"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:52:28 -0000, peter clarke wrote in


I forgot to add:-
What were the temperatures on 23 December, Mike? By this time the
freezing
weather had reached England.

Again my diary shows;

Maxima: Oslo -12C, Stockholm -1C, Helsinki -1C, Moscow -8C,
Warsaw -6C, Belgrade -8C, Sofia -7C, Zagreb -7C, Berlin -7C, Munich -14C,
Prague -10C, Paris -5C, Brussels -6C, Bordeaux -7C, Madrid 1C, Nimes -5C,
Brest 2C. Coastal Norway was 6 to 7C. Tromso 6C. Iceland -2 to 3C

In the UK as follows:

Maxima: Gatwick 1C, Cardiff 0C, Birmingham -1C, Watnall -1C, Newcastle 1C,
Manchester 0C, Glasgow 1C, Leuchars 0C, Tiree 6C, Lerwick 8C, Belfast 2C
and Valentia 4C.


Warm air was flooding up into west Scandinavia and thence into NE Europe.

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 12/13/2009 2:09:40 PM GMT

Thanks Mike; interesting figures..
Peter