"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
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Ppn (standard gauge) 1.0mm last 24hrs
Ppn (standard gauge) 95.5mm this month
Ppn (AWS) 1.2mm last 24 hrs
Ppn (AWS) 79.4mm this month

Grey, damp, cool, blustery
www.evershot-weather.org

.... so far (as at 1030Z), just 0.1 mm here (current system) from
sporadic light rain/drizzle - breezy, cloudy.

The Hurn rainfall for the month is now up to 50% of the all-month
average.

However, in case anyone is thinking that we must be enjoying a month
with decent temperatures, think again! The running mean-maximum
anomaly has yet to touch parity with the 1971-2000 long term average
for that station, currently -0.3degC. The overall mean will of course
be above average, thanks to the night minima anomaly.

A combination of lack of sustained sunshine (often fine starts have
clouded-out), and lower theoretical maxima due to the already
mentioned lower SSTs in the source region for so much of our weather
this summer; in fact I was thinking yesterday (a fine, largely sunny
day with maximum just 20.5°C, 1.3degC *below* the long term mean),
that it was turning out to be a nice spring!

Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023