Just heard on R4 1257 forecast (Tomasz Schafernaker) that the SE
is bathed in warm (or even hot, he said) sunshine. Maybe Surrey is
not in SE England, because since about 11 am there has been 8 okta Sc
cugen plus a couple of oktas of small Cu below it. There are now (2
pm) signs that the Sc layer is breaking up and moving slowly SE but
the total cloud amount is still 7 oktas and it is brighter but not
sunny .
Inspecting local METAR's shows FEW or SCT 035 but no mention of
the upper Sc layer. Is this because it is probably a little above
5000 ft, despite the lower cloud? And is it possible that Mr
Schafernaker has been looking at METAR's rather than SYNOP's. If so,
it leaves one speechless.
As soon as he came on the radio I could perceive a certain
dissonance, you could sy, between what he was saying and what I could
see out of the window and that this situation had lasted a couple of
hours, and is still so two hours later. Well done, Tom.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, where the sun don't shine.

On 24 May, 14:15, Tudor Hughes wrote:
Just heard on R4 1257 forecast (Tomasz Schafernaker) that the SE
is bathed in warm (or even hot, he said) sunshine. Maybe Surrey is
not in SE England, because since about 11 am there has been 8 okta Sc
cugen plus a couple of oktas of small Cu below it. There are now (2
pm) signs that the Sc layer is breaking up and moving slowly SE but
the total cloud amount is still 7 oktas and it is brighter but not
sunny .
Inspecting local METAR's shows FEW or SCT 035 but no mention of
the upper Sc layer. Is this because it is probably a little above
5000 ft, despite the lower cloud? And is it possible that Mr
Schafernaker has been looking at METAR's rather than SYNOP's. If so,
it leaves one speechless.
As soon as he came on the radio I could perceive a certain
dissonance, you could sy, between what he was saying and what I could
see out of the window and that this situation had lasted a couple of
hours, and is still so two hours later. Well done, Tom.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, where the sun don't shine.

Absolutely fantastic in the far SW (Penzance) where it was supposed to
be mirky. Max so far (14:40) 23C making it the warmest day of the year
so far (but nearer 20C right on the sea front)

The first day when it's been a real pleasure to go swimming (I've just
got back) now the SST in the bays around 14C.

See what you're missing!
www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/BR.html

Cornwall at it's best

Graham
Penzance

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, where the sun don't shine.

Simply spiffing in Ramsgate.

On 24 May 2007 06:42:12 -0700, Graham Easterling
wrote:

See what you're missing!
www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/BR.html

Cornwall at it's best

See what we've got :-(
http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/camera

Argyll at it's (?)

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

Tudor Hughes wrote:
Just heard on R4 1257 forecast (Tomasz Schafernaker) that the SE
is bathed in warm (or even hot, he said) sunshine. Maybe Surrey is
not in SE England, because since about 11 am there has been 8 okta Sc
cugen plus a couple of oktas of small Cu below it. There are now (2
pm) signs that the Sc layer is breaking up and moving slowly SE but
the total cloud amount is still 7 oktas and it is brighter but not
sunny .

Just back from collecting dinner (mussels and limpets) and fossils at Copt
Point, Folkestone. Warmest day so far, glorious... a strange brown haze
over France (pollution and a temp inversion perhaps?) but otherwise
cloudless. Very hot on the trudge back to the car...

Les

--
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"These people believe the souls of fried space aliens inhabit their
bodies and hold soup cans to get rid of them. I should care what they
think?"...Valerie Emmanuel

Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA

Simon Bennett wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, where the sun don't shine.

Simply spiffing in Ramsgate.

Hasn't been all day here - rather overcast during the morning. Cleared
around 2pm though. Just a tad too warm being just over 26C earlier.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury, Kent
http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/