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Old August 14th 08, 01:02 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Philip Eden Philip Eden is offline
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Default [OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 14 Aug 2008

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:

0850z W F3 25km 3Cu018 16.6/11.8 1012.6
RMK: Cu med/con to the S and SE, otherwise hum and fra

1150z SW F3 35km 5Cu030 18.6/10.6 1012.6
RMK Cu mostly med; tr Ac; tr Ci
A good example of the CS sunshine recorder's greatest
weakness ... burn spread. The card has a continuous trace
since 0530z, whereas during the last couple of hours I doubt
whether the sun has been shining much more than 50% of
the time

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m