It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 07/07/2004 17:27:09 UTC

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:27:09 +0100, Mike Tullett
wrote:

It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good...

Apart from a brief shower it was a 'sitting in the sun' afternoon here
with a max of 20.2°C.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/55v3

I suppose if we wanted to over simplify the weather, it does seem to
alternate in horizontal bands of varying width. I suppose you couldn't get
HP without LP around! Last week I had the reverse of your current situation-
fabulous in Jersey with the low centred up towards Iceland.

Dave
"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 07/07/2004
17:27:09 UTC

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.

And very pleasant up here as well, though the cloud is rolling
in now. A max of 19.0C with a good deal of sunshine, though there
was a sharp shower in the early hours.

It looked at one time as if NW England would miss out on this one
though that now looks unlikely to be the case.
However I still think it won't be as bad as they are making out, NE
winds don't usually bring much rain here, a lot will break up over
the Pennines.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.

It's bloody cold here in Wimborne! 55.2F (I see that is your latitude:-) at
7:30 pm, raining, and I missed an appointment this afternoon because a
tree had been blown down.

Cheers, Alastair

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 07/07/2004 17:27:09
UTC

In message , Col
writes
It looked at one time as if NW England would miss out on this one
though that now looks unlikely to be the case.
However I still think it won't be as bad as they are making out, NE
winds don't usually bring much rain here, a lot will break up over
the Pennines.

Col

Not a lot of rain here today, though it did get incredibly dark a few
times and there were some rumbles of thunder earlier. Very clear this
evening with details showing well on the hills.
BTW - yesterday evening the cloud seemed to be arranged in approx east
west stripes, and some of the contrails were in what I can only describe
as a helix pattern. What sort of air movement would cause that? Also a
nice sun dog.
--
Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)

In message , Anita Evans
writes
BTW - yesterday evening the cloud seemed to be arranged in approx east
west stripes, and some of the contrails were in what I can only
describe as a helix pattern.

Now I think about it, I can probably answer my own question as the
contrails were at right angles to the cloud stripes, so I assume
sideways air movement combined with the momentum of the trail would give
a helix effect.
--
Anita Evans
North Cumbria
(anita[at]ra.evans.clara.co.uk to reply by e-mail)

It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.
Mike Tullett

Still the same here, though it's now too cool to sit outside and enjoy the last
of the sunshine.

Anne
Fochabers, Moray

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:47:18 +0000 (UTC), "Anne Burgess"
wrote:

It seems quite common that when such dreadful weather is approaching South
GB, the weather here is good. Just drove down to Belfast City airport and
back (120 miles) with only 1/8 Ci, a temp of about 18C and what seems
unlimited visbilty. Overall, it is a lovely summer's evening.
Mike Tullett

Still the same here, though it's now too cool to sit outside and enjoy the last
of the sunshine.

I spent the day in Edinburgh - perishingly cold wind!


--
Paul

I spent the day in Edinburgh - perishingly cold wind!
Paul

You know what they say about the "Athens of the North" - east-windy, west-endy
G

Anne