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    Scotland Weather Discussion - 20th November 2015 and Onwards...

    in Regional

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, spindrift1980 said:

    I find cold, dry air much more tolerable than the damp chill that Scotland specialises in. I suppose Scotland isn't that cold in global terms, but when you've got the winds factored in, and the damp air, you do need a word to describe it.  A good old Scots word is  'cauldrife' - http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cauldrife

    My Dad used 'snell' to describe cold - http://caledonianmercury.com/2010/12/06/useful-scots-word-snell/0012424

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    In The News

    in Climate Change

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    ..........and for a major beneficiary of government funding and grants, step forward Dr. Rajendra Pachauri....

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/meltdown_of_the_climate_consensus_G0kWdclUvwhVr6DYH6A4uJ

    It appears to me that there is an awful lot of self-interest and feathering of nests on the part of both "sides". It's part of the reason why I can't be bothered much with it all any more. I will continue to do my bit towards a cleaner world but it's the big guns that have the power to make a difference and they all seem more concerned with how it benefits their pockets more than anything else.

    What to do, eh? :nonono:

    What to do eh? Well, stop reading the nypost for a start. These claims are simply untrue.

    This nonsense was initiated last December by an article in the Telegraph. Since then, Dr. Pachauri, in his role as the director of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has been audited by KPMG, international auditors.

    Here is the verdict...

    “No evidence was found that indicated personal fiduciary benefits accruing to Pachauri from his various advisory roles that would have led to a conflict of interest."

    Dr. Pachauri earns about £40,000 a year from his salary plus another ~£2,000 from book royalties and lectures.

    The Telegraph has issued an apology Telegraph apology

    It’s tempting to think that the Telegraph will learn, but I’m not holding my breath.

    Britain's Geology

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Well, for years I lived on the Lower Carboniferous Gullane Formation (mostly deltaic sandstone) in Edinburgh.

    Now, I live on the somewhat younger (and flatter!) Upper Cretaceous Gault Formation (mostly mudstone) NW of Cambridge.

    Thanks very much for that map link, i have always been fascinated by geology, mostly the rocks, not so interested in the area I live as it is a lot of London clay and various other sedimentary areas such as gravels. I have been told that under the Bognor area there are a lot of areas of what they called, 'running sand and gravel'. This means that in many areas, especially close to the sea, a lot of piles have to be sunk before houses and other structures can be built.

    Moomin, thankks for the offer of help. Do you know of any good textbooks on geology suitable for a complete beginner like me? I have a copy of the geology of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde which I found really interesting because of the varied geology of such a small island.

    You could do alot worse than 'Teach yourself Geology'.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Yourself-Geology-David-Rothery/dp/0340958790

    Or, if you are very keen, the more expensive but classic

    'Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology'

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Principles-Physical-Geology-Arthur-Holmes/dp/041240320X

    Mostly written by many current and recently retired teaching staff at Edinburgh University.

    Warm/hot Spells Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Feeling you pain Joe.

    The B*****d rain :whistling: has just gone off here at the mo, but the wind has picked up agian and the sky is still black to the south west with more to come:angry:

    As a sun worshiper, this NW/ SE or S divide eats me up. I only want to get home from work and sit out of an evening or get out doors at the weekend :nonono:

    Big Innes

    Big Innes, I moved from Edinburgh to Cambridge in the spring, and what I wouldn’t give for a wind, some black skies and rain.

    It has been very dry and hot, the grass is brown, hardly any wind, and my garden resembles an overgrown ant's nest. June saw 25 mm of rain, July has seen a whopping 0.7 mm of rain.

    This hot/dry spell is fine as a novelty factor, but boy is it boring!

    Coldest December & January On Record For Scotland

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Anyway, the coldest Dec/Jan on record means the coldest ever recorded (since 1914) in Scotland, so even with acknowledging that it's always a good deal colder here it was also a good deal colder than the usual - now that's cold! 0.2C 2 month average, though lower in eastern Scotland, in fact January was -0.4C here. Mondy is right - if this had afflicted the southern half of the country (and I'm not including northern Ireland, northern England or most of Wales in this either) it would most definitely have been covered a lot more - or would it? Would the media wish to admit this and have the perception that AGW was occuring weakened (not that individual temperature records necessarily mean anything, though in the heatwave of '03 it certainly seemed to, as it did in that last flooding event where the head of SEPA claimed all weather was now 'man-made')?

    Curiously enough (or is it?) Scottish winters are responding least to the overall warming trend since 1914. The 10-year running mean is certainly higher now than it has been, but the 30-year running mean has only just sneaked above late 1940s levels. Most of the warming is being displayed in autumn and spring time.

    Winters are certainly becoming wetter, both the 10- and 30-year running means have been at their highest levels on record since the late 1980s.

    The linear trend for sunshine is down, but since the late 1990s, the 10-year running mean has climbed back to its peak last seen in the early 1960s.

    So Scottish winters since 1914: slightly warmer, wetter and less sunny, but sunshine has been increasing for the last ~10 years.

    Anyway, I'm moving to Cambridge in a few months, so this time next year I may well be getting excited about TEITS's beasterlies...I'll keep monitoring seagull activity for you all :rolleyes:

    Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 19:

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Currently 0.5 C, dew point -1.1 C, fine, light wet snow falling on dirty, muddy, grit-covered pavements.

    Now two days short of a calendar month without the temperature here breaching 4C. In fact only three days in that time have seen temps of >3 C.

    (Image from Edinburgh University Weather Station)

    ps - Anyone else here having/had major problems buying a sledge? Edinburgh (and the WWW) completely sold out.

    The No Snow Club

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Following the much-vaunted notherly frontal snow event today, during which I blinked and missed, I now have about 30 cm of snow – measured horizontally. I would need an electron microscope to measure vertical depth.

    Which reminds me, whatever happened to SF’s classic ‘how to measure snow’ guide?

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