View Single Post
  #14   Report Post  
Old August 12th 15, 06:04 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham P Davis Graham P Davis is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,814
Default Help request - clouds (on or off topic)

On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 08:42:46 -0700 (PDT)
Desperate Dan wrote:

If my memory serves me correctly, CBRs in the early 70s only recorded
up to 4000ft.


That's true, we had one at Wyton for evaluating when I joined in '62. At
nighttime, however, we could use Alconbury's searchlight to get the
height of cirrus!

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
Posted with Claws: http://www.claws-mail.org/