A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL

Nick G wrote:
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL



Probably not:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweath..._outlook.shtml

For some areas it has indeed been very disappointing but for parts of the
Southeast and south in general it has not been too bad. June 1st to 25th
July temperatures are running at my Surrey station 0.5C above average and
rainfall is 98%.
Last Saturday was lovely. I set up a weather display at a country fair near
Dorking and the mercury was at 24C, the wind gentle and there was plenty of
sunshine.
A measure of a very poor July is when on a somewhat cloudy day the
temperature stays low. Today for instance has been fairly cloudy here but
still it has reached nearly 20C. Now in 1954 these are the max temps from
the 22nd:- 16C;18C;19.4C;16.0C;17.2C;16.1C;16.1C;16.0C,15.6C. It was even
cooler in the first half.
At my station so far this July the mercury has reached or exceeded 21C on 12
days. In 1954 the corresponding value was just 1. In 1954 14 days were
sunless. This July the corresponding figure is just one day.

Ian Currie--Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com





"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Nick G wrote:
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The
neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that
I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to
amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most
disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL



Probably not:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweath..._outlook.shtml

May & June were very sunny and warm here in Penzance. May saw an exceptional
300 hours of sun along parts of the Cornish coast. June saw 22 consecutive
dry days.

July has been fairly dull and dis-appointing, but with some sunny days (last
Friday was perfect, cloudless, calm with a max of 24.5). Overall it looks
like the average temperature will be very close to the 1971-2000 norm.
--
Graham
Penzance

"Nick G" wrote in message
...
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The
neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that
I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to
amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most
disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL

Temperature now has reached 20.5C with nice early evening sunshine-
delightful. Incidentally in my earlier piece I should say that July on its
own is currently 0.8C below par but this will be up to average by the end of
the month boosted by the warm conditions this week.
Ian Currie- Coulsdon.
www.frostedearth.com


"Ian Currie" wrote in message
...
For some areas it has indeed been very disappointing but for parts of the
Southeast and south in general it has not been too bad. June 1st to 25th
July temperatures are running at my Surrey station 0.5C above average and
rainfall is 98%.
Last Saturday was lovely. I set up a weather display at a country fair
near
Dorking and the mercury was at 24C, the wind gentle and there was plenty
of
sunshine.
A measure of a very poor July is when on a somewhat cloudy day the
temperature stays low. Today for instance has been fairly cloudy here but
still it has reached nearly 20C. Now in 1954 these are the max temps from
the 22nd:- 16C;18C;19.4C;16.0C;17.2C;16.1C;16.1C;16.0C,15.6C. It was even
cooler in the first half.
At my station so far this July the mercury has reached or exceeded 21C on
12
days. In 1954 the corresponding value was just 1. In 1954 14 days were
sunless. This July the corresponding figure is just one day.

Ian Currie--Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com





"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Nick G wrote:
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The
neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long
that
I've
forgotten what it looks like.

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to
amaze
me.

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most
disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?
_______________________________
Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL



Probably not:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweath..._outlook.shtml

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?

Ignoring the statistics, I'd say this has been the sunniest, driest and
warmest summer ever known in the UK.

Tudor Hughes.

"Nick G" wrote in message ...
A very bright light has just appeared high up in the sky from behind a
cloud, it's so bright you can't look at it, and it feels warm. The neighbour
says it is called the sun but I haven't seen that thing in so long that I've
forgotten what it looks like.
Could you remind me? :-)

Is it really the sun. Well blow me down, miracles will never cease to amaze
me.


Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far.
Since 1993- this July has been IMO worse than 1998 or 2000. Those two
were cloudy with no hot days, but this one has had more rain, with
some aggressively cold weather which was lacking in those years too.
(To be fair, June this year was appreciably better than 1998's). I've
even missed all these storms.

Will August save the day? Any guesses?
Guesses from forecasts: Every day of the last fortnight I've read
'Summer will start tomorrow' or similar, then I wake up to- cloudy,
cool weather. (Or is that summer?)

What I've noticed most about 2004 so far is 1) Changeability- rarely
have we had two consecutive sunny days, and rarely two with the same
temperature or even weather type. It's been windy most of the time,
but with only 1 real gale (March 20).
and 2) Lack of temperature extremes. Though Jan-Mar weren't as mild as
in some 90s years(and had much more snow), the temp. never dipped more
than a touch below freezing- due to 1). In return, we've had only a
handful of warm and sunny days, and very rarely a run of them. Hardly
any 27+ temps have been recorded, except on a few days in favoured
locations. (hello southeasterners!).
And I haven't any figures to hand, but Feb/Mar 2003 seemed to have had
more sunshine than June/July 04.

Come on August!! :-[)

"TudorHgh" wrote in message
...
Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?

Ignoring the statistics, I'd say this has been the sunniest, driest and
warmest summer ever known in the UK.

Ignoring the statistics, I'd say there was a 79% chance you've just
made that up on the spot

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk

On 26 Jul 2004 23:45:29 GMT, (TudorHgh) wrote:

Ignoring the statistics, has this just been the dullest, most disappointing
summer so far. Will August save the day? Any guesses?

Ignoring the statistics, I'd say this has been the sunniest, driest and
warmest summer ever known in the UK.

Tudor Hughes.


Well Tudor! It all depends on what part of the UK you live in.
Try living in Renfrewshire wet, cold ,wet etc.etc.
Our geraniums have forgotten to flower---just too cold for them ;-)
Elma in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK