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In this scenario how would the climate of the British Isles and Western Europe change if Doggerland still existed as it did 10,000 years ago during the last at age. Doggerland was generally flat low lying land filled with streams and rivers
I am guessing it wouldn't make a great difference. Perhaps warmer summers for eastern England with no low cloud from the north sea, less snow as easterlies crossing the north sea will now be over land instead.
Similarly for Northern France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium it would mean less snow.. perhaps slightly warmer summers in Netherlands as a guess
For northern Germany i would expect warmer summers, since even when the wind comes from the Northwest i would travel several hundred kilometres overland, while today a northwest wind is literally a sea breeze for me. And for the same reason also slightly colder winters, but snowfall will probably be the same or even higher since snow from the Northwest or North can only appear here (at the area around Bremerhaven) with cold aloft air being present as in a Lake Effect.
Well I'm going to guess that winters will be cooler around 2c cooler so London may average 6c/1c instead of 8c/2c but that's not a newsworthy change, really. I think the major difference would be cold waves will be cooler and heat waves warmer than it is currently.
Assuming the North Sea is land south of the 55th parallel (the Tyne to Esbjerg, roughly) then I can see the following changes:
Much, much sunnier summers over much of England and a good chunk of Wales because of no North Sea cloud. That stuff is a serious pain in summer even here 150-odd miles from the North Sea, it ruins so many dry anticyclonic spells and it is so slow to burn off, often persisting till the afternoon even in midsummer. It probably wouldn't change average temps, days would be hotter (average maxima would probably be close to 25C in the Midlands) but nights would be cooler, especially in May-June when that stuff is particularly common. Typical monthly values of 150-180 hrs sun and 20-22C max, 12-14 min for the Midlands would become 220-240hrs, 23-25C and 9-11C. Yes please.
In winter air from the Continent wouldn't be warmed up by crossing the sea. That coming from the N and NE still would, but that is usually cold enough for snow even now. East Anglia would probably get less snow over all, but Wales and the western half of England, as well as the south coastal counties, might well get more. The reason being that with the air in place being colder, rain coming in from the west or from lows passing over or to the south would more readily turn to snow.
Anyone missing the old English climate could probably find it in Ireland.
Well I don't think it would make a large difference. However, I think my winters would be colder maybe about 4c max which to me would mean that we would probably see a wee bit more snow than rain. Also not much improvements in summer. Just sunnier
Perhaps reaching an average high of 24.5C in July.
For higher than that. 27c. Its almost 24c now
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