In this issue of Weather

• Published in: Weather
• Main Author: Galvin, Jim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Belcher; British Mountains; Hoskins; Climate change; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wea.3425; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fwea.3425; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wea.3425; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/wea.3425; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wea.3425

This month, we focus on two papers that follow on from excellent presentations made at the 2017 Student Conference. The first of these, by James Warner, discusses the teleconnection between Arctic sea ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation. In ‘Arctic sea ice – a driver of the winter NAO’, beginning on p. 307, the effects of ice on the pressure systems of the Atlantic region are explored, showing that there is a link between the two and that further exploration of this might allow us to improve seasonal forecasts for winter. The second of these papers is a refinement of our knowledge of fog. In ‘Numerical modelling of the evolution of the boundary layer during a radiation fog event’ on p. 310, D K E Smith, I A Renfrew, J D Price and S R Dorling look at how well we are able to model the development of fog that forms under predominantly clear skies, the difficulties imposed by our lack of knowledge of some aspects of the process and how we might better predict its formation. On p. 322, Dani V and B K Pal explore ‘Climate variability and changes in local climate’ focussing on Angul (India). Here they identify trends in climatic variables consistent with a warming globe. The second in our series of short introductory papers on climate change appears on p. 332. The persistence or absence of snow on British mountains is also a well‐established marker of the weather and climate here. In the 8th of the series on p. 333: ‘Snow patches in England and Wales during spring and summer 2018’, Iain Cameron reveals that snow‐melt dates in 2018 were broadly in line with the mean, even though there was considerable snowfall across much of Britain in early spring. On p. 335, Prof. Stephen Belcher and Prof. Sir Brian Hoskins write about climate change and the summer just gone in ‘Summer temperatures 2018 – the “new normal”?’ I encourage members to vote for those whose work with and for the Royal Meteorological Society deserves recognition through one of the Society's awards. And finally, please complete the Weather journal survey ...