Why is the current mild spell breaking temperature records? It's quite
common to have a series of depressions moving across the UK at this time of
year and SW winds, but why is the air so mild?

Are the Atlantic sea temperatures breaking records also?

- Michael

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, MichaelJP wrote:

Why is the current mild spell breaking temperature records? It's quite
common to have a series of depressions moving across the UK at this time of
year and SW winds, but why is the air so mild?

Dare I mention the phrase "Indian Summer"?

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Alastair McDonald wrote:
"MichaelJP" wrote in message
news:4020f8e1$0$27525 They are certainly above average. See;


https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/...sstanomaly.gif

Cheers, Alastair

Alistair,
as a relative newbie here, could you explain what the graphic
shows? I'm guessing it's degrees C above or below seasonal average. Am I
close?

Les

"MichaelJP" wrote in message
...
Why is the current mild spell breaking temperature records? It's quite
common to have a series of depressions moving across the UK at this
time of
year and SW winds, but why is the air so mild?

Are the Atlantic sea temperatures breaking records also?

- Michael



They are certainly above average. See;

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/...sstanomaly.gif

Cheers, Alastair

Why is the current mild spell breaking temperature records? It's quite
common to have a series of depressions moving across the UK at this time
of
year and SW winds, but why is the air so mild?



This one with fronts to the west and a strong ssw flow from the Madeira area
isn't so surprising.

The one I found weird was Feb 1998 when working at Leeds Weather Centre.

Then we were in a settled anticyclonic spell and we made 18C!






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"Les & Claire" wrote in message
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Alastair McDonald wrote:
"MichaelJP" wrote in message
news:4020f8e1$0$27525 They are certainly above average. See;



https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/...sstanomaly.gif

Cheers, Alastair

Alistair,
as a relative newbie here, could you explain what the
graphic
shows? I'm guessing it's degrees C above or below seasonal average. Am
I
close?

Les

The map is showing the sea surface temperature (SST) climate anomaly. I
think that by climate anomally the USN, who produce the map, mean the
difference between what it is and what they expect it should be. The
scale at the bottom is in degrees C. So the prevailing south westerlies
will be passing over SST 2.5C higher than normal.

If you go to;
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/
and select OTIS you can get to that map, plus the climate map and the
current SST map, through the front door. There may be a better
explanation somewhere around there.

HTH,

Cheers, Alastair.

Thanks Alistair,
good explanation. Off to check out the
link.......

Les


Alastair McDonald wrote:
"Les & Claire" wrote in message
...
Alastair McDonald wrote:
"MichaelJP" wrote in message
news:4020f8e1$0$27525 They are certainly above average. See;




https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/products/...sstanomaly.gif

Cheers, Alastair

Alistair,
as a relative newbie here, could you explain what the
graphic shows? I'm guessing it's degrees C above or below seasonal
average. Am I close?

Les

The map is showing the sea surface temperature (SST) climate anomaly.
I think that by climate anomally the USN, who produce the map, mean
the difference between what it is and what they expect it should be.
The scale at the bottom is in degrees C. So the prevailing south
westerlies will be passing over SST 2.5C higher than normal.

If you go to;
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/
and select OTIS you can get to that map, plus the climate map and the
current SST map, through the front door. There may be a better
explanation somewhere around there.

HTH,

Cheers, Alastair.