posted by Jeremy | 8:45 PM
Fen Skies
I'm endlessly taking photo's of the view from our front window so here they are, along with a few scans of my paintings.
I'm endlessly taking photo's of the view from our front window so here they are, along with a few scans of my paintings.
4 Comments:
My gosh Jeremy. You are lucky you didn't have a funnel cloud develop. That is one nasty looking sky.
It did look rather ominous.
I've never seen a funnel cloud. They are fairly rare over here, and never on the US scale. There was a very sudden and brief tornado in Birmingham last year, however, which damaged a few streets quite badly. I wouldn't be surprised if they get more common with the onset of climate change.
One interesting fact is that the United Kingdom actually has the highest frequency of reported tornadoes per unit area in the world. This was first recognised by an American meteorologist, Dr. T. Fujita, in 1973. Recent studies confirm this expecially since increased Satellite surveys. As to ferocity and impact I thin sht Tornado Alley in the US Mid West certainly the most fearsome dangerous and impressive.
Thanks for that, David. I wonder if the British obsession with talking about the weather has anything to do with all those reports.
I have a suspicion that the fens is a hot spot for tornadoes in the UK due to it's flatness, warmth and relative sunshine. My friend's allotment was re-arranged by one in a nearby village and there was one in Peterborough last year (caught on video by my sister in law and broadcast on the local BBC news).
I've yet to see one myself. What we do get is the 'fen blow', when fine, bare, dry soil from the fields gets lifted high by the wind. Itlooks quite impressive, but it's not very pleasant to be out in. We have our very own temporary dust bowl. But we don't have a Woody Guthrie, unfortunately.
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