SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EDITION WERE:

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL STORM OF 13 - 14 SEPTEMBER 1975
The low deepened rapidly, and during the course of Saturday 13th tracked along the English Channel to arrive off the Dutch coast next day at noon. High winds and heavy rain affected all Channel sea areas, besides the adjacent land areas of England, South Wales and France,
for up to 18 hours or more. Four lives were lost in small boats in the Bristol Channel and the Solent and many persons were injured when boats were wrecked. In addition, several thunderstorm cells developed near the depression centre and at least one of these spawned a tornado which caused £75,000 damage.
STORMY AUGUST IN HONG KONG
The weather in August was characterised by frequent heavy showers and thunderstorms.
As a result, the month's total rainfall (458.9mm) exceeded the average by 24%. The accumulated rainfall for the first eight months of the year stood at 2400.4mm which was 39%
above the normal value for the same period. A total of six tropical cyclones were reported over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in August. Typhoons Nina and Ora developed to the S.E. of Taiwan and crossed the east coast of China successively near the
Ryukyu Islands and the Caroline Islands respectively; both moved north and devastated Japan, leaving widespread damage and heavy death tolls especially in Shikotu.
THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE ELECTRIFIED FISHERMAN
I was fishing with a friend form a boat on Derwent Reservoir. After a very hot day, an evening breeze rippled the surface, except for a calm patch about 100 yards across the middle. All was normal as we rowed towards it. Then, as we drifted into calm, everything went haywire. Our hair stood on end. Our fishing flies and nylon lines started to rise in the air. The tip of my rod began to buzz like a swarm of bees. We wasted no time getting clear.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT BLAISEN HARDANGERJOKULEN ICE CAP, NORWAY 26 AUGUST - 9 SEPTEMBER 1972
A short field experiment at two adjacent sites in Norway, one on rock and on one perennial
snow is described. Examination of the autograph records from the two sites reveals a variety of detailed contrasts including the cooling affects of the snow patch surface, the topographical influence in protecting the snow patch and enhancing the katabolic effects of the glacier at the ridge site and some specific instrumental effects.