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http://www.livescience.com/44754-titanic-1912-iceberg-theory-challenged.html

Just another couple of charts from the ECM control to add to BFTVs

Not sure I follow the bit about cold surface anomalies sb.

Quite an interesting site Sea ice age in 1984 vs sea ice age in 2012, http://arkgis.org/

Ozone in the stratosphere usually stays up there and protects us from UV rays but sometimes the gas enters the lower part of earth's atmosphere, affecting ground-level ozone and human health.

http://bogology.org/2014/04/11/around-the-world-in-80-peatlands/

I know. You wouldn't think that's a lawn.

Not a good example but Altocumulus at two different levels last evening.

Looking at this mornings ECM doesn't really make us much wiser. We are still looking at the cold air to the north and warm to the south with a transient ridge on Wednesday. By the weekend it's a north/south split with fresh westerlies. But this could still go either way I suspect with my limited knowledge. A trough with a plunge of colder air which seems favourite at the moment or a build up of heights from the south. Take your pick and if anyone asks me what the weather is going to be like over Easter I'll just say I'll phone a friend.

Hurricanes Likely to Get Stronger & More Frequent: Study http://www.climatecentral.org/news/study-projects-more-frequent-and-stronger-hurricanes-worldwide-16204

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2661

Fog recently cleared. Temp 9C Wind light northerly Pressure 1023mb falling

The Eye of the Storm MTSAT-2 early morning visible image of the eye of Cyclone ita.

The ECM have backtracked on their cyclonic position for the Easter weekend. Watch this space. But given it's a fine balancing act between the cold and warm air confidence must be low on any outcome at the moment.

Not really.

The claim that increasing CO2 levels may be beneficial is wrong. An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat stresshttp://www.pnas.org/content/107/21/9552.long

Streuth when I was 16 I joined the METO. Now a summer like that summer, 1959, would be ideal.

This blasted pause just won't stop pausing TempLS global temp up 0.27°C in March

Might as well add the 500 hPa anomaly. The ECM is certainly plumping for cyclonic edging the battle at this stage.

Clear skies have gone with the encroachment of a layer of Sc at about 4000ft.

A prediction of global surface temperatures if an El Niño forms this year. http://environmentalforest.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-prediction-of-global-surface.html

Fog has cleared leaving a 2/8 of Ac. Temp 5.2C Calm 1025mb falling.

http://www.rosssea.info/meteorites.html

The climate community traditionally underestimates the rate of change in the climate system, Columbia University scientist Maureen Raymo cautions, raising questions about where things will stand once everything “comes into equilibrium†with the Pliocene era atmosphere we’re now experiencing. http://climatecrocks.com/2014/04/09/new-video-maureen-raymo-welcome-to-the-pliocene/