knots)

Chata'an 08W NWP 28 June 11 July Cat 2 95
Rammasun 09W NWP 28 June 06 July Cat 2 85
Halong 10W NWP 07 July 16 July Cat 2 85
Fengshen 12W NWP 14 July 27 July Cat 3 100
Fung-wong 14W NWP 20 July 27 July Cat 1 75
Phanfone 19W NWP 11 21 August Cat 2 85

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...02/august.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ification.html

Saffir-Simpson Scale

Cat One: 64-82 knots.

Cat Two: 83-95 knots.

Cat Three: 96-113 knots.

Cat Four: 114-135 knots.

Cat Five: Winds greater than 135 knots.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml


Basin name abbreviations:-
NWP : North-West Pacific (west of 180°E)
NEP : North-East Pacific (east of 180°E)
NAT : North Atlantic
NI : North Indian (west of Malay Peninsula)
SWI : South-West Indian (west of 90°E)
AUS : Australian (east of 90°E)

1-minute MSW: Maximum sustained wind (knots) averaged over 1 minute
(JTWC Hawaii, NHC Miami, CPHC Hawaii)
10-minute MSW: Maximum sustained wind (knots) averaged over 10 minutes
(JMA Japan, southern hemisphere RSMCs and TCWCs)

2003

18 to 25 Jan 2003 10:48
No tropical storms reported he
http://www.gdacs.org/cyclones/
Seems to have been a period of weak fronts according to:
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.sc...tart=3000&sa=N

But there were a couple of large quakes. So it's worth looking closer:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...OScOLOIA&hl=en

01 02 03 10:48

18 03 03 10:34
30 Dec 2003 to 7 Jan 2004 10:03
Some sleet and snow with a lot of overcast by the look of things
hehttp://groups.google.com/group/uk.sc...wse_frm/month/
2004-01