KBKeith Banks

1. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Keith Banks

   Weather played into hands of Navy to sink Bismarck (opens the original)

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   Keith Banks looks at the impact of a fierce gale on the German warship in 1941 before analysis of Wick’s weather for July 2026 The operational life of the German battleship Bismarck was as brief as it was spectacular. Severe weather initially protected the battleship, but ultimately doomed it during its first and last foray called Operation Rheinubung in late May 1941. During the initial breakout from Norway, and the subsequent Battle of the Denmark Strait, heavy fog, extensive cloud cover, wi

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2. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Keith Banks

   Rainy June saw electrical storms batter Wick (opens the original)

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   The meteorological and the astronomical summers use entirely different criteria. The astronomical summer is governed by the earth’s tilt, and its orbit around the Sun. The astronomical summer begins on the summer solstice, around June 21 or 22, when the Sun is at its highest point over the Northern Hemisphere, and it ends on the autumnal equinox, on September 21 or 22, when the Sun is aligned directly above the Equator. The Earth’s elliptical orbit makes seasons unequal in length. Neverthele

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