Bit of light rain/rain and drizzle in and around Tiverton this afternoon but
not enough to stop play (tennis !).

Cloud's broken in the last hour or so
(http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ter/index.html ) and
it's feeling quite warm.

Car sensor was reading 18C on the M5, similar to the latest Exeter airport
METAR
EGTE 251620Z 29009KT 260V340 9999 SCT014 BKN024 18/12 Q1017=

Possibly the warmest day of the year so far down here.

Jon. (Mid-Devon - it's great, honest)

Warmest day of the year so far in Coventry today too John.

Cloud didn't clear until afternoon, with just 2.1hr in total up to
6-00pm, but we still managed to reach 18.4C by this time.

Really pleasant evening sunshine in Warwickshire right now, and about
time too!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

Hi Jon,

We didn't manage such dizzy heights in the South Hams (max +15.9 deg.
C) but the *mean* temperature since midnight last to now (21:10) makes
today the second warmest day of the year so far: +12.5 deg. C. The
warmest was 21st April with a 24-hr mean temp of +12.6 (Tmax = +18.1
deg. C).

What may be an interesting feature this Summer if the dry surface
conditions continue is very high surface temperatures. With little
surface moisture to evaporate more sensible heat will be available for
ambient temperature rise. We may see some good super adiabatic lapse
rates!

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

Jon O'Rourke wrote:

Bit of light rain/rain and drizzle in and around Tiverton this afternoon but
not enough to stop play (tennis !).

Cloud's broken in the last hour or so
(http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ter/index.html ) and
it's feeling quite warm.

Car sensor was reading 18C on the M5, similar to the latest Exeter airport
METAR
EGTE 251620Z 29009KT 260V340 9999 SCT014 BKN024 18/12 Q1017=

Possibly the warmest day of the year so far down here.

Jon. (Mid-Devon - it's great, honest)

I
Possibly the warmest day of the year so far down here.

Jon. (Mid-Devon - it's great, honest)


Warmest day of the year here too and we finally reached 15c!!
Highest before today was 13.7c on 30th March.

15.2c reached today after a mostly cloudy day the sun finally broke
through mid afternoon to give us over 4 hours.

Weston Coyney weather station (North Staffordshire) 220 metres asl
--
Graham

"Richard Orrell" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi Jon,

We didn't manage such dizzy heights in the South Hams (max +15.9 deg.
C) but the *mean* temperature since midnight last to now (21:10) makes
today the second warmest day of the year so far: +12.5 deg. C. The
warmest was 21st April with a 24-hr mean temp of +12.6 (Tmax = +18.1
deg. C).

What may be an interesting feature this Summer if the dry surface
conditions continue is very high surface temperatures. With little
surface moisture to evaporate more sensible heat will be available for
ambient temperature rise. We may see some good super adiabatic lapse
rates!

Regards,
Richard.

Hello Richard,

Good point, although I hope not as 20C is about my limit. Although I'll take
a few more degrees if it results in some good storms, not that I've seen
many here (e.g.1 last summer, June IIRC, and only 1 or 2 the summer before
that ).

Noticeably humid too today as you commented, although it felt less so by
evening when the cloud broke.

Jon.

Car sensor was reading 18C on the M5, similar to the latest Exeter
airport

Recorded 18.1C (at 18:21) here in the Exe Valley, just north of Exeter,
making it the warmest day of the year so far by a small margin.
________________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
50 m amsl

Svalbard (Spitzbergen) had its warmest April day on record- max 7C and at
23.00-hrs it is still 6C at Longyearbyen. Max should be around minus 5C.

Ian Currie- Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com




"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
Bit of light rain/rain and drizzle in and around Tiverton this afternoon
but
not enough to stop play (tennis !).

Cloud's broken in the last hour or so
(http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ter/index.html ) and
it's feeling quite warm.

Car sensor was reading 18C on the M5, similar to the latest Exeter airport
METAR
EGTE 251620Z 29009KT 260V340 9999 SCT014 BKN024 18/12 Q1017=

Possibly the warmest day of the year so far down here.

Jon. (Mid-Devon - it's great, honest)

Yep should please the grockles and any who are planning to move down here in
the near future :-)
Day max. a whopping 15C in Haytor! :-O

Will.
--

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
Bit of light rain/rain and drizzle in and around Tiverton this afternoon
but
not enough to stop play (tennis !).

Cloud's broken in the last hour or so
(http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ter/index.html ) and
it's feeling quite warm.

Car sensor was reading 18C on the M5, similar to the latest Exeter airport
METAR
EGTE 251620Z 29009KT 260V340 9999 SCT014 BKN024 18/12 Q1017=

Possibly the warmest day of the year so far down here.

Jon. (Mid-Devon - it's great, honest)

Will Hand wrote:
Yep should please the grockles and any who are planning to move down
here in the near future :-)
Day max. a whopping 15C in Haytor! :-O

Will.

They're already down here with their mobile chicanes

(it'll be silage time soon so double the fun going to the supermarket of a
weekend!)

" cupra" wrote in message
...
Will Hand wrote:
Yep should please the grockles and any who are planning to move down
here in the near future :-)
Day max. a whopping 15C in Haytor! :-O

Will.

They're already down here with their mobile chicanes

(it'll be silage time soon so double the fun going to the supermarket of a
weekend!)



I usually find that walking a mile away from the car park gets away from
most of the grockles. You can also find some less well known beaches too.
Mind you they are our bread and butter down here so mustn't be too rude and
when we go away we become grockles too :-)

Will.
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