"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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" Our Spring has been a bit of a mixed bag, and in fact we are going
through a bit of a cold spell at the moment. There is a lot of new
snow on the mountains. We do get this sort of thing mast years, and
there is little doubt that Winter is having its last fling. I crewed
for a friend on Lake Te Anau for a four day cruise. We had a great
time, and a lot of good sailing, but on the last day the snow came right
down to the lake level, which is not common. "

This might suggest that there is a lot of snow-melt coming off the land
and/or recent storminess has stirred up the water from lower down &
advected colder waters from higher latitudes as the depressions pass
away. It does seem a rather large area for snowmelt to affect, so I
would go with an enhanced storminess period.
As to "Dubai" (actually more like Qatar/Bahrain etc.), that cold patch
wasn't there a few weeks ago - the waters IIRC are relatively shallow in
the Gulf and recent storms may have again turned up colder water - there
have been reports of flooding etc., on the Iranian side of the Gulf. If
this theory is correct, it should sort itself out provided the situation
remains quiet.

Best I can do.

Martin.

Hi Martin,

The "best you can do" is fine for me ! Thanks ever so much for that. All I
can do in return is clarify the SST off SW Sri Lanka, I'm off there on
Thursday.

ATB, Joe