On Tue, 25 May 2004 19:54:30 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Tue, 25 May 2004 14:39:04 +0100, John Laird wrote:

If the Atlantic Conveyor does switch off -5C will be warm during
the winter think, Moscow, think -20C or lower...

Do you expect the sea around Britain to freeze ?

I'm not a climatologist but some of those that are and have
investigated what may happen do say that there will be sea ice for a
few (tens?) miles around southern Britain, let alone further north.

Agreed Moscow possibly a bad example due to it's continental climate.
How about coastal areas of Newfoundland or Labrador?

Yes, it's pretty chilly there. But presuming a roughly W-E weather
direction, they are still on the trailing edge of a continent.

The real answer is, of course, that nobody *knows*.

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