Met Office: "The science does not exist to make detailed forecasts for temperature and snowfall for the end of this month, let alone for December or even the winter as a whole"

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Winter to be cold, say Met Office to press, with tremendous weariness RT @markpmcc: http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/responding-to-more-winter-weather-headlines/ …

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The science does not exist to make detailed forecasts for temperature and snowfall for the end of this month, let alone for December or even the winter as a whole with these types of forecasts only able to provide an indication of how our weather might change, or be different from normal, (i.e. warmer, colder, wetter, drier) across the whole UK or even Europe