Hi All

Why is it, that all the weather reports in the Midlands this morning show
that it's foggy, even Cosford which is only about 15 miles away, yet where I
am in Wolverhampton it's a sunny clear morning?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Hi All

Why is it, that all the weather reports in the Midlands this morning
show that it's foggy, even Cosford which is only about 15 miles away,
yet where I am in Wolverhampton it's a sunny clear morning?

Joe

After a murky start, it's Glorious here in Northampton.

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:51:24 -0000, "Joe" wrote:

Hi All

Why is it, that all the weather reports in the Midlands this morning show
that it's foggy, even Cosford which is only about 15 miles away, yet where I
am in Wolverhampton it's a sunny clear morning?

In contrast to before the clean air act in the 50s, when urban centres would
have the thickest and most persistent fog or smog, the "urban heat island"
effect ensures that these areas are less likely to have fog than the surrounding
countryside.

JPG


Joe

Why is it, that all the weather reports in the Midlands this morning show
that it's foggy, even Cosford which is only about 15 miles away, yet where I
am in Wolverhampton it's a sunny clear morning?


Probably because the reports are from airfields, which tend to be in
low-lying places. Cosford is quite a lot lower than Wolverhampton, I think.
My nearest major airport is Gatwick, which has much more fog than we get here
up on the Downs, though ironically it's actually getting quite foggy here as I
type this.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

" cupra" wrote here on 10 Dec 2003:

After a murky start, it's Glorious here in Northampton.

After a murky start, it's been murky all day here!

Bewdley, Worcs, ~90m asl.

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