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[OBS] Niton, Isle of Wight - Mon 8th Aug 2022
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Nigel Paice
Aug 8, 2022, 2:31:09 PM8/8/22
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1800Z: 21006KT 45KM 1CU060 (1CI300) 21.2/13.6 QFF 1026.5 steady
SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
be floating above the horizon. Wind E'ly F3-4, veering
slowly around to SW'ly F2-3.
RH 62%. Rainfall (0600-1800Z) nil. Max temp today 23.6
Nigel (Niton, Isle of Wight)
101m amsl
SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
be floating above the horizon. Wind E'ly F3-4, veering
slowly around to SW'ly F2-3.
RH 62%. Rainfall (0600-1800Z) nil. Max temp today 23.6
Nigel (Niton, Isle of Wight)
101m amsl
John Hall
Aug 8, 2022, 3:37:19 PM8/8/22
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In message <jld339...@mid.individual.net>, Nigel Paice
<nigel...@sky.com> writes
Presumably the sea is relatively cool compared to the air, and so has
cooled the lowest level of the atmosphere, creating a temperature
inversion which results in the mirage.
<snip>
--
John Hall
"Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
<nigel...@sky.com> writes
>1800Z: 21006KT 45KM 1CU060 (1CI300) 21.2/13.6 QFF 1026.5 steady
>SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
>Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
>
>Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
>at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
>and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
>strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
>be floating above the horizon.
That sounds like a "superior mirage": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage#Superior_mirage
>SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
>Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
>
>Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
>at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
>and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
>strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
>be floating above the horizon.
Presumably the sea is relatively cool compared to the air, and so has
cooled the lowest level of the atmosphere, creating a temperature
inversion which results in the mirage.
<snip>
--
John Hall
"Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Nigel Paice
Aug 9, 2022, 11:38:23 AM8/9/22
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On 08/08/2022 20:27, John Hall wrote:
> In message <jld339...@mid.individual.net>, Nigel Paice
> <nigel...@sky.com> writes
>> 1800Z: 21006KT 45KM 1CU060 (1CI300) 21.2/13.6 QFF 1026.5 steady
>> SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
>> Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
>>
>> Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
>> at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
>> and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
>> strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
>> be floating above the horizon.
>
> That sounds like a "superior mirage":
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage#Superior_mirage
>
> Presumably the sea is relatively cool compared to the air, and so has
> cooled the lowest level of the atmosphere, creating a temperature
> inversion which results in the mirage.
>
> <snip>
That's it exactly, a superior mirage. Thank you for the explanation
> In message <jld339...@mid.individual.net>, Nigel Paice
> <nigel...@sky.com> writes
>> 1800Z: 21006KT 45KM 1CU060 (1CI300) 21.2/13.6 QFF 1026.5 steady
>> SYNOP: 32783 12106 10212 20136 40265 55000 81101 333 10236 81856=
>> Beaufort letters (1700-1800Z): b
>>
>> Dry with unbroken sunshine again. Cloud nowhere nearby
>> at any point today; just some distant Cu to the north
>> and Ci to the southwest. Very good visibility with a
>> strange phenomenon whereby sea-going vessels appear to
>> be floating above the horizon.
>
> That sounds like a "superior mirage":
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage#Superior_mirage
>
> Presumably the sea is relatively cool compared to the air, and so has
> cooled the lowest level of the atmosphere, creating a temperature
> inversion which results in the mirage.
>
> <snip>
and the link. I do see this phenomenon on occasion, but yesterday's
'elevated' ships were particularly well-defined.
Nigel
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