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Col wrote in message
... A max of 29.5C here. That's my second highest reading of all time (records started Sept 2000) and only bettered by the 31.3C recorded on 9th August 2003. Had there been less cloud build up this afternoon, which looked pretty threatening at times 30C would probably have been achieved. Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. Hi, Col, Warmest in UK, according to Ceefax p.407, was Bolton at 30C, is that your station? 26.8C here in Copley - warmest of 2005 so far, 26.9C at Copley Lead Mill. Best wishes, -- Ken Cook Copley (253m, 830ft) & Copley Lead Mill (218m, 715ft) 5 miles north of Barnard Castle, County Durham. http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley |
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"John Hall" wrote in message
In article , Steve Loft writes: Paul Hyett wrote: Usually in much warmer (or colder) than average conditions, this NG is flooded with posts. It's been quite cool in SE England, though, hasn't it? In a word, no. Today (Monday) and yesterday have been too hot for my liking, here in Surrey. Dashed sticky up here; what? Not too bad till the afternoon, then unbearable until 2 or 3 am. I can undestand it getting warm as my flat faces south but why is it so bad so long after dark? -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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![]() Col wrote: "Edmund Lewis" wrote in message oups.com... Same here in Shrewsbury. Until 1300BST there was not a cloud to be seen, and I thought we'd get a 30C. From 1300-1500 a few cumulus developed, yet the sun was still keeping us warm. At 1600 it suddenly (and I mean suddenly) clouded over to 7/8ths cloud cover, which looked black and threatening. I thought we were in for a thunderstorm, but no. Just annoying cloud from nowhere which spoilt the late afternoon. Where did this appear from? (MO radar showed similar cloud development in a line from Cumbria down to just south of here) Wasn't a front AFAIK, no precip, or TS. 1900 sun came out again. All in all a lovely day, except for those 3 hours of unforecast cloudy weather. Some kind of convergence line perhaps? I did notice on the forecast that there were light westerlies in the west and light easterlies in the east. This combined with sea breezes and uplift over the Pennines could have led to it. Though that's doesn't really work for Shrewsbury! To be fair cloud build up in the afternoon and even a very isolated shower in Pennine areas was mentioned, so for me at least it was a very good forecast. I wasn't surprised at all to see the cumulus flecks appear, I'd have been more surprised *not* to have seen them. It was the way it suddenly went totally overcast, grey and threatening in 15 minutes, with only some brightness visible in the far W, that caught me by surprise. I and everyone else here thought a TS was brewing, but it cleared again at 7pm. Today it hasn't happened, it's been sunny with just a few Cu all day. Edmund |
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![]() "Ken Cook" wrote in message ... Warmest in UK, according to Ceefax p.407, was Bolton at 30C, is that your station? Goodness no, I'm afraid my ramshackle attempt at a temperature shield would in no way count as a 'station' ![]() However it is always heartening to see my own readings correlating well with the official ones, especially the extreme ones. Readings from Bolton have in the past year or so been reported on the weather in the local news. I haven't noticed this before, it must be a new site, and I am wondering as to it's location..... Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html |
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Edmund Lewis wrote in message
.com... :Correction: MO satellite :-0 Radar showed echoes over NW Wales but as :Colin says they may have been false. The echoes over Anglesey appeared on the radar in the early evening. I assumed they were false because no rainfall was reported from that area in the 18z reports. Also, Bernard Burton's Meteosat satpic for 21z http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-2100-eu.html shows no cloud over NW Wales even though the radar echoes were still there at 21z. Colin Youngs Brussels |
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![]() "Col" wrote in message ... "Ken Cook" wrote in message ... Warmest in UK, according to Ceefax p.407, was Bolton at 30C, is that your station? Goodness no, I'm afraid my ramshackle attempt at a temperature shield would in no way count as a 'station' ![]() However it is always heartening to see my own readings correlating well with the official ones, especially the extreme ones. Readings from Bolton have in the past year or so been reported on the weather in the local news. I haven't noticed this before, it must be a new site, and I am wondering as to it's location..... It's part of a secondary network of AWSs called the CDL (Campbell Data Logger) network run by the Met Office to which I do not have access. If I remember rightly, and I'm happy to be corrected, the Bolton site is on the southern fringe of the town (Great Lever? Lever Edge?) and may well be at a municipal depot. On that basis it may well be above concrete or asphalt rather than grass. It may also be that the temperature sensor is in one of those micro-screens which over-read in comparison with a normal screen by 2-3 degC in calm sunny weather. I am told it recorded 30.6°C on Monday, but I would certainly not regard the site as standard until advised otherwise (and shown photo- graphs because these days I don't trust much of the advice I'm given). If you could locate it and photograph it, Col, it would add considerably to the sum of all human knowledge (and mine in particular). Philip Eden |
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"Col" wrote in message
... "Ken Cook" wrote in message ... Warmest in UK, according to Ceefax p.407, was Bolton at 30C, is that your station? Goodness no, I'm afraid my ramshackle attempt at a temperature shield would in no way count as a 'station' ![]() However it is always heartening to see my own readings correlating well with the official ones, especially the extreme ones. Readings from Bolton have in the past year or so been reported on the weather in the local news. I haven't noticed this before, it must be a new site, and I am wondering as to it's location..... IIRC Ceefax attributes some towns to nearby stations, e.g. Salisbury is Boscombe Down. I suspect this is what's happening with "Bolton" but I'm not sure which station it would be. Another possibility is CDL (climate data logger) data as I think there's one of these in Bolton but I'm not certain this data makes it onto Ceefax. Jon. |
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![]() IIRC Ceefax attributes some towns to nearby stations, e.g. Salisbury is Boscombe Down. I suspect this is what's happening with "Bolton" but I'm not sure which station it would be. Ceefax p404 does that, yes, as do many newspapers ("Shrewsbury" is Shawbury), I suppose to give familiar names rather than those of airfields which mean nothing to so many. I've never seen Bolton (or something claiming to be Bolton) on that page though. On 407 you often see places that never appear on 404, I expect they get that from both the 404 sites and other sources. Edmund |
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"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
oups.com... snip Ceefax p404 does that, yes, as do many newspapers ("Shrewsbury" is Shawbury), I suppose to give familiar names rather than those of airfields which mean nothing to so many. I've never seen Bolton (or something claiming to be Bolton) on that page though. On 407 you often see places that never appear on 404, I expect they get that from both the 404 sites and other sources. Edmund Yes, I'm still puzzled, Edmund. Particularly as, IIRC, CDLs don't provide max. temperatures which would presumably rule them out. I've quizzed a colleague at the Beeb to see if he can throw any light on it. Jon. |
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![]() "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message ... "Col" wrote in message ... It's part of a secondary network of AWSs called the CDL (Campbell Data Logger) network run by the Met Office to which I do not have access. If I remember rightly, and I'm happy to be corrected, the Bolton site is on the southern fringe of the town (Great Lever? Lever Edge?) and may well be at a municipal depot. On that basis it may well be above concrete or asphalt rather than grass. It may also be that the temperature sensor is in one of those micro-screens which over-read in comparison with a normal screen by 2-3 degC in calm sunny weather. I am told it recorded 30.6°C on Monday, but I would certainly not regard the site as standard until advised otherwise (and shown photo- graphs because these days I don't trust much of the advice I'm given). Great Lever/Lever Edge are both areas on the southern side of Bolton. so it could be either. Not sure what you mean by a 'municipal depot', bus garage/waste disposal site? It's the opposite side of town from me so I'd need more info if I was seriously to go and find it. 30.6C sounds more than a little excessive to me. I worry that *I* sometimes overead but sounds way too high. I hopeBolton isn't to become the new Barbourne ![]() Col -- Bolton, Lancashire. 160m asl. http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html |
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