“In the northeast of Scotland, east of Inverness and along the coast, you often get very warm weather,” says Dale. “In the Aviemore area it can reach 27C. Why? Because you’re in what’s called a rain shadow. You often get the winds that come across the Grampians and down again and warm things up. So sometimes when it’s 28C in London and you’re thinking that’s where it’s hottest, then you look north to the Moray Firth and you find the same sort of temperatures and the same kind of weather.”
Meanwhile, the soaring landscapes of the Pennines are often damp. However, they also block some of the UK’s worst weather from parts of Yorkshire because a similar ‘rain shadow’ prevents it from travelling over the peaks.
“The Pennines I know very well,” says Dale. “On the one side, you’ve got places like Oldham, Bury and Rochdale: these places just ahead of the Pennines. Then you go across the Pennines to the Shipleys of this world and you lose about 20/25 per cent of the rain. Why? Because the Pennines are in the way, they mop it all up.”
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Publish date : 2023-08-08 03:00:00
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