Jetstream strong and over or just to the S of the UK with only slight meandering to Wed 3rd . More chaotic with big loops appearing Thu 4th, Mon 8th and Thu 11th in each case placing the loop to put UK on the cold side
http://www.wxmaps.org/pix/prec4 main feature is the amount of rain of the western coast of Europe for the next two weeks; earlier promise of cold from the east on the companion chart has come to nothing though it remains very cold in extreme N Europe
GFS - a rather messy picture with LPs bombarding the UK from Scotland to Cornwall, passing through quite quickly in each case. A bit more action when one works its way into the N Sea Mon 8th 985 mb with following N-lies; and the traditional end-of-run tease on Thu 11th with a large and deep area of cold LP covering the N half of the UK.
GEFS - around the seasonal norm to Thu 4th, above and below in the S but mostly below in the N, after which so much variability as to prevent any trend being picked out (maybe cooler for a while???). Rain to be expected on most days in the S, more clustered in the N around Thu 28th and Tue 2nd with drier interludes later.
ECM - like GFS though pressure gradients associated with the LPs tend to be smaller
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