Today's max +10.1 deg. C (11th max this month in double figures)
Precip. NIL

Strong, almost unbroken sunshine today - a remarkable day for January, felt
really warm up against south facing walls. Now that we are a month from the
shortest day there is real strength back in the sun. Our entire hot water
tank was heated to +58 deg. C today from our 30 Thermomax evacuated tubes,
which is good going in January. Also, 5 kWh of electricity off the pV array
(highest daily output since 23 November '05; 1 unit exported to the national
grid).

Current (20:40)

Temp +0.1 deg. C (same as last night's min; the 6th min of the month below
zero looks inevitable)
Dew point -0.9 deg. C
RH 93%
Wind Calm
Pressure 1034 hPa

Best wishes,
Richard.

--
Dartington, South Hams, Devon.
100 ft AMSL.
50' 12N, 03' 24W.

Not only is the dryness of this winter proving most interesting, but also
the lack of wind, at least in the SW.

Since my VP was installed on 3 December '05 the max gust recorded has been
21KT ! The mean speed through December '05 was 0.6KT, and the mean speed so
far this January is 1KT ! Now my site is reasonably sheltered, and the
anemometer is not high enough (~2 metres up only) but still this is quite
significant I think.

Richard.


"Richard Orrell" wrote in message
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Today's max +10.1 deg. C (11th max this month in double figures)
Precip. NIL

Strong, almost unbroken sunshine today - a remarkable day for January,
felt really warm up against south facing walls. Now that we are a month
from the shortest day there is real strength back in the sun. Our entire
hot water tank was heated to +58 deg. C today from our 30 Thermomax
evacuated tubes, which is good going in January. Also, 5 kWh of
electricity off the pV array (highest daily output since 23 November '05;
1 unit exported to the national grid).

Current (20:40)

Temp +0.1 deg. C (same as last night's min; the 6th min of the month below
zero looks inevitable)
Dew point -0.9 deg. C
RH 93%
Wind Calm
Pressure 1034 hPa

Best wishes,
Richard.

--
Dartington, South Hams, Devon.
100 ft AMSL.
50' 12N, 03' 24W.

In article ,
Richard Orrell writes:
Not only is the dryness of this winter proving most interesting, but also
the lack of wind, at least in the SW.

Since my VP was installed on 3 December '05 the max gust recorded has been
21KT ! The mean speed through December '05 was 0.6KT, and the mean speed so
far this January is 1KT ! Now my site is reasonably sheltered, and the
anemometer is not high enough (~2 metres up only) but still this is quite
significant I think.

I know that it's been a very quiet month, but it's hard to believe that
the mean wind speed could be quite that low. Are you sure that the
anemometer is working correctly?
--
John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles
are worse than your own." Nelson Algren