Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has gone
from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is some
embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.

James
--
James Brown

James Brown wrote:
Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has gone
from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is some
embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.

This prompted me to have a look at the temperature here. Max this
afternoon was 10.6C at 1810. It is now (1840) 9.0C and dropping rapidly.

I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.


--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)

In message ,
Howard Neil writes
James Brown wrote:
Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has
gone from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is
some embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.

This prompted me to have a look at the temperature here. Max this
afternoon was 10.6C at 1810. It is now (1840) 9.0C and dropping rapidly.

I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that
this cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should
be with you shortly, James.



Thanks for that Howard - the temperature peaked just shortly after that
- now down to 12.1 - a fall of 0.4 in the last half hour, and falling
more quickly as I write!

James (S.coast of Wales)
--
James Brown

Howard Neil wrote:
James Brown wrote:

Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has gone
from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is some
embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.
I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.



Not Too far away to your East at 63m temp also has risen in the last
hour from 10 to 11.6

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:43:33 +0000, Howard Neil wrote in


I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.

Howard - an excellent idea of where the front is can be seen he

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Curently, you'll see the mild SW winds over the south of Wales and England,
and the much colder (and lighter) NE winds to the north of the front.
There seems to be a wave (kink) in the front over western areas. That will
be moving east as the front moves SE.

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 18/11/2004 19:04:00 UTC

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:43:33 +0000, Howard Neil wrote in


I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.

Howard - an excellent idea of where the front is can be seen he

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Curently, you'll see the mild SW winds over the south of Wales and
England,
and the much colder (and lighter) NE winds to the north of the front.
There seems to be a wave (kink) in the front over western areas. That
will
be moving east as the front moves SE.

try also
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map.p...lang=en&map=UK

--
Rob Overfield
Hull

http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/

James Brown wrote:
In message ,
Howard Neil writes

James Brown wrote:

Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has
gone from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is
some embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.


This prompted me to have a look at the temperature here. Max this
afternoon was 10.6C at 1810. It is now (1840) 9.0C and dropping rapidly.

I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that
this cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should
be with you shortly, James.



Thanks for that Howard - the temperature peaked just shortly after that
- now down to 12.1 - a fall of 0.4 in the last half hour, and falling
more quickly as I write!

7.4C at 1910 and still falling (I make that 1.6C fall in the last half
hour here).

--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)

Mike Tullett wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:43:33 +0000, Howard Neil wrote in



I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.


Howard - an excellent idea of where the front is can be seen he

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Curently, you'll see the mild SW winds over the south of Wales and England,
and the much colder (and lighter) NE winds to the north of the front.
There seems to be a wave (kink) in the front over western areas. That will
be moving east as the front moves SE.


I had a look at xcweather but it seems to be frozen (if you will forgive
the term g). It was last updated at 1709 and most sites show data as
at 1600.

Thank you for the explanation, though. I am too much of a beginner to
identify the direction of the front from the diagrams. Now you explain
it, I can see what you mean. Working it out for myself in the first
place is a little more difficult.

--
Howard Neil

Alun Jenkins wrote:
Howard Neil wrote:

James Brown wrote:

Intriguingly in the last couple of hours the temperature here has
gone from 10.8 to 12.5. The wind is very gusty now and maybe there is
some embedded warm air being dragged in from somewhere.

I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that
this cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should
be with you shortly, James.



Not Too far away to your East at 63m temp also has risen in the last
hour from 10 to 11.6

It is still dropping like a stone here. Looking at what Mike Tullett has
said elsewhere on this thread, the cold front should be with you soon.

--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)

Rob Overfield wrote:
"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:43:33 +0000, Howard Neil wrote in


I don't know the current direction of any fronts but I suspect that this
cold front is travelling in a SE direction. This means it should be with
you shortly, James.

Howard - an excellent idea of where the front is can be seen he

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Curently, you'll see the mild SW winds over the south of Wales and
England,
and the much colder (and lighter) NE winds to the north of the front.
There seems to be a wave (kink) in the front over western areas. That
will
be moving east as the front moves SE.


try also
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map.p...lang=en&map=UK


Thanks. I have bookmarked it but it is not as easy for a beginner like
myself to understand (I can work it out but it takes a little effort)
and there are no stations anywhere near me.

--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)