Dave Brown wrote: as solar input outweighs radiation cooling from 19th January onward, any cold spells are unlikely to be 'killing cold'.
great info on the solar input!! in the clear I reckon
Stripped Trachycarpus looks great by the way!
Dave Brown wrote: as solar input outweighs radiation cooling from 19th January onward, any cold spells are unlikely to be 'killing cold'.
What were the resultant daytime highs? And the following nights lows? That's chilly in Aprilstephenprudence wrote:I got -4.5C in March last year then -4.1C in early April... you're never in the clear until Mid-April.
What did you expect taking all your clothes off at the top of a ladder?Dave Brown wrote: I went up a ladder and started stripping this morning, but butty'ell it was cold
The Trachycarpus was not too impressed eitherleunerj wrote:What did you expect taking all your clothes off at the top of a ladder?Dave Brown wrote: I went up a ladder and started stripping this morning, but butty'ell it was cold
I am not sure its because the likelihood is greater, its just that the cold airmass over eastern europe is peaking in size and intensity and therefore when you get wind from the east its ten times worse in early feb than in december. Plus whilst solar output calculation says 19th january as the turning point, i suspect it is at least 2 or 3 weeks before the positive output starts to have any meaningful effects.Dave Brown wrote:The reason we get the coldest weather in Feb, is we are far more likely to have blocking easterlies than in Dec or Jan. Although the hemisphere has started to warm, there is still a lot of cold about, and we are more likely to experience it.
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Where does this datum come from? Sounds a bit improbable.Dave Brown wrote:as solar input outweighs radiation cooling from 19th January onward
Coldest day of year (rolling average) is 5th february , so the solar input must exceed rate of cooling prior to this day ,and given the turning point would be a flat bottomed graph , i would guess 19th january is about right.Conifers wrote:Where does this datum come from? Sounds a bit improbable.Dave Brown wrote:as solar input outweighs radiation cooling from 19th January onward
One thing my wife hates is I watch BBC2 and 4 and memorise useless infoConifers wrote:Where does this datum come from? Sounds a bit improbable.Dave Brown wrote:as solar input outweighs radiation cooling from 19th January onward