On 21/12/2020 18:46, Freddie wrote:
On Monday, 21 December 2020 at 18:39:53 UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Freddie wrote:
On Monday, 21 December 2020 at 12:23:25 UTC, Nigel Paice wrote:
1200Z: 24021KT 0300M Fog 8ST000 11.6/11.6 QFF 1005.4 rising slowly
SYNOP: 11003 82421 10116 20116 40054 52002 60031 74465 886// 333 88700
90710 91128=
I see you're experiencing what we used to call "40 knot fog" :-)
Very early in my career, in the early 1960s at Prestwick Airport, we were the
collecting centre for many of the Scottish SYNOPs. On one occasion I took a
telephone call from someone at Bracknell who was complaining that Lerwick was
reporting fog with a strong wind blowing. He said that wasn't possible. I said
that I would pass his comment on to the observer. I duly called the Lerwick
observer who replied along the lines of
"If that pompous prat wants to come up here and do the f***ing OBS himself
he is more than welcome".
I remember taking great pleasure in passing on the reply verbtim.
Happy days!
I had similar when observing at Brawdy in the 1980s. I was reporting fog with stratus on the deck. I heard thunder (mid-level storm from Ac Cast) so duly reported this. I was asked to change my cloud type to Cumulonimbus.
I haven't yet reported 'gale force fog' here, although I have witnessed
such on nearby St.Catherine's Hill at 777 feet amsl, and at The Needles
Old Battery (22km NW of Niton) in very moist SW'lies.
I have also endured the CB/Ac cas lecture
I wish I'd had the nerve to tell people where to go when an 'impossible'
combination of weather elements occurred, or a type of weather went
against theory. Back in Jan 1982, there were tiny pinpoints of light
floating and glittering in the sunshine all around, quite clearly
diamond dust and yet the air temp was -8C. I was politely informed
that I wouldn't see diamond dust above -30C (which I have since seen
twice in southern England in temperatures not far below zero). Luckily,
my boss at the time was on shift and also spotted the icy phenomenon.
Nigel
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