"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:


"Graham P Davis" wrote :
John Hall wrote:
Philip Eden writes:
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The main anomaly centres we
-19mbar over Novaya Zemlya and Finland
-9mbar over the Labrador coast
+9mbar over the Atlantic between Ireland and the Azores
+8mbar in the central Mediterranean

That -19mbar anomaly seems remarkably large. Does it represent any sort
of a record?

January and February 1963 both had anomalies of a little more than +30
over
Iceland.

Well, Jan '63 did, but not February. There was a -30mbar anomaly
south of Iceland in February 1990. In January 1983 the anomalies
ranged from -24mbar SE of Iceland to +18mbar in Biscay.


My memory must be playing tricks again. I was sure the charts I'd seen had
similar anomalies for both months. It's only about 35 years since I last
saw them so I can't think why I got it wrong. Mind you, I've been quoting
this "fact" for the past 34 years so perhaps it was short-term memory-loss
that was to blame.


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Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
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