"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 11 Jun 2005 at 10:23:28, Col wrote :

I do recall discussions before on this group that the lower Severn Valley,
Cheltenham/Gloucester-Malvern-Worcester appears to be some kind
of a 'hot spot'. Certainly since my parents moved to Malvern I have noticed
it being the warmest place far more often that I would have thought, given
location in the country as a whole.

I wonder what the temperature difference would be between the Great
Malvern weather station, and the top of the Malvern Hills (about 1400ft
high IIRC)?

I wonder where the weather station is in Malvern?
I know there is somebody on this group who lives there, perhaps they
know.

Certainly it can get a bit breezy up there. I remember a couple of
Christmasses ago being on the top of Worcestershire Beacon in
a northerly situation. Nothing but a fresh breeze in the town but it
must have been a constant 70mph up there. Barely stand-upable in,
practically clinging to the triangulation point. It was pretty much at
that point where 'exhilarating' becomes 'dangerous'

Travel due east from the Malvern Hills and the next land of comparable
height you hit will be the Urals......

Col
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