That's a mess!
I think we have to go by what the met office say "wintry outbreaks' - Met never mention about any return to prolonged mild weather. We just can't continue believing the models when they flip flop every 6 hours. As soon as you see an easterly on the GFS it get's washed away by the next run or get's pushed back, whilst another model shows an easterly and it's member run like control/para shows mild - and vice versa. It's frustrating. I don't think I have experienced a winter with such huge swings in the model output every 6 hours.
It's not even worth discussing unless there is some cross model agreement. Surely the Met are more accurate and have access to more data/computer models than we do. I mean we all know models can flip and there are set backs but this is the case every 6 hours isn't it? Or maybe we should just focus on the short to medium term models like GEM, ECM and Icon. GEM doesn't flip so wildly but at the same time , the time is ticking for us to get an easterly...?
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Sean Moon
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