Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side. At the
moment of posting, the min temps further south are said to be for almost
11 months ago but I assume they are for last night also.

http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2.../#comment-1548

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On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:11:26 +0000, Graham P Davis wrote:

Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side.

Aye it has been warm for the few days, in fact max today of 10.5 C
Not unheard of here but the norm is nearer 5 C with occasional air
frosts.

Humidity has taken a nose dive as well it's down at 20%, very dry but
the air flow is from the SW, the warm and wet Atlantic, most odd. I'd
expect low humidity with a polar/northerly flow.

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Cheers Dave.
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On 11/12/13 22:52, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:11:26 +0000, Graham P Davis wrote:

Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side.

Aye it has been warm for the few days, in fact max today of 10.5 C
Not unheard of here but the norm is nearer 5 C with occasional air
frosts.

Humidity has taken a nose dive as well it's down at 20%, very dry but
the air flow is from the SW, the warm and wet Atlantic, most odd. I'd
expect low humidity with a polar/northerly flow.

The depth of the moist air is quite shallow at the moment - only a
couple of thousand feet at most. There is some very dry subsided air
above this shallow surface layer. I expect some drier air has been
mixed down from above - which is all the more probable at your altitude.
Also, although your surface wind direction may be SW, the air itself
came from southern Europe rather than the Atlantic, curving round the
high to reach you.

All change tonight though!

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Freddie
Castle Pulverbatch
Shropshire
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On Wednesday, 11 December 2013 15:11:26 UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side. At the

moment of posting, the min temps further south are said to be for almost

11 months ago but I assume they are for last night also.



http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2.../#comment-1548



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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.

'Don't let old age put you off starting complicated jigsaws. If you

don't finish, it will give guests something fun to do at your funeral.'

- Bridget&Joan's Diary.

Surely overnight temps in December of 16.2C must be some sort of record? It's not much below daytime records for mid-December.

Graham P Davis wrote:

Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side. At the
moment of posting, the min temps further south are said to be for almost
11 months ago but I assume they are for last night also.


http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2.../#comment-1548

The top of the page is headed "Overnight minimum temperatures" but the body of
the text refers to "overnight maximum temperatures". The table is headed
"Maximum overnight temperatures". It's all a bit confusing, but undoubtedly it
was an exceptionally mild night.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

On 12 Dec 2013 13:05:24 GMT
"Norman" wrote:

Graham P Davis wrote:

Scottish min temps last night were a little on the high side. At the
moment of posting, the min temps further south are said to be for
almost 11 months ago but I assume they are for last night also.


http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2.../#comment-1548

The top of the page is headed "Overnight minimum temperatures" but
the body of the text refers to "overnight maximum temperatures". The
table is headed "Maximum overnight temperatures". It's all a bit
confusing, but undoubtedly it was an exceptionally mild night.


I hadn't spotted that strange wording. Can we expect a table of daytime
minimum temperatures soon? Mind you, since the minimum temperature
usually occurs during the daytime, that might be a bit pointless.

I see they've corrected the date for the second table so I've achieved
something.

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
'Don't let old age put you off starting complicated jigsaws. If you
don't finish, it will give guests something fun to do at your funeral.'
- Bridget&Joan's Diary.

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:44:16 +0000, Freddie wrote:

The depth of the moist air is quite shallow at the moment - only a
couple of thousand feet at most. There is some very dry subsided air
above this shallow surface layer. I expect some drier air has been
mixed down from above - which is all the more probable at your altitude.

Thanks for that.

Also, although your surface wind direction may be SW, the air itself
came from southern Europe rather than the Atlantic, curving round the
high to reach you.

I looked at the charts and the isobars were coming up from the
Atantic but that was the surface chart...

All change tonight though!

It got a bit windy around 0700 just about a gale for a couple of
hours. The humidity starte to rise but hadn't got back to a more
respectable 80 - 90 % around midday, temp is still stupid at 10 C as
I type, most of the day it's been 8 or 9 just slowly rising. It's the
middle of December, doesn't it know it's winter...

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.