On 12/05/11 18:44, Will Hand wrote:

wrote in message
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Global warming discussions aside, whats the immediate cause of this very
dry weather we've been having this year? I read in a paper a while back
that lack of ice in the artic might be a partial cause.

Prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking.

Will
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Ah, but what is causing the prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking?

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
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On 12/05/11 18:44, Will Hand wrote:

wrote in message
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Global warming discussions aside, whats the immediate cause of this very
dry weather we've been having this year? I read in a paper a while back
that lack of ice in the artic might be a partial cause.

Prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking.

Will
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Ah, but what is causing the prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking?

Part climate change, part synoptics and possibly SST patterns.

Will
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In article ,
says...
Global warming discussions aside, whats the immediate cause of this very
dry weather we've been having this year? I read in a paper a while back
that lack of ice in the artic might be a partial cause.

Prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking.

Will
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Ah, but what is causing the prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking?

Part climate change, part synoptics and possibly SST patterns.


Which, of course, is a direct result of the dry weather we've been
having this year.

--
Alan LeHun

On May 12, 7:55*pm, Adam Lea wrote:
On 12/05/11 18:44, Will Hand wrote:



wrote in message
...
Global warming discussions aside, whats the immediate cause of this very
dry weather we've been having this year? I read in a paper a while back
that lack of ice in the artic might be a partial cause.

Prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking.

Will
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Ah, but what is causing the prolonged atmospheric Atlantic blocking?

No-one knows is, unfortunately, frustratingly and very interestingly,
the answer, or someone would be able to predict whether it would
happen with some success. No-one yet can. *))

On May 12, 4:01*pm, Giovanna Stefani
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On Thu, 12 May 2011 14:49:02 +0000, boltar2003 wrote:
On a related topic, where is all our rain going? Unless there's been *

less evaporation from the ocean it must be heading somewhere.

The quick answer is 'I have it'.
It has been raining hard here for much of the day so far.
While we did have a warm and dry spell, and I needed to water my wild
strawberries on three consecutive days, there is no shortage of the wet
stuff here.

--
Gianna
buchan-meteo.org.uk

Yes, much of the country has had above average rainfall and totals in
Scotland and many areas in the west have had well above average
rainfall so far in May. The rain has been patchy and showery though
and although many sites have had plenty of rain, even places in the
wetter areas have missed out. We are one of them. It's bone dry here
and my water butts are empty again. Philip's analysis to the 11th
shows the variation in rainfall between areas, but doesn't show the
intra-area variations. East Anglia has been particularly dry, so some
areas appear to have had showers today. Again we've missed out in
South Devon. 8((.

http://www.climate-uk.com/page2.html