La Bise
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When I moved to Manchester in september 95, I ended up with a very ironic weather scenario, baring in mind how much I was told about rainy Manchester...a drought and I did not see any rain (aside from the odd drizzle/light rain) until November. I remember phoning my mum from the phone box next to my old flat, in a t-shirt and explaining to her the weather (whilst Geneva was under anti-cyclonic gloom).
I'd like to add that I much rather live in the UK than anywhere of those mono-seasonnal places where the sun always shine. That would be utterly boring...
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Feel free to explain why you think so Fred, maybe a few charts from your special method alongside a few explanations might help since you seem to want to contradict GP at every turn and offers not much more than some tantalising clues about drivers behind drivers and energy peaks.
You never know, it might make you as popular as GP...
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It is very changeable but seems to reset to standard grey, windy, rainy with an alarming regularity. Days in January and July can show the same temperature profile...
Give me the sharply defined seasons of central Europe anyday, even if sometimes it becomes hard to bear (either heat or cold)...
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Got to hand it to you Peter, you truly are a splendidly grumpy chap. I read your posts in a thick NI accent for added effect...
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A big thank you to the main contributors on this thread. Not only for the insight into possible weather scenarios but also for the explanations, sometimes often repeated. The reasonning and science behind it is fascinating and leaves me with the impression of some real investigative work being undertaken. No arcane musings, no nebulous allusions to hidden drivers, no obsessive hopecasting just good solid science and a great read for anyone with an interest in weather.
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Well, the BBC test for weather forecasters is probably not going to happen. You got to love PC excuse...
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Aren't most forecast for the UK really only for the mainland with NI being on another island furhter west subject to different variables? Up to a point even the Western Isles in Scotland are far too much at the mercy of even limited Atlantic influence to be truly included in a nationwide forecast.
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Back from the freezer, 6c seems balmy compared to the -8c it was when I left gva this morning...4 days of proper cold with strong NE winds made for a shivery week-end. Higher up, my saturday ramble in -15c and gale force NE winds was, well, bracing...
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James Delingpole...I don't think you need saying anything more...
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M.Wainwright at the Grauniad must not have been paying much attention when he wrote this...It certainly does not tie up with the Met Office long range thoughts..
Milder weather is expected on Monday, and the rest of February will be unsettled, with the Met Office forecasting warmer and wetter weather taking over.The Guardian journalist must not have paid attention to the Met Office monthly forecast it seems...
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The weather remains the same in the bedroom where most people spend their time staring intensely at charts on a screen, relax...what happens outside is almost irrelevant
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My week-end is shaping up to be a proper winter experience. 20cm of snow today and maximas of -10c by friday (when I land in Gva...). Bring it on! Probably the one thing I miss the most, proper seasons... ;-)
Sorry chaps...I'll be thinking of you when there
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Some of you really need to move to another country, your fantasy weather types do not occur very often 'round here...
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Well, what a pleasure to be back up in the hills covered in snow. Decent dump on Bleaklow, surprised by the amount actually and made the walking quite difficult at times whilst today on Ingleborough, less snow but frozen solid down to lower levels.
At last...
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The Swiss media have been bigging up the incoming cold spell, mind there is a bit more flesh to the "arctic bone" when the maximas will be ranging from -8c to -11c and fresh NE/N winds will be bringing down the windchill to lower levels and that's just in the cities at low level...The usual freezer areas are bracing themselves for -30c and below (villages in valleys higher up but not very high by Swiss standards eg La Brevine at 1100m).
Bit of exotic news for you... ;-)
PS Guess who's flying there on friday eh?
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I'm in Switzerland next week-end, no doubt about what the temps will be over there...I'm packing lots of insulation!
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Peter H, what are those websites and models showing westerlies you are talking about?
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Anyone who seen the ECM 0Z run this morning could write those headlines really...It was really that good!
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Actually, it's Monbiot in the Guardian who has killed PWS...It's a rather interesting insight...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/jan/26/weather-forecasters-daily-mail
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The Met Office will get the blame...
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I concur, decisive step towards calling February cold and under easterly influence there.
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Bit weird to read the last two comments this morning...
Edit: before Rollo intervened...
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Thanks Chiono, Lorenzo, GP, etc.
It would be great if this thread does not also turn into a whinge fest because the models are not showing pretty charts baring in mind all the background work being done to stay ahead of the silliness being churned out 4 times a day...
2012 UK Drought
in Spring Weather Discussion
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The Ladybower reservoirs certainly looked very full yesterday, at least it's not parched everywhere...