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The Jet Stream has been stuck in its current position as far north as Greenland since about August with very little fluctuation or sign of it moving south. In winter it should be down over France blocking warm high pressure from Africa and allowing in cold air from Siberia and cool wet low pressure air from the Atlantic. Instead it’s allowing warm air from Africa over Britain. As a result this autumn has been very dry in the south west and mild. Today 29/12 it’s reached 17°C! Is there any reason why the Jet Stream has got stuck? El Niño or El Niña? There seems to be little hope of it moving much at all over the next few months. Will that mean droughts and a very long hot summer next year?

I can remember winters from 1996-1999 being a lot cooler than now, but generally without snow in southern England. They were by a large wet and relatively mild but certainly not as warm as they are now. Can anyone remember those 4 winters, what the average temperatures were like and the weather and were they very different to now (2015-2021)?

As I remember 2001 began with a very wet start but June was quite hot especially around 21st. A half marathon race in Torbay was described as microwave conditions. July remained warm but it got cooler and wetter in August so much that it felt like Autumn had come early. During most of the 2000s August was a cooler fresher wet autumnal like month.