Chalfont St Giles - Monday 14th March 2005
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0630z CALM 15km 1Sc050 7Ci300 -01.7/-02.9 1012
RMK: Garden frozen hard but very little hoar frost. Hard
surfaces dry. Contrails appear to be contributing
a lot to the cirrus cover.

0900z SW F2 15km 1Sc060 8CiCs250 02.7/-00.1 1013
RMK: Sky covered in a lattice of old, persistent contrails.
There was a very bright sun dog to the right of the sun
from about 0745z to about 0815z. There was none visible
to the left of the sun
24-HR STATISTICS: Max (0900-0900): 6.7 at 1105z
Min (0900-0900): -1.8 at 0635z
Grass min (1800-0900): -4.6
Rain (0900-0900): Nil

1200z WSW F3 25+km 2Sc060 4Ac080 8Cs200 07.3/00.3 1013
RMK: Ac slowly invading the sky. Cs slowly thickening

1500z WSW F3-4 25+km 1 Cu030 8Cs200 09.4/01.5 1012
RMK: Most of the middle and low cloud has disappeared during the
past hour and the sun is now shining quite brightly through
the Cs

1800z SW F2-3 25+km 1Sc035 3Ci250 07.4/01.3 1013
RMK: It turned out to be a fine sunny afternoon. Max 10.3 at 1600z.
Last time we reached 10.0 was 12th Feb. First daffodil
opened
in the garden this afternoon. Snowdrops still in full
bloom.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England