
Omega blocking highs can remain in place for several days or even weeks [image credit: UK Met Office]
Bring on the loaded questions, such as ‘How does climate change affect windstorms?’ The BBC casts around for suspects, like La Niña and meandering polar jet streams, but it’s all inconclusive. Are the ‘extreme weather’ climate obsessives feeling deprived?
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By February, the UK would normally have had around three storms given names by the Met Office – just like Arwen, Barra and Callum, says BBC News.
But so far this autumn and winter, there hasn’t been a single one.
Weather patterns have been calmer across the Atlantic and towards northwest Europe. But why?