Haar all day, the mist just lifting a little now ... the virtual
mercury has reached the giddy heights of 12.1C, but the wind is biting
....

Given that so much of the UK's finest weather comes on Es and SEs,
Dundee frequently shivers while the rest of the country basks. I
wouldn't mind so much if we had the compensation of heavy rain,
interesting thunderstorms, severe frosts, or frequent blizzards.

I'm not sure though why this part of east Scotland is as bad as it is.
I see Sunderland and Tynemouth are enjoying 21C today; is it really the
case that a few extra miles of width of the North Sea makes so much
difference, or is there some other factor I'm forgetting? One argument
against the North Sea being the only explanation is that it's 20C in
Orkney, and the wind must be travelling across an even greater expanse
of sea there.


Trevor
Weather; http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/