"Jim Smith" wrote in message
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"Dawlish" wrote in message
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Today marked the first appearance, on the gfs, of a fully fledged
European high for quite a while. , so I thought I'd post it to remind
us what one looks like. *))

Only 2 consecutive runs, so still low confidence, but there are hints
of an eastward movement of the Azores high on the 00zECM. See if it is
still there on the gfs and the ECM, at T240, later tomorrow. Nothing
particularly cold on those charts to mid-November (though obviously
colder than last week)............yet!

I'd settle for a winter of that set-up.

Keep the heating bills down, save too much disruption to the sporting
calendar or to the roads and would be good not to have to worry about
going out and getting sliced in half by an icy wind. Bit like 1988/89
really!

Boring weather-wise, I know. I don't mind a bit of snow for a couple of
days, but I hate winter generally, so just want to get through it and get
to spring!

Jim, Bournemouth

Amazing how differently people see the seasons. Winter is my favourite
season; log fires, frosty mornings, crunchy snow, penetrating icy winds,
pity about the milder more boring interludes but even they can have their
moments with exciting low pressure developments and wind. Last February was
more like winters used to be like up here, 12 consecutive days of snow on
the ground, drifting snow, 4 days unable to get the car out of the drive,
fantastic deep powder snow to play in and knife-edge situations. The most
dire set up (for me) is very high pressure over the Alps and a boring mild
and dry SW'ly airflow giving endless days of stratocumulus and temperatures
of 9 or 10 degrees. Bring on the polar maritime NW'lies with frequent snow
showers :-)

Each to their own I guess!

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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