I note many stations are reporting either haze or mist at present -
associated with a polluted atmosphere and the south to south east wind
presumably. There is also evidence of desert dust in the atmosphere as the
SKIRON (Uni of Athens) site suggests

http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 01/04/2004 10:15:35 UTC

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
I note many stations are reporting either haze or mist at present -
associated with a polluted atmosphere and the south to south east wind
presumably. There is also evidence of desert dust in the atmosphere
as the
SKIRON (Uni of Athens) site suggests

http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html

... today here hasn't been too bad, but certainly the past couple of days
have been fairly hazy, at least until early afternoon when surface
temperatures have been high enough for mixing through a deeper layer. My
wife (who is an asthmatic), has noticed breathing problems over these
two days.

Martin.

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Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire
NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m
Lat: 51DEG23MIN30SEC(N): Long: 00DEG46MIN28SEC(W)

Martin Rowley wrote:

"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
...
I note many stations are reporting either haze or mist at present -
associated with a polluted atmosphere and the south to south east wind
presumably. There is also evidence of desert dust in the atmosphere
as the
SKIRON (Uni of Athens) site suggests

http://forecast.uoa.gr/dustindx.html

.. today here hasn't been too bad, but certainly the past couple of days
have been fairly hazy, at least until early afternoon when surface
temperatures have been high enough for mixing through a deeper layer. My
wife (who is an asthmatic), has noticed breathing problems over these
two days.

Martin.


I live on the Suffolk coast, and the night before last the air was thick
with oil refinery fumes coming straight from Rotterdam and thereabouts.
It sticks in the back of your throat - v unpleasant.

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:52:12 +0000, Ayesha wrote in
. uk
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I live on the Suffolk coast, and the night before last the air was thick
with oil refinery fumes coming straight from Rotterdam and thereabouts.
It sticks in the back of your throat - v unpleasant.

I've had a look at yesterday's MODIS images and the pollution coming across
the North Sea from the east and south east is fairly clear to see. This
image is just over 400KB and is a cropped and enhanced version of the
original.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/MODIS-31-03-2004.jpg

Image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/


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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 01/04/2004 12:43:43 UTC