Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England) it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away). My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add, coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly _felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature. It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect. Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55. At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50), going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England) it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away). My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add, coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly _felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature. It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect. Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55. At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50), going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England) it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away). My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add, coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly _felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature. It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect. Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55. At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50), going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England)
it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on
Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away).
My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and
suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add,
coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly
_felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature.

Me too, but I was wrong on Sunday. I felt comfortably warm outside in a
T shirt, but the max was only 16. The cold nagging wind of the previous
week had gone which perhaps made me overestimate.


It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home
around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

I did on Sunday, and I wasn't the only one round here who did. The beer
gardens etc were packed with T-shirts.



My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is
well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't
believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect.

Probably, and I suspect those 21s in Wales in March were the same. As I
pointed out earlier, I'm a bit puzzled why we never seem to get these
effects here, with lots of high ground to the S and W. Wouldn't have
expected it on Sunday though, as it was an easterly.

Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55.
At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50),
going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Edmund

Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England)
it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on
Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away).
My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and
suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add,
coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly
_felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature.

Me too, but I was wrong on Sunday. I felt comfortably warm outside in a
T shirt, but the max was only 16. The cold nagging wind of the previous
week had gone which perhaps made me overestimate.


It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home
around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

I did on Sunday, and I wasn't the only one round here who did. The beer
gardens etc were packed with T-shirts.



My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is
well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't
believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect.

Probably, and I suspect those 21s in Wales in March were the same. As I
pointed out earlier, I'm a bit puzzled why we never seem to get these
effects here, with lots of high ground to the S and W. Wouldn't have
expected it on Sunday though, as it was an easterly.

Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55.
At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50),
going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Edmund

Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd :
somewhere
in Scotland this week.

I'm amazed at that report. On Sunday here (central southern England)
it
was sunny, but decidedly cold, no more than 15c I would say.

As I posted in a thread replying to Colin Youngs, I recorded 22.5 on
Sunday
(disagreeing markedly with the figure of Trawsgoed not so far away).
My
wife was running in the "Race for Life" in Aberystwyth that day and
suffered
quite badly from the head (despite, I'm sure she'd like me to add,
coming
44th out of 1,200 and beating her keep fit instructor). It certainly
_felt_
well in the 20's, and I'm pretty good at estimating temperature.

Me too, but I was wrong on Sunday. I felt comfortably warm outside in a
T shirt, but the max was only 16. The cold nagging wind of the previous
week had gone which perhaps made me overestimate.


It was
deckchairs out on the patio and t-shirt weather when we got back home
around
13:00 (now I wouldn't have done _that_ in 17C).

I did on Sunday, and I wasn't the only one round here who did. The beer
gardens etc were packed with T-shirts.



My thermometer is part of a LaCrosse WS-3600 weather station and is
well
screened with the standard plastic disc-shaped thingys, so I can't
believe
direct sunshine had a significant effect. I wonder if, being on a
mountainside, there was some Foehn effect.

Probably, and I suspect those 21s in Wales in March were the same. As I
pointed out earlier, I'm a bit puzzled why we never seem to get these
effects here, with lots of high ground to the S and W. Wouldn't have
expected it on Sunday though, as it was an easterly.

Wind was predominantly NNE (from
the Pumlumon massif) at the time, suddenly switching to W at 13:55.
At
exactly this time the temperature started to plummet (22.5@13:50),
going
down 8 degrees (14.5@14:40) in 50 minutes.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Edmund

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
ups.com...
Quite unusually, we're into the second half of May and have had nothing
higher than 18C this year in mid-Shropshire. I seem to remember places
in Wales reaching 21 in late March, the usual southeastern suspects
(London, Gravesend etc) the weekend 30th April/1st May, and somewhere
in Scotland this week. Yet here we're still waiting, despite several
fine sunny days. Who else has/hasn't reached the big 21 yet?

Edmund

Me. The Top 3 Max Temps in Romsey so far in 2005 a

1. Sun 1 May... +20.9C
2. Sat 30 Apr... +20.1C
3. Sat 19 Mar... +19.5C

Hmmm, that's suspicious, they all occurred on a weekend day!
I'll take that as being coincidence, rather than the thermometer
being artificially heated by a typical weekend feature...
barbecue smoke!

Being so close to +21.0C on 1 May on the eastern edge of town,
it is highly likely that much of Romsey, especially the town centre,
equalled or exceeded that value.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
ups.com...
Quite unusually, we're into the second half of May and have had nothing
higher than 18C this year in mid-Shropshire. I seem to remember places
in Wales reaching 21 in late March, the usual southeastern suspects
(London, Gravesend etc) the weekend 30th April/1st May, and somewhere
in Scotland this week. Yet here we're still waiting, despite several
fine sunny days. Who else has/hasn't reached the big 21 yet?

Edmund

Me. The Top 3 Max Temps in Romsey so far in 2005 a

1. Sun 1 May... +20.9C
2. Sat 30 Apr... +20.1C
3. Sat 19 Mar... +19.5C

Hmmm, that's suspicious, they all occurred on a weekend day!
I'll take that as being coincidence, rather than the thermometer
being artificially heated by a typical weekend feature...
barbecue smoke!

Being so close to +21.0C on 1 May on the eastern edge of town,
it is highly likely that much of Romsey, especially the town centre,
equalled or exceeded that value.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
ups.com...
Quite unusually, we're into the second half of May and have had nothing
higher than 18C this year in mid-Shropshire. I seem to remember places
in Wales reaching 21 in late March, the usual southeastern suspects
(London, Gravesend etc) the weekend 30th April/1st May, and somewhere
in Scotland this week. Yet here we're still waiting, despite several
fine sunny days. Who else has/hasn't reached the big 21 yet?

Edmund

Me. The Top 3 Max Temps in Romsey so far in 2005 a

1. Sun 1 May... +20.9C
2. Sat 30 Apr... +20.1C
3. Sat 19 Mar... +19.5C

Hmmm, that's suspicious, they all occurred on a weekend day!
I'll take that as being coincidence, rather than the thermometer
being artificially heated by a typical weekend feature...
barbecue smoke!

Being so close to +21.0C on 1 May on the eastern edge of town,
it is highly likely that much of Romsey, especially the town centre,
equalled or exceeded that value.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).