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A METEOROLOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR SOME OF THE MYSTERIOUS SIGHTINGS ON LOCH NESS AND OTHER LAKES AND RIVERS
The saga of the Loch Ness monster is one of compelling interest for scientists and laymen alike. If the 'monster' should ever prove to be a previously unknown aquatic animal, it would be a triumph for the zoologists who establish the truth via a live specimen or corpse. But if, as is more probable, no such monster has survived from prehistoric times, the saga at any rate appears to have the resources necessary for surviving a long time into the future. The purpose of this article is to introduce into the discussion of puzzling lake apparitions a meteorological phenomenon which has not been considered by previous writers on Loch Ness monsters.

THE COLD SPELL OF 1972 OVER THE BRITISH ISLES
This paper is concerned with the recognition of a polar continental air mass over the British Isles during late January 1972. The study concentrates on general synoptic evidence with emphasis on the temporal distribution of temperatures during the period. The winter of 1971-72 was notable for its mildness. Indeed, in parts of Scotland it was the mildest winter for more than 20 years. Thus, the cold spell at the end of January 1972 created a greater impact than might otherwise have been expected.

AFTER A VINTAGE SUMMER, WHAT KIND OF WINTER WILL WE HAVE?
The summer of 1975 will be long remembered for its heat and dryness; except for an unusually cold spell at the beginning of June it would have ranked as the warmest summer of the century at Evesham. Both the summers of 1911 and 1921 were slightly warmer, overall, at Evesham than the present year, although in contrasting ways July and August were exceptionally warm in 1911 while June was cooler than in 1975. Moreover, June and July were hotter in 1921 than in the present year, but August was cooler than 1975. What patterns of winters have followed this vintage summers? From the foregoing it does not appear that any useful conclusions can be gathered concerning the prospects for the coming winter. It is, though, possible or even probable that it will be decidedly colder than in recent years, unless we are in a long cycle of mild winters as occurred in the 1920s.

WHIRLWIND AT HULL ON 9 SEPTEMBER 1975
Mr Jim Edson of Hull, Humberside, experienced a short-lived whirlwind at approximately 1000GMT on Tuesday, 9 September 1975, when unexpectedly a violent wind whipped up with an appalling noise which lasted only a short time. It lifted a greenhouse with a metal frame, which the next-door neighbour was constructing, bodily across the garden. There was no glass in it at the time.