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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Period of 48 consecutive hours in which at least 46 hourly readings have had temperatures not less than 20& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Period of 48 consecutive hours in which at least 46 hourly readings have had temperatures not less than 20°C and [[relative humidity]] not less than 75%.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The occurrence of this period has been widely used as a criterion for issuing warnings for the onset of potato blight. <br/>''See'' [[operational weather limits]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Beaumont period[edit | edit source]
Period of 48 consecutive hours in which at least 46 hourly readings have had temperatures not less than 20°C and relative humidity not less than 75%.
The occurrence of this period has been widely used as a criterion for issuing warnings for the onset of potato blight.
See operational weather limits.
See operational weather limits.