The Times - UK (2022-04-05)

56 Tuesday April 5 2022 | the times

We a t h e r

5

Channel Islands

NORTH

SEA

CHANNEL

IRISH

SEA

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Aberdeen

Glasgow Edinburgh

Carlisle

Newcastle

York

Manchester

Liverpool

Hull

Llandudno

Shrewsbury Nottingham

Sheffield

Norwich

Cambridge

Oxford

Bristol

Swansea

Cardiff

Plymouth

Exeter

Southampton

Brighton

London

Londonderry

Belfast

Galway

Dublin

Cork

Birmingham

CELTIC

SEA

Orkney Shetland

18

Friday

8

6

7

8

Aberdeen

Aberporth

Anglesey

Aviemore

Barnstaple

Bedford

Belfast

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Bridlington

Bristol

Camborne

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Eskdalemuir

Glasgow

Hereford

Herstmonceux

Ipswich

Isle of Man

Isle of Wight

Jersey

Keswick

Kinloss

Leeds

Lerwick

Leuchars

Lincoln

Liverpool

London

Lyneham

Manchester

Margate

Milford Haven

Newcastle

Nottingham

Orkney

Oxford

Plymouth

Portland

Scilly, St Mary’s

Shoreham

Shrewsbury

Snowdonia

Southend

South Uist

Stornoway

Tiree

Whitehaven

Wick

Yeovilton

Around Britain

Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy

du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,

sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder

*=previous day **=data not available

Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*

midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterday

Noon today

11 S 6.0 3.5

10 S 7.0 8.8

12 B 4.0 8.3

11 S 4.2 1.8

11 D 6.8 **

11 C 5.4 **

11 S 3.4 8.3

12 C 0.6 **

12 S 1.8 6.6

14 S 1.8 **

12 S 2.8 7.6

10 R 3.8 11.9

11 S 3.4 4.9

15 C 0.8 2.3

10 D 5.0 2.9

12 S 1.2 3.2

14 PC 1.6 **

8 R 4.0 3.6

9 DU 3.0 6.7

12 B 4.4 7.8

9 S 2.4 **

8 S 0.2 11.2

10 C 5.0 **

9 R 7.8 0.6

9 C 0.4 **

4 SH 14.4 0.0

15 S 0.6 **

12 DU 4.4 3.4

10 M 5.6 **

10 S 3.2 5.4

11 C 2.8 3.5

11 S 6.0 3.7

8 C 1.8 0.0

11 S 11.8 **

12 C 0.6 **

11 C 8.4 2.3

7 S 10.6 0.1

11 R 4.4 **

12 C 0.6 **

10 S 0.8 **

12 S 0.2 **

9 R 5.4 4.1

12 R 2.4 2.9

9 R 14.0 **

9 S 1.4 6.4

9 SH 8.2 **

9 R 6.8 0.1

10 R 9.4 1.6

11 S 2.0 6.0

8 S 4.8 **

12 DU 3.0 6.7

The world

All readings local midday yesterday

Alicante

Amsterdam

Athens

Auckland

Bahrain

Bangkok

Barbados

Barcelona

Beijing

Beirut

Belgrade

Berlin

Bermuda

Bordeaux

Brussels

Bucharest

Budapest

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Calcutta

Canberra

Cape Town

Chicago

Copenhagen

Corfu

Delhi

Dubai

Dublin

Faro

Florence

Frankfurt

Geneva

Gibraltar

Helsinki

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Istanbul

Jerusalem

Johannesburg

Kuala Lumpur

Kyiv

Lanzarote

Las Palmas

Lima

Lisbon

Los Angeles

Luxor

Madeira

Madrid

Malaga

Mallorca

Malta

Melbourne

Mexico City

Miami

Milan

Mombasa

Montreal

Moscow

Mumbai

Munich

Nairobi

Naples

New Orleans

New York

Nice

Nicosia

Oslo

Paris

Perth

Prague

Reykjavik

Riga

Rio de Janeiro

Riyadh

Rome

San Francisco

Santiago

São Paulo

Seoul

Seychelles

Singapore

St Petersburg

Stockholm

Sydney

Tel Aviv

Tenerife

Tokyo

Vancouver

Venice

Vienna

Warsaw

Washington

Zurich

11 R

8 R

17 PC

22 S

31 S

31 PC

29 PC

10 PC

18 S

21 S

8 PC

8 B

20 DU

10 S

6 R

8 B

7 S

23 B

30 S

31 S

18 DU

20 PC

10 B

3 R

14 PC

36 S

30 S

13 B

15 B

15 PC

9 S

7 PC

13 R

2 SN

24 S

27 B

12 PC

27 S

14 R

31 SH

** **

19 PC

20 B

17 M

14 S

18 PC

37 S

16 PC

9 PC

14 C

12 PC

16 PC

16 B

28 B

30 B

11 PC

32 PC

5 DU

2 S

32 S

5 PC

26 PC

12 B

25 S

7 R

13 PC

26 S

2 SL

9 B

23 B

6 S

3 D

3 R

27 SH

37 S

14 PC

17 PC

22 S

25 B

13 S

30 PC

31 B

4 PC

2 D

26 S

27 S

20 B

10 R

9 R

11 PC

7 PC

6 B

12 B

5 PC

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Five days ahead

Staying unsettled with

rain and showers, wintry

in the north, generally

drier into the weekend

Today Rain in the north and west, snow over high ground in Scotland. Drier in the south. Max 15C (59F), min -1C (30F)

Tides

Tidal predictions.

Heights in metres

Today Ht Ht

Aberdeen

Avonmouth

Belfast

Cardiff

Devonport

Dover

Dublin

Falmouth

Greenock

Harwich

Holyhead

Hull

Leith

Liverpool

London Bridge

Lowestoft

Milford Haven

Morecambe

Newhaven

Newquay

Oban

Penzance

Portsmouth

Shoreham

Southampton

Swansea

Tees

Weymouth

04:35 3.9 16:49 4.0

10:33 12.5 22:41 12.2

02:27 3.3 14:46 3.3

10:21 11.6 22:28 11.3

09:00 5.2 21:10 5.1

02:19 6.6 14:36 6.3

--:-- -- --:-- --

08:32 4.9 20:46 4.8

03:40 3.4 16:04 3.4

02:52 3.9 15:12 3.7

01:25 5.3 13:42 5.2

09:32 6.9 21:49 7.1

05:58 5.1 18:14 5.1

02:11 8.8 14:28 8.8

05:07 7.1 17:23 6.7

12:56 2.3 --:-- --

09:32 6.6 21:43 6.4

02:21 8.9 14:39 8.8

02:14 6.5 14:31 6.3

08:24 6.5 20:35 6.3

08:52 3.7 20:55 3.7

07:56 5.2 20:10 5.1

02:44 4.5 15:00 4.4

02:26 6.1 14:41 5.9

02:12 4.3 03:52 4.4

09:39 9.0 21:48 8.8

06:59 5.1 19:12 5.2

10:01 1.9 22:08 1.9

Synoptic situation

A broad area of low pressure

will drift into northern Scotland

from the Atlantic bringing

unsettled conditions to much

of Britain and Ireland. A series

of frontal boundaries across

northern England, Scotland and

Ireland will be the focal point

for rain in the north and west,

falling as snow over the higher

ground of Scotland. Drier across

southern England and Wales.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Gosport Fleetlands,

Portsmouth, 16.2C

Coldest: Great Dun Fell, -1.0C

Wettest: Resallach,

Sutherland, 59.6mm

Sunniest: Camborne, 11.9hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

First quarter: April 9th

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

20:25-05:53

20:37-06:13

20:18-05:59

20:22-06:06

20:22-06:08

20:32-06:04

20:23-06:03

20:09-05:54

20:20-05:59

20:20-05:55

20:05-05:47

20:29-06:17

20:17-05:57

General situation: Rain and snow in the

north and west, drier and milder with

sunny spells in the southeast.

London, Cen S Eng, SW Eng, S Wales,

Channel Is: Mostly cloudy at fi rst, but

staying mainly dry with some bright or

sunny spells in the afternoon. Feeling

mild. Moderate to fresh near the coast,

westerly winds. Maximum 15C (59F),

minimum 5C (41F).

E Anglia, SE England, Midlands, E Eng:

Rather cloudy with patchy light rain in

during the morning, but becoming drier

and brighter through the afternoon.

Moderate westerly winds. Maximum

15C (59F), minimum 7C (45F).

N Wales, NW Eng, Cen N Eng, NE Eng,

Lake District, Borders, SW Scotland,

Glasgow, Argyll, Edinburgh and

Dundee: A cloudy day with outbreaks

of rain, heaviest on western hills.

Staying a little drier east of the

Pennines. Moderate to fresh westerly

winds. Maximum 13C (55F),

minimum 2C (36F).

Aberdeen, Cen Highland, Moray Firth,

NW Scotland, NE Scotland, N Isles:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, falling

as snow over higher ground, heavy at

times. Drier in the Northern Isles. Light

and variable winds, moderate along

the west coast. Maximum 7C (45F),

minimum -1C (30F).

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Rather

cloudy with outbreaks of rain, heaviest

in the northwest. Drier with brighter

spells in the southeast. Freshening

southwesterly winds. Maximum

14C (57F), minimum 3C (37F).

Tomorrow

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6

10

12

Thursday

8

6

9

8

Saturday

9

7

9

10

Sunday

9

8

9

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Wind speed
(mph)
Temperature
28 (degrees C)
34
Sea state
Calm
Slight
Moderate
Rough
Flood alerts and warnings
At 17:00 on Monday there was
one fl ood alert in England and no
fl ood warnings. There was one
fl ood warning and no fl ood alerts
in Scotland and no fl ood alerts or
warnings in Wales.
For further information and updates
in England visit fl ood-warning-
information.service.gov.uk, for Wales
naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and
for Scotland SEPA.org.uk
Cold front
Warm front
Occluded front
Trough
LOW
HIGH
LOW
LOW
HIGH
HIGH
LOW
LOW
LOW
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1024
1016
1016
1008
1008
1008
1000
1000
1000
992
984
976
Cloudy with rain and sleet at times
in southern areas. Sunny spells and
scattered wintry showers in the north,
especially in northern England.
Max 10C, min -6C
A blustery day with scattered showers
spreading eastwards, merging to areas
of rain in places. Showers will be most
frequent in the west and wintry over
high ground in Scotland.
Max 13C, min -6C
Rain clearing the south during the
morning giving way to sunny spells
and scattered showers. Elsewhere,
a mix of sunny spells and showers,
frequent and wintry in the north.
Max 10C, min -6C
Frequent wintry showers across
Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sunny
spells in the morning in central and
southern areas with scattered showers
in the afternoon, perhaps wintry.
Max 11C, min -5C
Most places will stay dry with sunny
spells and just a few isolated showers.
Rain may spread into Ireland later
in the day.
Max 13C, min -3C
06.26
19.39
08.08
00.49 Wed
11
F
og has long been a curse for
aviation. In the Second
World War, fog was
particularly bad for Allied
aircraft trying to find and
land at their home bases and led to
large numbers of crashes. The
problem became so serious that a
fog-busting system was invented
called Fido (Fog Investigation and
Dispersal Operation) and began
operating in November, 1943. Fuel
was set ablaze from pipes running
alongside runways at a rate of
100,000 gallons per hour, generating
enough heat to evaporate the water
droplets in fog and allow aircraft to
take off or land. During the war,
Fido allowed over 2,500 Allied
aircraft to land or take off from
fogbound airbases in Britain.
An earlier attempt had been made
at getting rid of fog in 1934, when
the engineer Henry Gareth
Houghton used calcium chloride
sprayed into the air. While this
chemical absorbed the water
droplets of fog and cleared the air,
unfortunately it was corrosive and
the scheme abandoned. Recently a
New Zealand company, Pyper
Vision, has used another chemical
powder to absorb moisture from fog
to clear runways. The substance is a
commercial secret but is claimed to
be environmentally safe, even for
drinking water, and does not leave
any residue. It also works at low
concentrations and is relatively
cheap, and once the powder is
dispersed in the air it cannot be
seen, touched or detected.
A drone is used to spray the
chemical which is claimed to clear
air space in the final approach to a
runway in ten minutes. More than
200 tests have been successfully
made over five years in New Zealand
and Australia, reliably clearing up
radiation fog. This type of fog
usually forms in winter when the
ground is cold enough to cool the air
and condense its moisture into fog
droplets.
Fogbound airports are particularly
troublesome in New Zealand and
the new technology has received
backing from the government’s
Airspace Integration Trials
Programme.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons