The weather began to change intot he standard model for this phase
about 2 or 3 days ago. Initially just some drizzle then gradually
stronger showers until last night we had some heavy rain.

I noticed the Australian Tropical storm appeared the following
morning. Coincidence?

I can't say. I do know that it is a full blown wet spell here, now. We
even had some thunder this evening. We might get lucky tonight. I wish
I lived on an hill somewhere.

Now it's about to end.

Or will it? I can't say for sure what the next spell is. At about ten
to eight it could do anything.

On Dec 29, 6:24 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

I noticed the Australian Tropical storm appeared the following
morning. Coincidence?

That one looks dead in the water. It may revive tomorrow but...

The high that streched from the Arctic to very near the tropics shown
he
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/analysis/947_50.gif
seems to have split.

Probably why we had another Mag 6. Meanwhile the loop still continues
to exist only now instead of running across Canada it is curving along
the western coast and extending out to sea in the Pacific.

Meanwhile there is still a system of hight pressure areas all over
Canada. Pity I don't know if this is normal behaviour for the
continent this time of year. Maybe the equivalent of the Scandi-High?

I wouldn't doubt it for a moment except for the strange plot off
Scandinavia with a low coming from out in the Atlantic and bypassing
the one that was stationed off the Norwegian coast all this spell.

It looks like it is joining up:
http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm

They are the same pressure now. It is a little odd.

Dart Board! Dart Board!

Look at this:
http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm

No blocking high to stop it too, neither! It's like a rerun of the Mag
9 of Boxing Day two years back.

Mind you a Low between Greenland and Iceland could have filled
considerably in the week or so it might stay there.

There again that could allow the remains of the Scandi High to
dissipate even more.

Or not as the case may be.

On Dec 30, 10:04 pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

Dart Board! Dart Board!

Look at this:http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm

No blocking high to stop it too, neither! It's like a rerun of the Mag 9
of Boxing Day two years back.

Mind you a Low between Greenland and Iceland could have filled
considerably in the week or so it might stay there.

There again that could allow the remains of the Scandi High to
dissipate even more.

26th December 2004.

9.0 Mw Lat. 3.0 Long. 96.0
7.2 Mw Lat. 7.0 Long. 93.0

Different time of phase of course but we do have another large mag
due.

Or not as the case may be.