.... Philip, are these data going to form the basis on an article
somewhere? A fascinating analysis and if so, would be interested to know
when and where we might see the final result.

Martin.

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
... Philip, are these data going to form the basis on an article
somewhere? A fascinating analysis and if so, would be interested to know
when and where we might see the final result.

Dunno, Martin. I always find it takes much longer than you think to write
things up for publication ... for instance you can't say things like "...
the
increase in frequency of southerlies in October and November is
consistent with the rise in mean temperature, but there seems to be
no correlation between the southerly index and temperature in
December which is probably because winter southerlies can be
either warm or cold ...", without providing statistical chapter and verse.

However, I suppose a " drawing attention to" type of article, rather
than an "explaining why" one, might not be so demanding. I'll let you
know if I do.

pe

"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...
Thanks for that, Philip; must've been quite a bit of work. It would
be
interesting to know what the temperature regime has been in the last 50
yrs
over western Russia or say, Finland. From your figures, an even more
dramatic
warming than over the UK would seem likely.
Could you do (or have you done) a similar exercise for July? In my
21-yr
record here in Surrey July is now quite markedly the driest month (5.6% of
the
total) of the year. Yet in the fifties such a notion would have seemed
preposterous. The night-time French imports of thunderstorms which one
could
happily rely on a few times a year after a hot spell in the 50's and 60's
are
now pretty well unknown. These facts make me think there has been quite a
change in the mean circulation for July and I wonder if this could be
confirmed.

I have produced the mean monthly charts for July but I haven't looked
at the detail yet. A cursory "eyeball" examination indicates comparatively
little change. Feb, Apr and May are the big ones. I'll get round to doing
them month-by-month.

pe

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
.. .
snip.

However, I suppose a " drawing attention to" type of article, rather
than an "explaining why" one, might not be so demanding. I'll let you
know if I do.

.... you've obviously done (and are doing) a lot of work on all this and
I'm sure many of us would find a 'drawing attention to' article will
provide much food for thought ;-)

Anyway, all the best.

Martin.