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The conventional wisdom about blockbuster movie sequels is that the second acts are seldom as good as the originals. The exceptions, like The Godfather: Part II or The Empire Strikes Back, succeed because they build a bigger backstory and add dimensions to the original characters. The sudden release last week of another 5,000 emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of East Anglia University​—​ground zero of “Climategate I” in 2009​—​immediately raised the question of whether this would be one of those rare exceptions or Revenge of the Nerds II.

Before anyone had time to get very far into this vast archive, the climate campaigners were ready with their critical review: Nothing worth seeing here. Out of context! Cherry picking! “This is just trivia, it’s a diversion,” climate researcher Joel Smith told Politico. On the other side, Anthony Watts, proprietor of the invaluable WattsUpWithThat.com skeptic website, had the kind of memorable line fit for a movie poster. With a hat tip to the famous Seinfeld episode, Watts wrote: “They’re real, and they’re spectacular!” An extended review of this massive new cache will take months and could easily require a book-length treatment. But reading even a few dozen of the newly leaked emails makes clear that Watts and other longtime critics of the climate cabal are going to be vindicated.

Click source to read FULL report from Steven F. Hayward

BRITAIN faces damaging new storms and the threat of snow after a weekend of 100mph winds led to the deaths of at least seven people.

Five sailors were still missing feared dead last night after their cargo ship sank off the north Wales coast in hurricane-force gales. Prince William joined a daring RAF rescue of two crew members. A third sailor was found dead later.

Weather experts predict the high winds will return tonight at storm-force strength, reaching up to 70mph in western Britain.

The experts say the first 10 days of December will also see large parts of Britain battered by strong winds and heavy rain, with snow forecast as early as Thursday...

...The Met Office said that while the East looks set to be largely dry for the first half of the week, the West is facing strong wind and rain, and the North could even see snow by Thursday

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BRITAIN’S Indian Summer is about to be swept aside as four days of gales and torrential rains batter the country. - Daily Express

The tail end of Hurricane Ophelia, currently lashing the United States, is due to hit tomorrow causing chaos with 65mph gusts.

And on top of that, an early Big Freeze is expected with an “Arctic blast bringing severe frosts” and snowfall in some areas before the end of the month.

Over the next few days there will be a risk of flooding, falling branches and damaged buildings across virtually the entire UK, weather experts said last night.

Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster at Positive Weather Solutions, said the strength of the winds could match Hurricane Katia which devastated parts of Britain last month.

“The remnants of Ophelia are gearing up to cause chaos this week and look likely to set in until the weekend with virtually the whole of the country in for a battering,” he said. “It will be coupled with torrential rain, although there will be a lull in the downpours on Thursday and Friday....Click above link to read FULL Daily Express report from Nathan Rao

See below for WeatherAction.com forecast for same period issued MID SEPTEMBER!!

BRITAIN will enjoy a surprise burst of sunshine next week with sizzling temperatures bringing the hottest autumn days for 25 years.

Experts say the thermometer could climb as high as 83F (28C) – well above average for the time of year.

And it will be the last chance this year to get those barbecues out as forecasters last night re-issued warnings of an “unusually cold” autumn after the heatwave. They say another big freeze is on the way this winter....Click above link to read FULL report from Nathan Rao

In case you have missed it, this is what Piers Corbyn had to say about a recent Daily Express Front page weather news story...

It is fair to say this Express etc stuff does annoy us. It undermines long range forecasts in general, and muddies the water so to speak. These people are filling the gap left by MetOffice 'free and wrong' withdrawl from long range forecasting.

If we hadn't disassociated ourselves from this headline-led world-salad the media would be saying 'ah but you (a sort of bag of independents inluding us at WeatherAcion) were wrong about whatever' when it goes wrong - which it will in October.

So Daily Express readers of long range weather forecasts take note, the so called "experts" who put themselves up to be put down, DO NOT INCLUDE WeatherAction.com and by all accounts its a good job they don't. The "experts" that appear in Express are just as good as the Met Office, and they gave up long range weather forecasts some time ago (although they claim to be able to tell you what will be like in 30, 50 or 100 years from now), and by all accounts, according to Piers Corbyn, October will NOT be cold in the UK!

There IS ONLY ONE company who can apply climate science for forecasting the future weather and that is WeatherAction.com, and the reason they are successful is that they DO NOT USE co2 in their models, keep up the good work Piers.

PREPARE to be battered by weeks of torrential rains coupled with 65mph gale-force winds that will end the coldest British summer for 20 years.

Last night forecasters warned that violent storms and sustained, driving rain will bring a risk of structural damage and flash floods.

If that’s not bad enough, they also warned of a big freeze – severe frosts that could hit as early as November, heralding “another cold winter”.

Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster for Positive Weather Solutions, said: “We will have a cold and frosty autumn and it looks like it’s going to be another cold winter. All the signs are there.”

And during the rest of September, analysts said, conditions would be right to bring a risk of tornadoes across the whole of the country, with the south of the Midlands particularly prone.

Mr Powell said potentially devastating gusts of up to 65mph looked set to hammer the country over the next two weeks.

“Britain is set for a real battering,” he said. “It is looking like a sliding scale of misery with torrential rain and violent storms, some of which could be near hurricane force.” According to Mr Powell a front of warm air from the Continent is set to meet cold air, which will bring the risk of tornadoes.

My response below, to the article (August 20) referenced above, has too many characters, by a factor of two, to qualify for insertion online, and is of a nature and size that there's no chance it will be published as a regular letter to the Post so I'm submitting it this way hoping that your editors will perhaps consider at least permitting longer online responses in the future..

While it’s clear that the politics related to “climate change” are “hot”, so is the science. Eilperin and Achenbach, in their front-page article (August 20) have shed no new light on the science.

The term climate, unlike weather, is meant to cover much longer time spans. In just the past 1.3 million years our planet has experienced 13 ice ages, each followed by a brief warming period. We have the good fortune to be living during a brief warming period. Climate change has been ongoing since the origin of our planet some 4+ billion years ago. It's not always pleasant. When there are no longer any reports of shrinking glaciers or disappearing ice fields the next ice age will surely be underway.

BRITAIN could be facing the hottest summer ever with temperatures hitting 101F, forecasters said last night.

Blistering heat similar to 2003 – the warmest summer for five centuries – is “a real possibility”.

But experts are warning of a lack of rain. While temperatures of 101.F (38.5C) will be welcomed by sun lovers, farmers are desperate after the driest spring on record.

Forecasters say there is no significant rain on the horizon and in June

and July, temperatures are potentially going to be consistently high. As high pressure sets in next month, bringing prolonged spells of clear skies and unbroken sunshine, the heat is likely to rise to 95F.

Paul Michaelwhite, of online forecasters Netweather, said: “It is not beyond that realms of possibility that we could see temperatures pushing up to the record 101.3F – and temperatures of 95F are certainly not out of the question.”

Updated below with comments by Piers Corbyn

MONTHS of sweltering heat will make for an almost tropical summer this year, forecasters said yesterday.

Temperatures will rarely fall below 70F (21C) for the whole of June and July. And highs of 90F are a real possibility in the first decent summer the country has seen for at least five years.

While occasional thunderstorms will turn most of the UK humid and steamy, overall rainfall is expected to be well below ­average.

That will cause concern for the water companies because large parts of the ­country have already been left parched by one of the driest springs on record.

Jonathan Powell, forecaster at Positive Weather Solutions, said: “Early indications are that this summer is not looking bad at all. We should see a return to the typical British summer in June and July with long runs of four or five beautifully warm and dry days which could end in thunderstorms.

“We are looking at something similar to 2005 and 2006 rather then the disappointing summers we have had over the past few years. It looks like this will lead to some pretty spectacular thunderstorms.”

Updated below with comments by Piers Corbyn

Last month we posted the front page of the WeatherAction.com December 2010 WE TOLD YOU SO! on the 18th December, this month we thought we would go a step further and highlight part of the front page at the START of the month.

As you can see the UK is in for more of the same.

CLICK to Purchase this month's January WeatherAction.com Forecast, and see for yourself how accurate Piers Corbyn will be.

BATTLING Britons dug deep yesterday to prove the worst snowstorms in 30 years would not dampen their Christmas spirit.

Millions braved blizzards and sub zero temperatures to crowd high streets and shopping centres as retailers reported a roaring trade.

A spokesman for the British Retail Consortium said: “We are confident people will do everything they can to go to the shops.”

Meanwhile, airports drafted in snowploughs to clear runways to make sure flights carrying holidaymakers on the great Christmas getaway were able to take off.

Huge swathes of the UK were blanketed in snow, with temperatures overnight in the Highlands of Scotland matching Siberia at -20. Night-time temperatures in the North-West of England and the Midlands plummeted to -15.

But the arctic conditions failed to deter shoppers looking for late Christmas bargains.

More than a million shoppers thronged central London’s Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street while Bluewater shopping centre in Kent employed 160 people to clear and grit the car park.