On 21 août, 09:48, Alan White wrote:

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:32:21 -0700, Colin Youngs
wrote:
... thus beating the "official" warmest place - Nottingham Watnall -
by 2.1 deg C. I must add you to my list.

If I understand what you're saying, then my maximum of 20.8°C should be
discounted because it's significantly higher than the 'official'
maximum.

Not at all. I was thinking - Here is another case where the
"official" list of extremes misses a significant aspect of the day's
weather. Sunshine in the west of Scotland on the satpics was
confirmed by your reports. As most other areas were fairly cloudy we
might have expected temperatures near the top end of the day's range
from the west of Scotland - but the "official" list had none.

If your exposure was more standard, perhaps you would still have
recorded one of the day's top maxima - just not so far in excess of
the others.

A similar situation has occurred today (Tuesday) as regards
rainfall. The radar clearly shows a small area of heavy rain moving
SW over Kent in the morning - hence Colin May's report of 38 mm in a
few hours. Even so, the highest total reported on the "official"
list was only 11 mm at Manston and Herstmonceux.

However, if I don't post 'obs' then the weather in this bit of the UK
just goes unnoticed.

Exactly !

What do I do?

Keep on posting as now and arousing the envy of the rest of us by
reminding us of the view from your window (via your webcam) !

Colin Youngs
Brussels