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  1. Kind of want Spring to hurry on in now though and for marginal snow events (& the rain) to take a hike blum.gif

    Thunderstorms please.

    I know what you mean.There is allways a tipping point for me when i go from wanting snow and ice to sun and warmth.

    Ithink for me now,that time is nearly here.

    One last chance perhaps over the next week,10 days and then that will be it.

    Anyway the nights are getting longer,time to get outside and do stuff, not sitting with the outside light on praying for a snowflake!

  2. Indeed and another way of seeing things with my "glass half full" approach is that without the marginality that we currently have, we would otherwise be in a really boring zonal setup.

    Eh, no thank you. Time will tell of course, but chances are that we are still on the cusp of something good happening before time truly runs out.

    Yes, but with a really boring zonal setup,there's allways the chance of things changing for the better.

    At the moment,what have i got to look foreward to? oh yes i know a boring zonal set up!

    I suppose i'am just a "glass-half-empty " sort of guy

  3. And you too sir, had SNOW yesterday, did you not? blum.gif

    The brevity of the SNOW and the fact that it doesn't lay for long doesn't help matters but one should be grateful, given the number of winters we both have seen snow failure.

    Well, for about 2-3 mins at the end of a hail shower.

    But yes, you are right to see one single snowflake most winters here is lucky.

    It just makes this set up at the moment so frustrating as we dont get many chances.

  4. Here's a question for AWD and the more knowledgeable on here.

    On Wednesday we have a northerly direct from the Arctic, it's early February and yet our temps for here are progged to be 6c.

    That's not that cold for this time of the year with a direct northerly - anyone know why?

    That is the exact same question thats been bugging me.

    If you look at the SLP chart, it screams potential to me.

    This is'nt late april is it?

  5. There are three factors at play here.

    1. Prevailing wind in N hemisphere is west to east as we all know, the areas you quote are on the eastern side of a large land mass therefore will tend to be colder in winter than Scandi with its prevailing onshore winds.

    2. Sea currents are a big influence as even allowing for point 1, NW Europe is significantly warmed by the gulf stream

    3. Rossby waves (from memory I think this is correct but happy for GP, Chionio to correct), whereby the rockies deflect the jet stream tending to give SW winds across UK and NW Europe.

    Jason

    Yeah,all seems obvious when you put it in simple points.

    Feel a bit silly for asking the question now, but thankyou anyway. I've learnt something today.

  6. While it's a bit quieter here,i'll ask a question i asked a few days ago.

    Being a newbie when it comes to the models, how is it that the really cold air in the northern hemisphere always seems to be the other side of the atlantic.

    If you look at the hudson bay/newfoundland area,it's nearly allways far colder than say the north scandi siberia area.

    Why is this? they both share similar latitudes and are large land masses.

    I've got a hunch it might have something to do with the pv which seems to reside there most of the time.(this could be totally wrong though)

  7. Still a newbie when it comes to the models but iv'e got a question which keeps occuring every time i view them.

    Why is it that it always seems so much colder over in the hudson bay ,newfoundland area than north scandi siberia area?

    They are both share similar latitudes and are large land masses.

    Just allways seems those lovely purples are reserved for the other side of the pond.

    I think the answer could have something to do with the PV been located there most of the time,but i could be wrong about this.

  8. Ahaha, we like to share in the SW.

    Ian has his awesome forecasting to share. David has his famous little wave at the end of each programme at the same few seconds just before the very end of the programme. biggrin.png

    He should come and play cricket with me, his timing of the wave is impecable.

    Not so sure about his dodgy diolog as the programe ends though. Ithink it's a case of, yes we have no bananas today.

    Drives me mad.

  9. I walked into the lounge where my OH was watching the local news/weather, but muted cos he was on the phone! I couldn't understand why Ian was talking about the Channel Islands when it should be David's job! it wasn't until I saw the other presenters that I realised what was going on! Agree that they are the two best forecasters. If you want to see Emily, cornish snow, you'll have to watch Breakfast!

    I do but it's just not enough.cray.gif

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