In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan and
Treverno. Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look right?
:-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard pensinsula was
gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but he didn't see me
:-)

Of course heavy showers on Dartmoor on Saturday - giving 7.6mm rain, but
mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest day of
the year!
--
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

On 12 Apr, 18:55, "Will Hand" wrote:
In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan and
Treverno. Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look right?
:-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard pensinsula was
gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but he didn't see me
:-)

Of course heavy showers on Dartmoor on Saturday - giving 7.6mm rain, but
mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest day of
the year!
--
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

Polar opposite here in East London, Will. Awful grey drizzly murk with
no hint of the sun adds ammunition to the claim that Easter weather is
nearly always terrible - whether it falls in March or April.

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...
In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan and
Treverno. Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look
right? :-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard
pensinsula was gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but
he didn't see me :-)

Of course heavy showers on Dartmoor on Saturday - giving 7.6mm rain, but
mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest day
of the year!
--
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

Yes, glorious here (east Hampshire) except when it was raining and murky
:-( There again, it IS Easter, after all

John

On 12 Apr, 18:55, "Will Hand" wrote:
In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan and
Treverno.

I was at Trevarno on Friday.

Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look right?

They were earlier last year!

:-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard pensinsula was
gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but he didn't see me
:-)

I wondered who that was waving. You should have stayed an extra day!

Graham
Penzance

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:55:27 +0100, Will Hand wrote:

... mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest
day of the year!

Dawn to Dusk sunshine up here, the daffodils look wonderful in full bloom.
Only small bit of cumulous dotted about but nothing significant.

Quite a temp range though just to remind us that it is only mid April. Min
last night of -0.3C, todays max 19.3C about 1530 this afternoon. Falling
steadily (nearly 3C/hr) since then. It's now 7C and it's very clear so I
wouldn't be at all surprised to see another air frost tonight.

Warmest day by quite a bit since 20th Sep last year.

--
Cheers
Dave.

Also warmest day of the year so far in Ludwell Valley area of Exeter, max
temp 18.2 C before the sea breeze set in at 1342Z, very good vis and only
fair weather Cu today after fog/low cloud early on cleared, min temp was 1.2
C, temperature whomping down at the mo, currently 3.7 C,

Peter


"Will Hand" wrote in message
...
In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan and
Treverno. Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look
right? :-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard
pensinsula was gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but
he didn't see me :-)

Of course heavy showers on Dartmoor on Saturday - giving 7.6mm rain, but
mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest day
of the year!
--
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:41:15 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:

It's now 7C and it's very clear so I wouldn't be at all surprised to see
another air frost tonight.

Naw only got down to 2.4C at 0200. I guess the patchy stratus that we have
now came over about that time.

--
Cheers
Dave.

A question for the experts,probably young Philip, when was the last
completely sunless Easter in London ?,and no I dont want to know how
gloriously sunny it has been in your far flung part of the empire ....

RonB

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Also warmest day of the year so far in Ludwell Valley area of Exeter, max
temp 18.2 C before the sea breeze set in at 1342Z, very good vis and only
fair weather Cu today after fog/low cloud early on cleared, min temp was
1.2 C, temperature whomping down at the mo, currently 3.7 C,

Peter


"Will Hand" wrote in message
...
In Cornwall, (near Helston).

Very sunny and most enjoyable visiting sub-tropical gardens at Heligan
and Treverno. Never seen so many bluebells in April before - didn't look
right? :-) One shower at Falmouth on Saturday night but the Lizard
pensinsula was gloriously sunny. I waved to Graham E. across the Bay, but
he didn't see me :-)

Of course heavy showers on Dartmoor on Saturday - giving 7.6mm rain, but
mostly sunny today Sunday with a max. of 15.0C making it the warmest day
of the year!
--
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

"ronaldbutton" wrote in message
...
A question for the experts,probably young Philip, when was the last
completely sunless Easter in London ?,and no I dont want to know how
gloriously sunny it has been in your far flung part of the empire
....


.... From 'London Weather': Weather during Public Holidays Chapter
.......

(up to 1964/last considered in this publication)

"The dullest Easters (Good Friday to Easter Monday incl.) were in 1964
(27-30 March) and in 1941 (11-14 April) with a total sunshine during
the holiday of only 1.3 and 1.4 hours respectively".
From my notes, the 1.3 hr in 1964 would all have come on the Bank
Holiday Monday, as Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Day were all
sunless.
[CSR recorder would have been in use / record started at Kew
Observatory in 1881]

I have kept a record of PH weather over the last 50-odd years, and
looking at my records based on Kew then Heathrow, after 1964 I can't
find another year with anything like this total (1.3hr); I only record
to nearest whole hour, and on that basis, I have the following totals
(arbitrarily 10hr over the whole 4 days) for the following years:-

1972 (31Mar-3Apr) = 9 hr
1973 (20-23Apr) = 8 hr
1985 (5-8Apr) = 6hr
1999 (2-5Apr) = 8hr

Philip will have better access to the original data and also be able
to comment upon the Hampstead record.

.... from latest VIS imagery, the sun should come out soon & so
sunshine totals will be in excess of the 1964 & 1941 horrors!

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

On 13 Apr, 06:53, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:41:15 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:
It's now 7C and it's very clear so I wouldn't be at all surprised to see
another air frost tonight.

Naw only got down to 2.4C at 0200. I guess the patchy stratus that we have
now came over about that time.

--
Cheers
Dave.

Hi, Dave,
Surprisingly, considering we are closer to the North Sea, it remained
clear here. Screen min 0.2C grass -6.1C Lead Mill screen min -1.1C
Best wishes,
Ken