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Dave Cornwell
Apr 3, 2012, 2:41:17 PM4/3/12
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Hopefully the News today will finally put to bed the silly arguments
about S.E bias in the News. Every news bulletin was full of news of the
freaky weather in Scotland and the North. Is it that unusual to get a
few inches of snow for a couple of days in April? Of course the heat was
exceptional. It just illustrates that the News is not bias as it was 14C
down here yet they didn't ignore Scotland. The media will always
exaggerate the effects of snow wherever it falls.
Dave, S.Essex
about S.E bias in the News. Every news bulletin was full of news of the
freaky weather in Scotland and the North. Is it that unusual to get a
few inches of snow for a couple of days in April? Of course the heat was
exceptional. It just illustrates that the News is not bias as it was 14C
down here yet they didn't ignore Scotland. The media will always
exaggerate the effects of snow wherever it falls.
Dave, S.Essex
Col
Apr 3, 2012, 3:06:37 PM4/3/12
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"Dave Cornwell" <davemc...@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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Scotland in early April, which as you say is hardly unusual, more
the contrast with the weather of the previous week.
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Col
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Brown Charlie
Apr 3, 2012, 4:11:45 PM4/3/12
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still complaining
keep it up
keep it up
Adam Lea
Apr 3, 2012, 6:15:31 PM4/3/12
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On 03/04/12 19:41, Dave Cornwell wrote:
> Is it that unusual to get a
> few inches of snow for a couple of days in April?
Where's Philip Eden when you need him?
> Is it that unusual to get a
> few inches of snow for a couple of days in April?
The snow may not be that unusual, but a 20C drop in daytime max temp in
a week probably is.
Alastair
Apr 3, 2012, 6:56:11 PM4/3/12
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Europe last week. They said that they were caused by dusty air from
the Sahara, but I find that difficult to believe. The anticyclone
would have brought air clockwise from the Atlantic, but I doubt that
there was much flow of air anyway. I still think that the warmth was
due to dry air heated on the top of the Cairngorms flowing down the
slopes and warming adiabatically. The flow was caused by the damp less
dense air rising from the lower ground as the sun burnt off the
morning mist.
Does anyone know better? Where's Dawlish when you need him? I am sure
he would disagree!
Cheers, Alastair.
Graham P Davis
Apr 4, 2012, 2:51:00 AM4/4/12
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couple of times in March. Also recall a 10C temperature drop in less
than half-an-hour one April morning
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Adam Lea
Apr 4, 2012, 3:22:58 AM4/4/12
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On 04/04/12 07:51, Graham P Davis wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:15:31 +0100
> Adam Lea<lea...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On 03/04/12 19:41, Dave Cornwell wrote:
>>> Is it that unusual to get a
>>> few inches of snow for a couple of days in April?
>>
>> Where's Philip Eden when you need him?
>>
>> The snow may not be that unusual, but a 20C drop in daytime max temp
>> in a week probably is.
>
> As I mentioned, I've seen a 20C max temp drop over three days happen a
> couple of times in March. Also recall a 10C temperature drop in less
> than half-an-hour one April morning
>
But how often does it happen? That is what defines how unusual something
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:15:31 +0100
> Adam Lea<lea...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> On 03/04/12 19:41, Dave Cornwell wrote:
>>> Is it that unusual to get a
>>> few inches of snow for a couple of days in April?
>>
>> Where's Philip Eden when you need him?
>>
>> The snow may not be that unusual, but a 20C drop in daytime max temp
>> in a week probably is.
>
> As I mentioned, I've seen a 20C max temp drop over three days happen a
> couple of times in March. Also recall a 10C temperature drop in less
> than half-an-hour one April morning
>
is, not that you have seen it before.
David Haggas
Apr 4, 2012, 3:57:42 AM4/4/12
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Not a word about London's weather this morning but then it is (yet again)
blessed with no wind and clear skies while the rest of us shiver!
http://www.abbeyroad.com/crossing
Graham P Davis
Apr 4, 2012, 6:16:21 AM4/4/12
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:22:58 +0100
Yes, it's unusual but I've got the impression from the media that they
think it's unprecedented and one hint that it might be associated with
GW.
I don't know how unusual it is; I remember one incident in the 50s and
another in the 60s and none since - until now - but there could well be
others I've forgotten. Mind you, you could probably add another if
you allow the reverse effect when in June 1975 we went from snow to
heatwave in less than a week.
I suppose it's a side-effect of growing older. Everyone bangs on about
how unusual something is and I say, "nah, seen it before, move on, get
over it."
think it's unprecedented and one hint that it might be associated with
GW.
I don't know how unusual it is; I remember one incident in the 50s and
another in the 60s and none since - until now - but there could well be
others I've forgotten. Mind you, you could probably add another if
you allow the reverse effect when in June 1975 we went from snow to
heatwave in less than a week.
I suppose it's a side-effect of growing older. Everyone bangs on about
how unusual something is and I say, "nah, seen it before, move on, get
over it."
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