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  1. 15 minutes ago, smichling said:

    The system looks to have made it to London. Just. Thought It would turn away just short leaving us with not as much. However just started snowing in north London and hopefully should continue for a while. 

    Good news son! :D We were only ever going to be on the fringes of this event though, we will have to be satisfied with a few cms at best this time. 

  2. 2 hours ago, tight isobar said:

    'Neatly difined ridging'...via 6z..

    The morphing of waa-eastern usa-greenland coming into reliable time frame.

    With continue of vortex pressure punch!...

    gfsnh-0-198.png

    Early doors but an encouraging chart with the 2 disparate vortices over Canada and Siberia.

    Are there any other forecast models that are particularly useful with regards to the PV

  3. Hi all, 

    Not sure where to post this, mods feel free to move as you see fit.

    My son has always been mad keen on his meteorology, especially the severe stuff as you might expect. He's noticed something. It would appear that if the Pacific has a quiet hurricane season, then the Atlantic will have a busy one and vice-versa. He's been back through the last 30 years and with just a couple of exceptions this theory holds true, see the graph attached:

    20170910_164452_resized.thumb.jpg.82e5f027441512c1e03d9f9c1666b1ab.jpg

    Is he on to something here? Has the correlation already been spotted and studied? It seems to be glaringly obvious I must say.

    And what would we conclude? Is there a finite amount of energy available during any given hurricane season? And what implications does this have with regards to the "drivers" (eg. Solar energy, SST's, moisture content)?

    He's done a good job researching this and I'm inclined to suggest he looks into it further.

    Any thoughts?

    Steve M

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  4. Thanks to all who replied re. my question on GFS operational vs ensembles. I'm still curious - no matter what the "tweak" to each ensemble member, they nearly all diverge away from the operational at a certain point?

    Also, if that point is at the resolution change, fine. But why hasn't this happened with such consistency before? It's wierd. I can only assume it's to do with a major pattern change, with a lack of actual data coming from the crucial area ie the Arctic.

    Thanks again

    Steve Mich

  5. Can anyone explain why the GFS operational continues to have so little support from it's ensembles? It's been going on for weeks now and happens almost every run, 0z, 6z, 12z pub run - the lot.

    It's really very curious. I'm not saying it's an outright outlier, it just seems to be a very mild run at some stage time after time.

    Any thoughts anyone?

    Steve Mich

  6. As always, GP has based his forecast on sound meteorological logic, given the current scenario. I think some of those who regard the forecast as "punt" might do well to look through the forecasters track record...

    The Nina signal is very strong, and ridging in the Pacific and Atlantic looks a good call. There have been many focuses of attention over recent winters here at NW, with Sea Surface Temps, Stratospheric warming events and Oscillations all considered as primary drivers of our winter weather. I personally look to the NAO/AO as my guide. There is an element of chicken and egg to it of course, but it's mainly because the "consequences" are more short term that I favour those teleconnections.

    Top forecast, hope it comes off, because it means lots of cold sunny weather!:yahoo:

    Steve M

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