In uk.sci.weather on Thu, 31 May 2007, Citizen Bob wrote
:
I much prefer warm weather from a cool source, if that makes any
sense...

I think it does, actually, in that I would think that the humidity is
likely to be lower.

Isn't that the most common mechanism - cool dry air is heated
adiabatically when it sinks to the surface in a high pressure region.

In America cold air from the northwest passes over the Rockies and
loses moisture due to precipitation when it rises. Then it heads south
and sinks, thereby warming up.

You mean the fohn effect?

That is the cause of many of the UK's record high winter temperatures.
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