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Old October 30th 17, 07:20 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Norman Lynagh[_5_] Norman Lynagh[_5_] is offline
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Default Grass minima - a question

Ken Cook wrote:

On Monday, 30 October 2017 18:51:58 UTC, Desperate Dan wrote:
When mig thermometers were used the regulation height was 2.5cm to 5cm
above ground with the thermometer bulb “just touching the tips of the
grass”. (Are mig thermometers still used?)


mig have been taken out of use at all MetO sites for H&S reasons, however
grass min thermometers are alcohol in glass and are still used at manual MetO
sites such as Copley. We have artificial and natural grass here. The
artificial normally reads higher. Ken Copley
Teesdale


We have natural green grass!

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