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, then sleet and snow showers in the north-east moved southwards along the east coast for a time, with other areas becoming fine; Loch Glascarnoch (Ross & Cromarty) reported 7 cm of lying snow. After another generally frosty start on the 29th, Loch Glascarnoch having fallen to -7.0 °C overnight
with fewer than 30 hours recorded for November and December combined at Poolewe and Loch Glascarnoch (both Ross & Cromarty) – only half an hour per day on average (Figure 31 and 32). It was the dullest November in the UK series from 1929. Figure 30: Sunshine anomalies (%) for year 2015 relative to 1981
they tell us what weather systems may be developing, but how the climate is changing. Find out more at www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather 4 5 05.20 GMT: “Gale warnings, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger…” For Angus McCormack, the lilt of the Shipping Forecast is a lifeline and, occasionally
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