23rd November 2008
The weight of air resting on a given area of the Earth's surface is known as air pressure. Air pressure (or atmospheric pressure) is always greatest at sea level, where the air is at its most dense. Therefore at the top of a mountain the air is less dense...
30th October 2008
This weekend in the Lake District 1,700 fell runners, out of a total of 2,500 became stranded in atrocious weather conditions. Fortunately, eventually, every single one of them was either rescued or returned safely of their own accord, but the recriminati...
14th October 2008
The term 'hypnosis' is misleading. Hypnosis is derived from a Greek root word meaning sleep and is as much related to sleep as I am to George Bush. When in the hypnotic state you are not asleep, far from it, often your senses become sharpened and you have...
14th October 2008
The term 'hypnosis' is misleading. Hypnosis is derived from a Greek root word meaning sleep and is as much related to sleep as I am to George Bush. When in the hypnotic state you are not asleep, far from it, often your senses become sharpened and you have...
01st September 2008
Hurricane Vince made landfall on October 11th 2005. However, this landfall was on mainland Europe, making it the first ever tropical cyclone to achieve such a feat!
Vince was the 12th named hurricane of a very busy season that spawned hurricanes Rita...
20th August 2008
As the world continues to heat up the impacts are becoming more obvious. This week a huge sheet of ice has broken away from an ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic.
Giant sheets of ice measuring almost seven square miles, which is 20 square kilometres ...
16th August 2008
For years man has tried to alter the weather in his favour. There is little doubt that science has the capabilities, but should we really go there?
We have been trying to alter the weather for years! American Indians tried to produce rain in times of...
14th August 2008
Our planet is under threat from a possible “carbon bomb”. This articles describes what this phenomenon is, its consequences and if it can be stopped
The world's wetlands contain approximately 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, namely carbon ...
23rd July 2008
These days we can all measure the weather. For some the knowledge that it is cool or warm, wet or dry, windy or still, is enough. However for others it is good to record the weather and know exactly what is going on!
There are five basic instruments ...
18th July 2008
The first named storm of the hurricane season is trundling west across the Atlantic. Are we in for a big storm season?
Currently Bertha is heading slightly north west and is expected to then swing to the north. This will take her into colder waters w...
15th July 2008
“Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red in the morning, shepherd's warning.”
This is probably the most famous of weather folklore and, as is so often the case, has been passed down through generations but has some basis in truth. As the sun sinks ...
06th July 2008
This winter (2007-2008) snow fall and snow cover has been at its greatest over North America, Siberia and China since 1966. And the Arctic ice sheet, which for so long has been all but doomed by modern climate models, has had a resurgence. Of course, thi...
27th June 2008
It is clear that weather forecasting is only predictable up to a certain point. This is due to the huge number of differing influences that can affect a predictable climate. Topgraphy, sea temperature, wind speed, city heat islands.....these are just some...
25th June 2008
Some Violent Winds of the World
It is the global air patterns that give rise to the principal wind systems on earth, such as the westerlies, the trade winds and the polar easterlies. These global patterns also influence some of the smaller scale winds ...
23rd June 2008
The worst storm ever recorded in the UK struck in the 18th century killing thousands and destroying huge amounts of property and uprooting hundreds of thousands of trees.
On the night of November 26th, 1703, the "Great Storm" hit southern Britain. By the...
