In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Tim
wrote :

Noticed the repeated reports of very high (for the time of year)
temperatures in Brussels the last couple of days, yet in Southern
England I don't think we've reached 20C. According to the weather
charts no front lies between here and Brussels ATM so I'm rather
surprised.

I'd say that can be answered in two words : North Sea.

What about EU bureaucracy? Perhaps the MEPs like it a bit warmer :-)

Well they do spout an awful lot of hot air...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

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On Apr 28, 11:00 am, "Wijke" wrote:
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On Apr 27, 9:20 pm, "Jack )"
wrote:
Brussels? It's not in UK. (newsgroup is uk.sci.weather). Am I
really that bothered?

Jack

Brussels is the about the same distance from London as is
Plymouth, and somewhat closer than Middlesbrough. But this is
irrelevant since it is well known that weather does not cross national
boundaries, or only rarely and with great difficulty.

Tudor Hughes

lol... As an "outsider" I've often noticed this, Tudor!! However these
boudaries are osmotic: so yes, the very same question occured to me, as
southern England, particularly the South East, often have the same
"weather"
as we do. Apart from typical regional differences. This must be North
Sea-influences.
The temperature differences over the Netherlands this last week was
amazing:
from a max 16c along the coastline to 27c with us, which is a mere
distance
of 60 km (37 miles). But we had a mainly eastern (Northeast to southeast)
continental flow. So the air cools down AND there were "seawind" effects
along the coast. In soutern England its the opposite, first the air cools
down over the sea before reaching Britain.

Wijke - SE Flevopolder
Centre of the Netherlands
somewhat cooler than late: but still a Tc: 23.4c --- lovely ).

You live about as far from me as my brother, who is in
Hartlepool (NE England) on the coast. He's got 13°C, poor fellow,
whereas here it's now up to 21°C. Is there a "polder effect" on high
temperatures in The Netherlands? I'd imagine they're very shallow and
warm up quickly. Nice to see you back, BTW.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft 169 m.

Don't think so, Tudor. But there's certainly a micro-climate at this side of
the polder. We live close to a 40year-old 8000 acres forest (planted in
1968). With us its always somewhat warmer and dryer than in the rest of the
Netherlands. For me its due to this forest, many hypotheses about the
micro-climate are there; none has been proven right thus far. The soil at
this side of the polder is a mixture of clay and sand. Compared to
clay-ground, sand absorbes less heat - on sunny days it hotter at daytime
but cooler at night. Our microclimate must be influences by a combination of
the soil and this forest..... who'll tell??

Wind's turned north-east, air's cooler but still a Tc 21.3c. (compared to
the long-term average of 12c -- its okay ).

Wijke