Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Monday 30th April
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.58 UTC on
Monday 30th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcpd30/pd30-1258-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Monday 30th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcpd30m/pd30-msg-1200-uk.html

British Isles sunny except for convective cloud from southern Ireland
to SW England. Belgium sunny.


UK min. temps on Sunday night http://tinyurl.com/yvekhp

Tain Range and Tulloch Bridge 3.1°C, Linton-on-Ouse 2.9°C, Loch
Glascarnoch and Shap 2.6°C, Aboyne 2.2°C, Redesdale 1.9°C,
Lossiemouth 1.7°C, Aviemore 0.2°C, Altnaharra -0.3°C.

St Mary's 11.0°C, St Mawgan and Guernsey 11.1°C, Solent MRSC
11.3°C, Aberporth 11.7°C, Plymouth 12.6°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Monday http://tinyurl.com/2ar3s6

Wick 9.4°C, Lerwick 10.4°C, Kirkwall 11.0°C, Leuchars 12.1°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Benson 20.9°C, Shoreham 21.0°C, Great Malvern 21.2°C, Filton and
Middle Wallop 21.3°C, Yeovilton 21.5°C, Boscombe Down and Thorney
Island 21.6°C, Bournemouth 23.2°C, Solent MRSC 23.3°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/yrxo4k


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or
http://www.meteo24.com/uk/index.php?q=radar

Showers move NW over SW England and SW Wales on Monday.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/2y8knm

Pembrey Sands 0.4 mm, Cardinham and Culdrose 0.6 mm, Camborne 1.0
mm, Guernsey and Plymouth 1 mm, St Mawgan 3 mm.

Storms over France again http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rsfloc2.gif
or http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkbeoblar.htm April
30th Intensity


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/data/uk_map.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On 30 Apr 2007 13:24:41 -0700, Colin Youngs
wrote:

Middle Wallop 21.3°C, Yeovilton 21.5°C, Boscombe Down and Thorney
Island 21.6°C, Bournemouth 23.2°C, Solent MRSC 23.3°C.

Was down at Solent again today between 1600BST and 1900BST and checked
the shade temperature in an area upto half a mile inland and at both
ends of the town. I found that it was 23C (rounded) in the entire area
as I arrived at 1600, falling below 22.5 between 1630 and 1700 and
below 22 at around 1730. Using the same thermometer and method, the
temperature at home 5 miles inland was 22 deg C (rounded) as I set off
at 1545 and this was the day's maximum here so yet again, it was a
degree lower here than on the coast.

With a brisk nor'easter, today's session was much easier than
yesterday and what I recorded is consistent with the reported max of
23.3C at Solent MRSC which probably occurred very close to 1600 BST.
The Hurn figures are also supportive, for a change. I think any
Stevenson screen effect today would have been insignificant because of
the brisk wind.

I'm not going to do this every day but it's been a darned good excuse
to get down to the beach while it's been "July in April!"

--
Dave
Fareham (West)

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On 30 Apr 2007 13:24:41 -0700, Colin Youngs
wrote:

Middle Wallop 21.3°C, Yeovilton 21.5°C, Boscombe Down and Thorney
Island 21.6°C, Bournemouth 23.2°C, Solent MRSC 23.3°C.

Was down at Solent again today between 1600BST and 1900BST and checked
the shade temperature in an area upto half a mile inland and at both
ends of the town. I found that it was 23C (rounded) in the entire area
as I arrived at 1600, falling below 22.5 between 1630 and 1700 and
below 22 at around 1730. Using the same thermometer and method, the
temperature at home 5 miles inland was 22 deg C (rounded) as I set off
at 1545 and this was the day's maximum here so yet again, it was a
degree lower here than on the coast.

With a brisk nor'easter, today's session was much easier than
yesterday and what I recorded is consistent with the reported max of
23.3C at Solent MRSC which probably occurred very close to 1600 BST.
The Hurn figures are also supportive, for a change. I think any
Stevenson screen effect today would have been insignificant because of
the brisk wind.

I'm not going to do this every day but it's been a darned good excuse
to get down to the beach while it's been "July in April!"

Dave, do you keep a rain-gauge in your garden too? Now that
the resorts have gone, there's nothing immediately available
between Thorney Island and Hurn since Solent and NOC are
inappropriate sites for measuring rain. Thorney Island reported
none at all in April, Hurn ~5mm, but these days you can never
be sure whether the tipping-bucket mechanism is working or not
during periods with only small amounts of rain. Nigel's figure
at Romsey should be interesting too.

Philip

On Tue, 1 May 2007 00:43:43 +0100, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:


Dave, do you keep a rain-gauge in your garden too? Now that
the resorts have gone, there's nothing immediately available
between Thorney Island and Hurn since Solent and NOC are
inappropriate sites for measuring rain. Thorney Island reported
none at all in April, Hurn ~5mm, but these days you can never
be sure whether the tipping-bucket mechanism is working or not
during periods with only small amounts of rain. Nigel's figure
at Romsey should be interesting too.

Yes I do Philip and I recorded only 3.0 mm here for April but it is a
home made and self-calibrated guage in a smallish back garden. There
was 0.5mm on the 24th and 2.5 mm on the 26th (the latter from a sharp
shower or two). I'd have thought Thorney would have had something on
the 24th (light rain and drizzle) but the 26th would have been more of
a hit-and-miss affair. I hope they are still recording rainfall at
Thorney, there are few enough rainfall recording sites in my part of
the World, though the EA must have a few in South Hants.

--
Dave
Fareham (West)

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On 30 Apr 2007 13:24:41 -0700, Colin Youngs
wrote:

Middle Wallop 21.3°C, Yeovilton 21.5°C, Boscombe Down and Thorney
Island 21.6°C, Bournemouth 23.2°C, Solent MRSC 23.3°C.

Was down at Solent again today between 1600BST and 1900BST and checked
the shade temperature in an area upto half a mile inland and at both
ends of the town. I found that it was 23C (rounded) in the entire area
as I arrived at 1600, falling below 22.5 between 1630 and 1700 and
below 22 at around 1730. Using the same thermometer and method, the
temperature at home 5 miles inland was 22 deg C (rounded) as I set off
at 1545 and this was the day's maximum here so yet again, it was a
degree lower here than on the coast.

With a brisk nor'easter, today's session was much easier than
yesterday and what I recorded is consistent with the reported max of
23.3C at Solent MRSC which probably occurred very close to 1600 BST.
The Hurn figures are also supportive, for a change. I think any
Stevenson screen effect today would have been insignificant because of
the brisk wind.

I'm not going to do this every day but it's been a darned good excuse
to get down to the beach while it's been "July in April!"

Dave, do you keep a rain-gauge in your garden too? Now that
the resorts have gone, there's nothing immediately available
between Thorney Island and Hurn since Solent and NOC are
inappropriate sites for measuring rain. Thorney Island reported
none at all in April, Hurn ~5mm, but these days you can never
be sure whether the tipping-bucket mechanism is working or not
during periods with only small amounts of rain. Nigel's figure
at Romsey should be interesting too.

Philip

Philip

Just for comparison (peace of mind!) 5.2mm here on the Bmth / Christchurch
border. So this month at least the Bmth figure appears accurate. (Ex Meto
Standard Raingauge)

Best Rgds
Paul

"PJB" wrote in message
...

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On 30 Apr 2007 13:24:41 -0700, Colin Youngs
wrote:

Middle Wallop 21.3°C, Yeovilton 21.5°C, Boscombe Down and Thorney
Island 21.6°C, Bournemouth 23.2°C, Solent MRSC 23.3°C.

Was down at Solent again today between 1600BST and 1900BST and checked
the shade temperature in an area upto half a mile inland and at both
ends of the town. I found that it was 23C (rounded) in the entire area
as I arrived at 1600, falling below 22.5 between 1630 and 1700 and
below 22 at around 1730. Using the same thermometer and method, the
temperature at home 5 miles inland was 22 deg C (rounded) as I set off
at 1545 and this was the day's maximum here so yet again, it was a
degree lower here than on the coast.

With a brisk nor'easter, today's session was much easier than
yesterday and what I recorded is consistent with the reported max of
23.3C at Solent MRSC which probably occurred very close to 1600 BST.
The Hurn figures are also supportive, for a change. I think any
Stevenson screen effect today would have been insignificant because of
the brisk wind.

I'm not going to do this every day but it's been a darned good excuse
to get down to the beach while it's been "July in April!"

Dave, do you keep a rain-gauge in your garden too? Now that
the resorts have gone, there's nothing immediately available
between Thorney Island and Hurn since Solent and NOC are
inappropriate sites for measuring rain. Thorney Island reported
none at all in April, Hurn ~5mm, but these days you can never
be sure whether the tipping-bucket mechanism is working or not
during periods with only small amounts of rain. Nigel's figure
at Romsey should be interesting too.

Philip

Philip

Just for comparison (peace of mind!) 5.2mm here on the Bmth / Christchurch
border. So this month at least the Bmth figure appears accurate. (Ex Meto
Standard Raingauge)

Best Rgds
Paul


I appear to be in the relative dry spot in Romsey with a
grand total of 1.3mm for April 2007... but not as arid as
Wootton, Isle of Wight coming in at 0.7mm (lowest for
any month since I started the records there way back
on 1 January 1974).

Cheers,

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

"Nigel Paice" wrote :


I appear to be in the relative dry spot in Romsey with a
grand total of 1.3mm for April 2007... but not as arid as
Wootton, Isle of Wight coming in at 0.7mm (lowest for
any month since I started the records there way back
on 1 January 1974).

(Lurching wildly off-topic ...)
Nigel, assuming you actually lived in Wootton in the 1970s,
did you know Adrian Scadding, Lt-Cdr, RN, ret.? He
spent some years of his retirement commuting to Aberdeen
to do night shifts at Imcos Marine's office there. Lovely
chap. Not sure whether NL knew him ... I think
he'd left by the time Norman moved into the London
office.

Philip

On Tue, 1 May 2007 20:02:12 +0100, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:


I appear to be in the relative dry spot in Romsey with a
grand total of 1.3mm for April 2007
Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

3.3mm at Milton Abbas.
Peered down a well at Winterbourne Houghton this afternoon: levels
were not far off the top a month or so ago - now only about a foot
left in it, a fall of some 6ft
R

In message , Philip Eden
writes
"Nigel Paice" wrote :


I appear to be in the relative dry spot in Romsey with a
grand total of 1.3mm for April 2007... but not as arid as
Wootton, Isle of Wight coming in at 0.7mm (lowest for
any month since I started the records there way back
on 1 January 1974).

(Lurching wildly off-topic ...)
Nigel, assuming you actually lived in Wootton in the 1970s,
did you know Adrian Scadding, Lt-Cdr, RN, ret.? He
spent some years of his retirement commuting to Aberdeen
to do night shifts at Imcos Marine's office there. Lovely
chap. Not sure whether NL knew him ... I think
he'd left by the time Norman moved into the London
office.

Philip

Yes, I knew Adrian. As you say, he was a lovely chap. .

Norman
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...
"Nigel Paice" wrote :


I appear to be in the relative dry spot in Romsey with a
grand total of 1.3mm for April 2007... but not as arid as
Wootton, Isle of Wight coming in at 0.7mm (lowest for
any month since I started the records there way back
on 1 January 1974).

(Lurching wildly off-topic ...)
Nigel, assuming you actually lived in Wootton in the 1970s,
did you know Adrian Scadding, Lt-Cdr, RN, ret.? He
spent some years of his retirement commuting to Aberdeen
to do night shifts at Imcos Marine's office there. Lovely
chap. Not sure whether NL knew him ... I think
he'd left by the time Norman moved into the London
office.

Philip

Philip,

I didn't know of the chap you mention, but I knew two
Kens many years ago; Kenneth J. Hosking F.R. Met. S.
who lived in Binstead and kept the records for Ryde, and
R. Kenneth Pilsbury of Totland, who shot the most
wonderful photographs of clouds. His home was
'decorated' with them.

Swerving back on topic: unbroken sunshine in Romsey
today; wind ENE F5; max temp 21.8C.

Nigel.