U.S. winter linked to Siberian snow
Winter seasonal forecasts in Europe and the United States can be
improved by paying attention to autumn snowfall amounts in Siberia, a
study has found.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20041...2439-7499r.htm

Interesting,

Now, if it is a significant find, start looking for mechanisms.
(e.g.: The position of the circumpolar vortex aloft?) Anyway, It
makes sense. The presence of snow makes a lot of difference in the
prevailing temperatures.

I have seen publications on the link between the onset (its timing) of
the monsoon over India and the snow cover of the Tibetan plateau.
This looks to some degree similar.

Mazzel & broge / kind regards, Evert Wesker
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://come.to/wesker (redirect URL, no adv's), or
http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/


On 20 Nov 2004 19:52:50 -0800, (Mike) wrote:

U.S. winter linked to Siberian snow
Winter seasonal forecasts in Europe and the United States can be
improved by paying attention to autumn snowfall amounts in Siberia, a
study has found.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20041...2439-7499r.htm

Felly sgrifennodd Evert Wesker :
Now, if it is a significant find, start looking for mechanisms.
(e.g.: The position of the circumpolar vortex aloft?) Anyway, It
makes sense. The presence of snow makes a lot of difference in the
prevailing temperatures.

And the next question is: How is this likely to affect our winter this
year? The forecast given on the web page is only for the US. Does
greater Siberian snow cover mean greater chance of snow or cool conditions
for us?

Adrian
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Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

And the next question is: How is this likely to affect our winter this
year? The forecast given on the web page is only for the US. Does
greater Siberian snow cover mean greater chance of snow or cool conditions
for us?

The UCL seasonal forecasts are based on Siberian snow cover-
http://forecast.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/for_uketrw.html

BTW this not new recent published scientific papers go back a few years,and I wldn't be surprised if
there was much earlier work that's been forgotten,

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regards,
david
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