On Feb 18, 8:11*pm, "Yannis" wrote:
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Hi all. It was the first subject on the Dutch RTL-4 weather forecast just
a quarter of an hour ago. The explanation was that it was extremely cold
in the stratosphere, -80C at some height. With so low temperatures, there
can be condensation even there; the combination of these thin clouds'
height and the sun's light gives out this weird, yet beautiful colour. The
presenter actually started explaining that the stratosphere is getting
colder as part of global warming and that this /could/ be a more frequent
phenomenon in the future (actually she took it even further, explaining
that this de facto increase of instability could cause "more weather" in a
warmer climate on average). I hope it helps.
And here's the video link for anyone interested:http://tinyurl.com/2veph2
(press "Het weer 19:50 uur - Helga van Leur" under "Laatste videos" from the
menu on the right if it doesn't load directly).
Yannis.
Thanks for that, Yannis, and for the translation, because it
was all Greek to me, as we say. (er, sorry about that). Dutch, it
seems, is ten times more gghhhhuttural than Welsh, even. At least it
confirms that the cloud, or whatever it is, is very high. I think
saying that this will lead to more "weather" i.e. convective storms,
is rather gilding the lily and is highly unlikely.
Can you imagine an explanation like that on the BBC, let alone
anyone else, with their moronic graphics and overall infantile
approach. The bird was all right, 'n' all. But she was only a small
part of the reason I found this presentation something of an eye-
opener after the dross we suffer.
Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.