Ken, watch your altitude- 830 feet[252 metres}. Your max temperatures in a
polar airstream with a relatively high lapse rate means several degrees
lower than most people who post in this news group. What for instance would
be the max in your area at say 50 metres or 150 feet above sea
level -certainly above freezing. Very few of the observers in the COL
network are this high up.

Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Several people have noted that temperature levels over the
last few days have been a good deal higher than had been
predicted before the cold snap began.

This is highlighted by the fac that the lowest Central England
maximum temperature this month was 4.2ºC last Tuesday
(1971-2000 mean is 6.2ºC).

In December there were six colder days.

Last January there were nine colder days.

During the winter of 1962-63 there was not a single day
as warm as this from December 22 to February 27 inc.


Hi, Philip,

I think part of the problem here is that the maximum temperatures were
"split" on Wednesday by a tongue of slightly milder air moving south. My
24hr max for Tuesday was -0.2C at 09Z Wednesday and my max for Wednesday
of 1.1C occurred a three hours later at 12Z.

The max from 1230Z Wednesday to 00Z Thursday, however, was -2.0C

The problem was that this severe spell was so short and, as far as
recording goes, will go unnoticed, as you have suggested.

ATB,


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Ken Cook, Copley (5miles north of Barnard Castle), County Durham.
830ft
http://mysite.freeserve.com/copley
(MO climat. site updated before 10Z and 19Z daily)
kencookATcopleydurham.freeserve.co.uk


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