A dry, warm and generally sunny afternoon with impressive, towering
cumulonimbus further inland and to the west, rumbling away.

A max of 23.0°C this afternoon in the sunshine after a cool start with a
minimum of just 10.4°C.

Had a trip up to Tiverton and on the way an almighty rainstorm made driving
rather hazardous and slow going.

Sunshine levels have been suffering a bit lately, now up to only 150 hours
though we should easily make 200+ hours if the forecast is to be believed
for the rest of the month.

Rainfall now just about at the average with 41 mm. Temperatures so far above
average with a mean max of 23.0 °C, mean min: 13.1°C; overall mean: 18.0°C.

(19:20), 19.2°C, RH 63%, DP 12.8°C, 1013 hPa (R), Wind 3 mph N.
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

Just noticed an interesting change in wind direction whilst uploading
today's data from the Davis AWS.

All day the wind has been off the sea, i.e., sea breeze direction of SSE
then it suddenly switched to a northerly at 18:45 with a subsequent drop in
temperature from 21.3°C to 19.4°C in 15 minutes, but no rain fell. There was
also a distinct drop in DP from 13.7°C to 12.1°C in 15 minutes as well.

Air now feeling much cooler after the muggy, warm conditions of earlier on.

(19:45), 17.6°C, RH 70%, DP 12.1°C, 1014 hPa (R), Wind 1 mph NNW.
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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A dry, warm and generally sunny afternoon with impressive, towering
cumulonimbus further inland and to the west, rumbling away.

A max of 23.0°C this afternoon in the sunshine after a cool start with a
minimum of just 10.4°C.

Had a trip up to Tiverton and on the way an almighty rainstorm made
driving rather hazardous and slow going.

Sunshine levels have been suffering a bit lately, now up to only 150 hours
though we should easily make 200+ hours if the forecast is to be believed
for the rest of the month.

Rainfall now just about at the average with 41 mm. Temperatures so far
above average with a mean max of 23.0 °C, mean min: 13.1°C; overall mean:
18.0°C.

(19:20), 19.2°C, RH 63%, DP 12.8°C, 1013 hPa (R), Wind 3 mph N.
_____________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk