[London And The South East Regional Discussion Thread - Part 3]

Just to give you all an Idea how Hard it is for the Atlantic to Remove a Block in Scandi/Russia.

1982 was a pretty decent Winter with generous amounts of Snowfall, Blocking really took hold at the end of January and during February the Atlantic tried and tried to smash through, I remember as a 10 year old watching the BBC Forecasts and them saying Milder next week but the Block refused to budge and it took a whole month for it too finally win out, the Block back then was a measly 1035 Millibars but just look at how it performed. By March 1st Winter was over with the Atlantic Winning through but there were numerous Battle Royale's with the Block refusing to budge.

So is it going to be easy this time for Mr Atlantic, one thing on it's side this year is the amazing power of the Jet Stream since October!

- Looks similar to Matty's Post earlier eh ? 31st Jan1982

- Azores Ridge settles over Uk but trending towards Scandi

- Block Set-Up to our East

- Ut oh Only 1 Winner Now Mr Atlantic - I bet if we had Forums the knives would be out!

- Wrong!!!! Block repels attack Number 3 I think it was by this stage

- Think this was Attack Number 5 by this stage Just gathering in the Atlantic

- By now the Atlantic was getting Savvy so a Double Team over the Top tried to break the 1 Month Hold the Block had!

- And finally by March 1st the Block had gone and that was the end of Winter as the Atlantic had steam rollered through

My point being is do not under - estimate this Block and how long it could hold or indeed fight back, If the Atlantic wins this battle I expect some kind of High Pressure to re assert itself during Mid February

Paul S

Paul,a fascinating read,but was the High Pressure you talked about in the same position/orientation?...does this have an effect?

Regards