On 19 Jan 2004 10:45:28 -0800, Simon S wrote in
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Although I expected it to be windy I did not expect to see the lamp
posts swaying and hear the telegraph wires humming. Strogest wind of
the winter for this area anyway. Is there some wave effect going on
here?

It is almost certainly a lee wave effect by the Pennines. There was quite
a marked increase of wind speed with height near you (up to a mean of 55
knots at around 3000 feet) and a slightly unstable layer just above
mountain top height - above the low level inversion. The surface 15kn
westerly veered quite rapidly to a very strong NW with height.

Here is the 12z Nottingham ascent:

http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/soun...912&STNM=03354

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 19/01/2004 19:33:20 UTC
Temp +9.9C Pressure 1015mb falling slowly