It was always fun landing at Aberdeen in these conditions:

EGPD 130950Z 28026G40KT 9999 FEW030 11/00 Q0990 NOSIG=

Splendidly turbulent wind some 60° off the runway. Real pilots'
weather.
(I don't suppose these cheapskate airlines even give out sick bags
nowadays. A quick spray of the cabin floor afterwards is apparently
considered adequate).

Note that low dewpoint of 0°C, a typical feature of foehn conditions.

Jack

wrote:
It was always fun landing at Aberdeen in these conditions:

EGPD 130950Z 28026G40KT 9999 FEW030 11/00 Q0990 NOSIG=

Splendidly turbulent wind some 60° off the runway. Real pilots'
weather.
(I don't suppose these cheapskate airlines even give out sick bags
nowadays. A quick spray of the cabin floor afterwards is apparently
considered adequate).

Note that low dewpoint of 0°C, a typical feature of foehn conditions.

Jack


There is a nice item about the Föhn effect he

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/fohn_effect.shtml

Not especially warm here today (11) although generally in keeping with
recent days.

For those with english keyboards, Alt-0246 gives ö

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Gianna

Gianna wrote:


There is a nice item about the Föhn effect he

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/fohn_effect.shtml


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Gianna

The explanation of the föhn is not really adequate. The air
in the lee of the mountains has mostly *not* risen, condensed out its
moisture and descended again, but comes from a higher level to the
windward of the mountains and descends in the lee. The simple
explanation given cannot explain the high temperatures and low
humidities experienced, at least in most cases. No-one is going to
convince me that an airstream climbs up the Alps and then drops down
again. Air doesn't like going uphill unless very unstable, in which
case it wouldn't descend the other side.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey

Tudor Hughes wrote:

The explanation of the föhn is not really adequate.

The use of the term "record" isn't much better.

My degree symbol is made by Alt +248

Alt 0246 does indeed give ö so Föhn if you prefer.

But Alt+246 (no leading zero) gives ÷

This is all horribly off-topic, but isn't it fun?

For all the codes (I love the url - "stuff")
http://www.theworldofstuff.com/characters/

Jack

wrote:
My degree symbol is made by Alt +248

or by Alt+0176

Alt 0246 does indeed give ö so Föhn if you prefer.

I do tend to, because we can.

But Alt+246 (no leading zero) gives ÷

Mmm it does.

This is all horribly off-topic, but isn't it fun?

Yes, it is (to both) (-:

For all the codes (I love the url - "stuff")
http://www.theworldofstuff.com/characters/

Ah, I just use the character map (Start|Programs|Accessories|System
Tools|Character Map).

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Gianna

Gianna wrote:

I just use the character map (Start|Programs|Accessories|System
Tools|Character Map).

But then of course you have a Windows machine with Office. (As you have
every right to.)

There are other operating systems (and offices) out there. Mind you
getting into OOo's character map is a pain if you just want to be exact
on a newsgroup.
(OOo Writer Insert Special Character)

Weatherlawyer wrote:
Gianna wrote:
I just use the character map (Start|Programs|Accessories|System
Tools|Character Map).

But then of course you have a Windows machine with Office. (As you have
every right to.)

I am indeed running a Windows OS on my computer, but not MS Office. It
was (is) the standard at my place of work and I did not like it. I avoid
IE and OE also ... quite horrible.

There are other operating systems (and offices) out there. Mind you
getting into OOo's character map is a pain if you just want to be exact
on a newsgroup.
(OOo Writer Insert Special Character)

Yes there are (and I use Word Perfect suite on my own machines), but
with 95% of users running Windows (of one kind or another), and with
Apple moving over to Intel and supporting Windows XP on their machines,
there was a good chance I was providing usable information.

Always good to know the command for "OOo" though.

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Gianna