On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 8:58:04 AM UTC+1, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 18/06/2017 22:43, wrote:
From the Telegraph today:
"Unusual levels of UV are also being recorded in the UK at the moment - with the strength of the UV in some spots being as high as that in Cyprus and Gibraltar."
Can anybody shed any light (ouch) on this ? It makes no sense to me.

I recorded a UV of 7.7 for yesterday (18th) and 7.8 for the day before.

These are nothing out of the ordinary for mid to late June given the
current 'atmospheric' set up. In tropical maritime air at this time of
year I can record UV above 9.0. My record is 10.

Later Wednesday and Thursday might see the UV climb towards 9.0 or
above. My highest UV so far this year was on the 12th June with 8.4.

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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

9.7 at St Martin's Scilly today. The highest this year, but certainly not a record. Camborne has exceeded 10 in a warm sector SWesterly, and the highest I've seen at St Martins was 10.8 again in a humid SW with plenty of sea fog around. The current situation isn't quite right for record breaking.

Now 26C warmest day for 3 years - my Penzance record 29.7C. In this most maritime of places, the temperature struggles to get 10C over the offshore SST, which is currently around 16C or so. Some much warmer 'pools' close in e.g 20.2C at the Looe buoy. The SST in the SW approaches is way above normal for mid June. http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/rtg_l...maly_oper0.png

22C in the Jubilee Pool yesterday - positively tepid. A record 1,200 people went into the pool over the weekend. To think, if it wasn't for the 'Friend's' it would now be filled in for a car park. https://www.facebook.com/jubileepool/

Graham
Penzance -