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erm...is the answer the Coriolis effect?

First, explain what you mean by 'so called honest scientists' Point 4) Yes there has Your point about HIV is extremely insulting to the estimated 25 million people who have died (of AIDS) since 1981. In 2007 there were ~33 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and the trend is still upwards. Who exactly said that 'HIV was going to kill everyone?'? Don't you think that's a pretty shocking number of people to have died? http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm If you are suggesting that all these deaths mean that 'so called honest scientists' overhyped the potential effects and the numbers of people affected by HIV/AIDS (which was the unwritten intention of your post) then you may want to reconsider.

By who? your teaching staff ?

Fresher today. Currently 19.8C, wind from NE, RH 68.8 %, dry and mostly cloudy. ~10C cooler than yesterday.

Ah yes! I remember early summer 1992 being fairly hot but I had forgotten it was that early. Anyway an interesting week for weather here: Haar for a few days, when the dew point and temperature were almost identical . Wednesday temperature was <25C but with 80+ % relative humidity. Thursday was just bizarre - highest here (University) was 29.1C, Gogarbank (Met Office Site) 29.4C, Airport (NOAA) 29C. Much fresher and cooler today.

The record there is 31.4 °C on 4 August 1975 (according to Met Office). After a quick web trawl I also found 29.1C on 5th June 1982 and 30.6C on 21st August 1995. Pretty darn hot for these parts anyway. I have spent 2 months in each of the last three summers in central Turkey, it's hotter there, but more comfortable than this. At least humidity is falling away a little now.

Temperature here continuing to rise (at nearly 7:00pm) - now 24.5C, a rise of almost 2C in just over an hour. Relative humidity 68%. Couple of beefy showers this afternoon with distant thunder. Wind light NE.

Blue skies today! First for 6 days. After a very brief shower at 10:30 this morning. Temp 23.2C, Humidity 67%. Could be hottest day of the year so far here.

Temp 17°C with light NE wind. Haar has lifted for first time in 3 days – now low, dull cloud. Relative humidity down to a mere 95%.

Interesting read-outs from the Edinburgh University weather station for the last 24 hours....guess when the haar appeared and disappeared!?!

quote name='LadyPakal' date='21 May 2009, 06:08 PM' post='1530527'] Re: the Saudi activity, the lava tends to be of a similar type to the Hawaiian volcanoes, thin & runny (for want of better words) rather than thick & explosive. It creates the lava fields you see in that satellite image by erupting and spreading out, a bit like golden syrup (only hotter!). That's not to say it won't go bang - you never know with these things.

Sounds like ball lightning ??? But I'm not sure that would last for an hour (if the article means that the 'pillar' lasted for 1 hour)

Well for my little corner of the country, certainly the coldest since 2001, helped by low day-time maxima more than low night-time minima, the coldest so far was -5.4 on Nov 30th. There has been two semi-decent snow falls (Monday and Thursday of last week) from frontal snow – but they have now mostly vanished. Hard to tell how it compares to others for me as I was bought up in Perthshire and witnessed 78/79, 81/82, 85/86, 90/91 there. So probably the 3rd coldest in my 15 years in Edinburgh, but certainly, from my point of view, not a patch on the 80s.

Should Scotland have a Met Office? I honestly cannot see the point of it. What new and different data would it have? How would it improve weather and climate analysis on what we already have? Seems to be two separate themes going on here: 1) the ‘southern media bias’ – well that’s where a lot of people live so it’s only natural there is a bias towards the SE of England, it’s the same in nearly every country you care to mention, including Scotland, where the news is ‘biased’ towards the Central belt. Although I do concede that the breathless headlines of ‘the country has seen the heaviest snowfall for 20 years’ after the London snow event did irritate; 2) I can’t understand the fixation with Meto weather warnings on here. If you are concerned about the weather, check the charts on here, listen to the radio and, most reliably, stick your head out the window. I have never observed the Met Office ‘ignoring’ Scotland. Yes they get it wrong sometimes, but we live on a collection of mild, damp little islands on the margin of one of the biggest oceans in the world. Snow/cold events are almost always going to be marginal; I don’t envy the Meto’s task. As Essan has pointed out, using the logic displayed by some here, forecasts for Exeter/SW England should be perfect – they probably aren’t.

A wintery scene in coastal Edinburgh today, a surprising cm or two covering - no signs of thawing yet. I'm off snow-man building this afternoon.

Quite, BBC News 24 (or whatever it's called now) on Monday ran with...'Britain has seen its heaviest snowfall for 19 years'...which is just plain wrong. News hasn't been based on fact for many years now: but you do keep on hoping, in vain mostly, for better from the BBC. Anyway for many here the thread should be called 'When will you get tired of the snow?'

Consider me educated...thanks

Yes, I saw that on my way home tonight...absolutley incredible, the ring must have covered half the sky. Had the intention to go out with my camera & tripod to photograph it - but by the time I got home it had, of course, gone. Any idea what caused it? Anyway, snow...what's that then?

15 air frosts in (my area of) Edinburgh so far this winter. 1 ice day 30th December (max 0.0, min -4.3). Although coldest day was 30th November (max -0.2, min -5.4). Been over 10C on 9 days, mildest day was 21st December (max 12.4, min 8.2). No snow to speak of.

And I have taken a day off from there as well...grrrrr. Shows the effect of altitude though, KB at 105m = settling snow. Portobello del Mar at 0m = rain and 20 mins of wet snow/sleet.

Temp: 1.8 C Dew Point: -4.2 C Windchill: 0.6 C RH: 64.5% Pressure: 1029 mBar Wind: 1.15 m/s from SSE Dry, sunny, icy. What's this 'snow' stuff that people keep talking about?

It has been a beautiful sunny day here so far, but clouding over now. Currently; Temp: 6.2C Dew Point: 1.5C Pressure: 1020 mBar Windspeed 2.63 m/s from SSW RH: 71.6% 0 rainfall today after yesterday's 34.6mm

Has Mondy been cutting and pasting again?

With the models struggling, the Prozac ordered, and the car crash of emotions underway, Edinburgh has kept its snow shield in place and has had no snow (although there was a sleet-blizzard last night it was all gone by 9:00 am). It's been close but no cigar, although the form horse (even though it's not set in stone) suggests an Easterly in F1 - but it will never happen...it's all up in the air really. But I'm staying positive and keeping the faith, there's even been sleet in Telford. It looks marginal but I feel as if we're on the cusp of something special, just like 47, 63, 81/82. GFS never handles this blocking very well...just ignore the 18z pub run. I have a contact in Lothian Council and they have just ordered a billion tonnes of gritting salt, just as I predicted in Setember. (with apologies to the 'Netweather swearbox' thread)

Currently; Temp: 4.4C (warmest for 7 days) Dew Point: 0.8C Windchill: 0.2C Wind: 5.8 m/s from NW Pressure: 983 mBar RH: 77.9% Overcast, rain showers.