On Sep 17, 1:57*pm, "Dartmoor Will" wrote:
"Teignmouth" wrote in message

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Link to an article in the Torbay Herald Express, about the Met Office
getting better at predicting 'Big Freezes'.

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Bi...s-better/story...

Remember all the grief I got on here last winter for talking about
stratwarms and links to severe winters?

No.

Unfortunately at the time I had to keep my gob shut about the research and
the way it was potentially pointing.

Jesus he say:
Whgat you hear whispered in corners shout from the rooftops.
(Mind you, he never made it to retirement.)

Ah well that won't happen now.

Do tell.

What a
phenomena known as sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs).

These "usual westerly winds in the stratosphere" 10km to 50km above
the ground known as sudden stratospheric warmings. And how do they
"stop or reverse, causing a knock-on effect at surface level."?

Westerly winds blowing warm air from the North Atlantic across
Northern Europe are blocked, causing extended periods of very low
temperatures.

Some sort of Block eh?
Nothing to do with the stuff at sea level, perchance?

Do they know what numbers to put on the model to account for the
Japanese seismic activity engendered?