WX temps show the mass of cold air from Russia still very much present, and part of E Europe below norm for a change, from week 1; but its advance pauses in week 2 at Poland (and a few mountainous areas further W) while it is reinforced with some very much colder air to the NE. Britain and W Europe cooler but not much so; any mildness is to be found around the coasts of Spain and the Med. Rain extensively over the Atlantic anywhere S of Norway, including Britain, and also all the way through the Med in both weeks.
GFS Op = LP on Atlantic repeatedly pushing troughs across Britain and often onwards across Europe to link up with LP over S Russia, leaving an area of HP parked over N Norway. For Britain the deepest and closest LPs are Thu 17th, Tue 22nd, Thu 24th, brief respite Sun 27th, resuming Tue 29th 950mb W Scotland.
ECM similar though less projection across Europe and finishing with a really close LP 950mb Thu 24th SW Ireland.
GEFS - normal temps and rain throughout, heaviest in the SW; control run is an outlier with an uptick in temp after 2 weeks, for the optimists to hang on to
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