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| Location of Brighton, UK |
Fancy a week at the seaside? Of course you do, but probably not in the UK at the moment. The beach is synonymous with summer, but what's it like for the donkeys and ice-cream sellers left behind after the autumn exodus? Let's find out....
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Sunday 5th February
Chart: Surface temperature from Uni-weather at 1200 UTC on 5th February.
Tuesday 7th February
It might be too cold for a swim at the moment, but the sea is providing just enough heat to keep coastal areas warmer than their inland counterparts. The surface air temperatures predicted by the Uni-weather model show just that; a fringe of warmer air hugging the coast around most of Britain, including Brighton (it's so thin that you'll have to click on the chart to see it). Infact, the sea surface temperature near Brighton is around 8oC (about 45oF) at the moment - much higher than that of the air above which is hovering just above freezing.
Chart: Surface temperature from Uni-weather at 0600 UTC on 7th February.
Thursday 9th February
There were some clears skies over Brighton today, ahead of a warm front that brought a sprinkling of snow to most parts of the UK. The front was very slow moving though, so persistent precipitation accumulated to give a couple of inches of snow in parts.
Satellite image: MODIS RGB Composite Image, 9thJanuary 2012, from NERC Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, Scotland.
Saturday 11th February
The high pressure that's sitting over Europe at the moment has reached back across the Channel to sit over the UK. There are a few weak fronts dotted about the country, with a slight low pressure over the West coast of Ireland (picked out by the swirl of cloud). Brighton has escaped the fronts for now, and is enjoying another sunny day.
Satellite image: MODIS RGB Composite Image, 11thJanuary 2012, from NERC Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, Scotland.
Text copyright: Christopher Lee, 2012
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Warm air is doing its best to push in from the Atlantic, but progress is slow thanks to the high pressure stubbornly sitting over Europe; in fact, forecasts suggest that it might not get anywhere all week. So, for now, the rest of Europe freezes whilst we enjoy slightly warmer conditions, as the forecast for mid-day today shows:
Chart: Surface temperature from Uni-weather at 1200 UTC on 5th February.
It might be too cold for a swim at the moment, but the sea is providing just enough heat to keep coastal areas warmer than their inland counterparts. The surface air temperatures predicted by the Uni-weather model show just that; a fringe of warmer air hugging the coast around most of Britain, including Brighton (it's so thin that you'll have to click on the chart to see it). Infact, the sea surface temperature near Brighton is around 8oC (about 45oF) at the moment - much higher than that of the air above which is hovering just above freezing.
Chart: Surface temperature from Uni-weather at 0600 UTC on 7th February.
There were some clears skies over Brighton today, ahead of a warm front that brought a sprinkling of snow to most parts of the UK. The front was very slow moving though, so persistent precipitation accumulated to give a couple of inches of snow in parts.
Satellite image: MODIS RGB Composite Image, 9thJanuary 2012, from NERC Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, Scotland.
The high pressure that's sitting over Europe at the moment has reached back across the Channel to sit over the UK. There are a few weak fronts dotted about the country, with a slight low pressure over the West coast of Ireland (picked out by the swirl of cloud). Brighton has escaped the fronts for now, and is enjoying another sunny day.
Satellite image: MODIS RGB Composite Image, 11thJanuary 2012, from NERC Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, Scotland.
Text copyright: Christopher Lee, 2012
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