MODIS image of fog extent.
 

"Martin Rowley" m wrote in
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"JPG" wrote in message
An even better image from the Aqua satellite, with the UK slap bang in
the middle.
http://tinyurl.com/ycbrc5


... interesting to note the large area *without* fog as well - it's a
cruel irony that the districts with thick fog happen to coincide with some
of our busiest civil airports! Couldn't have happened at a worse time.

Martin.


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By the way, in Yorkshire, to the North of the line of three power stations,
in the centre of the mass of fog, is a small blob. Sugar Beet factory at
York???--


David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

MODIS image of fog extent.
 

JPG wrote:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...12000.250m.jpg

Yorkshire power station plumes with anticyclonic curvature.

Thanks for drawing our attention to that.

But I query the "anticyclonic curvature" comment. Surely it is more
likely simply to be the wind veering with height (normal) as the plumes
rise ?

Jack

MODIS image of fog extent.
 

Jack ) wrote:
JPG wrote:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...12000.250m.jpg

Yorkshire power station plumes with anticyclonic curvature.

Thanks for drawing our attention to that.

But I query the "anticyclonic curvature" comment. Surely it is more
likely simply to be the wind veering with height (normal) as the plumes
rise ?

Possibly - I was thinking that maybe the plumes were trapped below the
inversion.

I noticed that Didcot power station shows in the Aqua image.

Martin

Jack