date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:29:32 -0000
from: "Folland, Chris" <chris.folland@metoffice.gov.uk>
subject: RE: This and that
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

Phil

Please email a scan of your 1988 article. There has been some debate re
seasonal f/c about whether serious N. Atlantic/Europe blocking might
develop in next 3 weeks. There is a stratospheric warming occurring and
a moderate if slightly fading El Nino which are conducive between them.
But only a moderate signal exists in principle.

Chris 


Prof. Chris Folland
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Kingdom 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] 
Sent: 04 January 2007 16:15
To: Folland, Chris
Subject: RE: This and that


  Chris,
     Will do. As long as you refer to my Climate Monitor article from
1988!
  Co-ordination worked fine on the 2006 numbers this year. So let's
  try and get the forecast in this time. Also , hopefully, we will be
able to
  say how successful it will be.

    I just checked our web checking thing on google. There are over
  150 with me, CRU and UEA in, in the last 3 hours! It seems as though
  the US has finally woken up.

    The funniest one was a British one, which also got a forecast from
  Piers Corbyn, who said it will be snowing by mid-Jan. Several have
  emailed in responses, saying he said that for mid-Dec as well!!

  Cheers
  Phil


At 16:01 04/01/2007, you wrote:
>Phil
>
>It will be done and its now second paper on the list. You can be a 
>reviewer! The amount of admin here has risen several fold this year and

>my group has expanded by 1/3rd since Tuesday. Discuss sometime.
>
>Your own forecast has merely served to increase the profile of mine 
>here and everywhere else it seems! So don't worry - but next year we 
>should consult on this. The 2007 forecast got delayed here for 
>technical admin reasons - and Defras nervousness to some extent.
>
>Chris
>
>
>Prof. Chris Folland
>Head of Climate Variability Research
>
>Met Office, Hadley Centre, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter, Devon  EX1 3PB United 
>Kingdom
>Email: chris.folland@metoffice.gov.uk
>Tel: +44 (0)1392 886646
>Fax: (in UK)  0870 900 5050
>         (International) +44 (0)113 336 1072) 
><http://www.metoffice.gov.uk> Fellow of the Met Office Hon. Professor 
>of School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
>Sent: 04 January 2007 13:51
>To: Folland, Chris
>Subject: This and that
>
>
> >  Chris,
>
>
>       Hope your PC is back!
>
>        May be worth considering writing up the Global T forecast
>   method for a short paper.  It seems to have generated a lot of 
>interest.
>   Likely to get more each year, as with a 0.2 deg C trend per decade,
>   each El Nino event could make that year the warmest. Also
>   it could discuss the independence (or not) of El Nino from global
>   warming. Last is most difficult.
>
>       It would be better to try and keep the forecast together with
the
>   annual summary in one press release. Gets it over with in one go.
>
>       Finally success with David Warrilow. He's found the said
>   DoE report from ages ago and is sending me a photocopy.
>   Also Geoff Jenkins and John Mitchell have been asked if they
>   can provide any more insight !
>
>   Cheers
>   Phil
>
>
>
>
>Prof. Phil Jones
>Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
>School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
>University of East Anglia
>Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
>NR4 7TJ
>UK
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Prof. Phil Jones
Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
University of East Anglia
Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
NR4 7TJ
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