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Old August 12th 10, 08:26 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Rain in Scotland on Wednesday - Loch Glascarnoch 18 mm

"Martin Rowley" schreef in bericht
news:1DP8o.13515$y_2.2706@hurricane...
: "Colin Youngs" wrote ...
: Wednesday 11th August 2010
: UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/3y2tvcc
: Bournemouth (Hurn) and OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/3x4m4l4

: ... Hurn almost certainly wrong. It is at least 2C above any its SYNOP
: hourly data (20.6degC at 18Z), and as we had a maximum of 22.2degC in
: a *highly* sheltered back garden (given yesterday's fitful sunshine we
: would be roughly 2C warmer than Hurn at this time of year), I suggest
: the *true* day (and 24hr) maximum for Hurn for the 11th was the 18Z
: figure of 20.6degC.

Met Office website
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html lists
Hurn 23.0°C as the highest maximum in SW England on Wednesday - which does
not prove it is correct of course !

Colin Youngs
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