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conducted through the workshops. The first workshops were held through the CSSP China project and led by the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with the China Meteorological Administration and several other institutes. The workshops provide scientists with the skills they need to conduct their own

being expanded to include three additional stations; Angus Tower near Dundee, Tacolneston near Norwich and Ridge Hill near Hereford. Ridge Hill became operational on 1 st March 2012, Tacolneston should be operational by the summer 2012. Angus Tower, run by Edinburgh University, has been making

Sheffield later on the 17th. Rain in eastern Scotland, especially parts of Angus and Aberdeenshire, led to widespread impacts with reports of flooding on roads and railways from as far apart as Edinburgh and Inverness. Several severe river flooding warnings were issued by SEPA. The 21st saw locally

stranded for 20 hours on snow-bound roads. Numerous roads were closed including the M73, M80, M876 and A92, and Glasgow and Edinburgh airports closed. National Rail reported mass disruption in the South East, Scotland, north-west England and the South West, with only two train operators in the whole

on and off throughout. It was very mild overnight into the 8th, with Edinburgh Gogarbank not falling below 15.9 °C, then there were bands of rain crossing west to east, affecting all parts at times throughout the day, but continuing very warm with Kinloss (Morayshire) enjoying a maximum of 21.2 °C

for coastal stations affected by sea fog on 26 April 1984. Edinburgh Airport Aberdeen Airport Boulmer (Northumberland) 0900Z 1500Z 0900Z 1500Z 0900Z 1500Z Cloud cover (oktas) 8 2 8 8 8 8 Weather type Fog Haze Mist Mist Fog Drizzle Air temperature (°C) 6.6 9.2 6.1 8.7 6.0 6.8 Visibility (m) 600 3000 1500

of the A358 near Taunton on the 5th, whilst overnight thunderstorms caused flooding on the M25 in Surrey with the area around junction 11 worst affected. On the 6th there were reports, including video footage, of a tornado at Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh, and lightning damaged trackside equipment on the Dundee

communities cut off due to the amount of snow on some roads. There was deep snow and drifting across upland areas – particularly the Scottish mountains - with avalanche risk reported in the Pentland hills south of Edinburgh. While most of the country was suffering from snow there were strong south

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meeting in December 2012, University of Edinburgh contacted the University of Bristol to inform them that they could no longer continue to run the Angus site. It was suggested that the University of Bristol could manage the site and run the instruments in the following months. The University of Bristol