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Old January 7th 11, 12:33 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham Easterling[_3_] Graham Easterling[_3_] is offline
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Default Sunless days in east Dorset ...

On Jan 6, 10:30*am, Martin Rowley
wrote:
... 10 sunless days including yesterday; looks like today will be the
11th. I had a look at the WeatherOnline archive which only goes back to
October 2005, but over those 5+ years, I couldn't find anything
approaching this length of persist gloom in the Hurn record.

You could argue it's a bit of a fluke - as we've had clear/clearing
skies overnight - indeed yesterday morning (Wednesday) at daybreak, the
sun did actually rise (visibly that is) but presumably wasn't strong
enough to trigger the KZS at Hurn.

And of course, at other times of the year, the chances of the cloud
clearing late in the day and giving a fractional sunshine amounts are
much greater.

Martin.

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Have some Cornish sun http://www.minack.com/min02_7ref30.htm , hopeful
it will last the afternoon.

You do seem to have been particularly unlucky, certainly far less sun
than Nick G's been recording, not that far way.

Graham
Penzance

Graham
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