Speaking of 2006, I am not entirely sure what these pretty pictures show, but I was struck by how this year resembled 2009, 2006, 2004 and 1987 (albeit with an earlier start to the pattern)...
I don't have my CET anomalies to hand now, but I remember seeing that the nose of the yellow pointed to a cold March which was followed by a warm April and a cool May. What do you think?
ps, am i posting images correctly? Any other way than URL?
Thank you,
IJW