Browsing through the 12z SYNOPs today I noticed the following in the
northern Arabian Gulf:

At Kuwait the air temp was 45.7c and the dewpoint -0.8c. Only 120 miles
away, on the other side of the gulf, Bushehr on the Iranian coast had an
air temp of 34.6c and a dewpoint of 27.9c. It's all to do with the wind
direction, of course, blowing from the NW today. The sea temperature in
the Bushehr SYNOP was 33.4c so no relief from the heat in the sea :-)

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
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England

A place I monitor regularly is Ahwaz, Iran, about 100 miles north of the
northern end of the Gulf. In summer the max is a very steady 45-47°C with dew
point 0° to 10°C. Only very occasionally does the Gulf air blow inland,
raising the DP to an appalling 25°C or more.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in
message ...
Browsing through the 12z SYNOPs today I noticed the following in
the
northern Arabian Gulf:

At Kuwait the air temp was 45.7c and the dewpoint -0.8c. Only 120
miles
away, on the other side of the gulf, Bushehr on the Iranian coast
had an
air temp of 34.6c and a dewpoint of 27.9c. It's all to do with the
wind
direction, of course, blowing from the NW today. The sea
temperature in
the Bushehr SYNOP was 33.4c so no relief from the heat in the sea
:-)

Bushehr ... ah, happy memories. You posted me there,
Norman, in 1978, just before the balloon went up, do
you remember? As they used to say in that part of the
world (and probably still do) ... the Gulf is the a**ehole
of the world, and Bushehr is 400 miles up it gr

Philip Eden

In message , Philip Eden
writes

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in
message ...
Browsing through the 12z SYNOPs today I noticed the following in
the
northern Arabian Gulf:

At Kuwait the air temp was 45.7c and the dewpoint -0.8c. Only 120
miles
away, on the other side of the gulf, Bushehr on the Iranian coast
had an
air temp of 34.6c and a dewpoint of 27.9c. It's all to do with the
wind
direction, of course, blowing from the NW today. The sea
temperature in
the Bushehr SYNOP was 33.4c so no relief from the heat in the sea
:-)

Bushehr ... ah, happy memories. You posted me there,
Norman, in 1978, just before the balloon went up, do
you remember? As they used to say in that part of the
world (and probably still do) ... the Gulf is the a**ehole
of the world, and Bushehr is 400 miles up it gr

Philip Eden

I remember! I hope you recovered :-)

I never had the pleasure of going there myself. The nearest I got to
were Kharg Island, Lavan Island, Abadan and Ras al Khafji - all
slightly off the main tourist routes :-)

As you say - happy memories!

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles
England