Our friend Mark Vogan e-mails these images from Scotland showing the frost which coated a number of outdoor surfaces early Tuesday morning. Mark writes:
“The forecast last night suggested a frosty night here with lows dropping to around freezing, so I got up and took the car for a drive down to the canal here in Kirkintilloch before sunrise to look at the steam rise off the warm waters of the canal. The temp at 5.50am was about 32F and frost coasted cars and house roofing. Skies cleared overnight and with no wind, the old radiational cooling kicked in. A pretty decent frost for mid-September, certainly can't remember the last time we had a decent frost this early. Perhaps in years gone by when winters where "real winter". In fact Tom we has mornings in January where it was warmer than this morning!”
It’s always great hearing from you, Mark, and thanks for the report! It certainly shows that this Sunday’s autumnal equinox is fast approaching!
Tom Skilling
Photo courtesy: Mark Vogan
