CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The nights are fair drawing out http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The nights are fair drawing out en Fri, 22 May 2026 07:52:35 +0000 gembo on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175906 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:00:23 +0000 gembo 175906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>agreed on weather</p> <p>last week dawn was at 8.30 but dusk was five minutes later because of very heavy rain clouds. Fortunately dawn happened a bit later on in the morning again. </p> acsimpson on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175888 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:40:22 +0000 acsimpson 175888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course solar observations only really apply if you are above the clouds. For those of us who dwell on the surface weather make a far greater difference than the sun setting a few seconds/minutes earlier.</p> <p>My hypothesis is that this week will seem lighter earlier in the morning and darker later in the evening than last week despite sunrise continuing to get later. </p> LivM on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175884 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:31:07 +0000 LivM 175884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Something to do with solar noon time and the sun's declination...<br /> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/winter-solstice-marks-the-shortest-day-of-the-year-thursday-morning/2011/12/21/gIQANxaG9O_blog.html">Washington Post article explaining it sort of</a> </p> AKen on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175881 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:03:40 +0000 AKen 175881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For reasons I don't pretend to understand, the sunset stops getting earlier about a week before the solstice but the sunrise continue to get later. This never makes any sense to me but I assume there is a perfectly good astronomical explanation. </p> Nelly on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175871 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:27:21 +0000 Nelly 175871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Next week? </p> cb on "The nights are fair drawing out" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14114#post-175860 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:22:01 +0000 cb 175860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had it in my head that the evenings would start getting lighter from tomorrow, but perhaps we've already passed that landmark.</p> <p><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/edinburgh">http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/uk/edinburgh</a> </p>