Col wrote in message
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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
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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.
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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?


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Col wrote:
"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
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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

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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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

Edmund Lewis wrote in message
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: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

"Col" wrote in message
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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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

"Col" wrote in message
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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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.

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

"Edmund Lewis" wrote in message
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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.

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Col" wrote in message
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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
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
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