"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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After a few days with quite a lot of cloud at times and/or very hazy
sunshine, the cloud melted away this morning and out came proper sun,
i.e., strong.

Unbroken sunshine on the coast with cumulus building up inland.

A max of 25.6°C with just a slight sea breeze and DPs around 16°C made for
the perfect day. It even impressed the in-laws (who are with us at the
moment and are from Lisbon), and they felt it was warm enough to have a
swim whilst we were down on the beach this afternoon. That also impressed
them (open SST up to 20°C, a little warmer along the shore), as the sea
around the west coast of Portugal often remains chilly all summer,
especially north of Lisbon.


Atlantic air returns on Thursday and then your in-laws can experience some
proper British summer weather not this continental hot stuff!

Not quite as hot in Haytor thankfully with a max. of 21.7C now making it 10
days this summer over 21C. Possibly another tomorrow and then that will be
it for a while. Countryside is still nice and green and lush here as it
should be in England.

Did you not get any rain overnight and AM Nick? We got 1.4mm to keep the
garden soil wet.

Will
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