{WR} Haytor July 2008 summary
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:43:48 +0100
July 2008
ELTA is 1971-2000
Mean max. 17.9C (-0.7)
Mean min. 10.6C (-1.0)
Highest temperature 23.1C (27th)
Lowest temperature 6.5C (4th)
Total rainfall 243.7 (277%)
Highest in one day 50.7mm (5th)
Rain days (>0.1mm) = 20
Wet days (>0.9mm) = 15
A cool and very wet month.
Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 f ...
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Re: Atrocious Again
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:01:12 +0100
1650
Very gloomy and murky, house lights on most of afternoon. Continuous rain
and drizzle, but heavy stuff has eased now.
Temperature 13.2C which is the highest so far today!
5.2 deg C below normal for time of year.
Ground saturated and grass squelchy.
Not good for the tourists who are camping :-)
Rainfal ...
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Have we been spoilt by recent summers?
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:00:10 +0100
Reading the comments on here I have to agree that the last two years summers
haven't been brilliant. Nevertheless, even today has reached 22.5C, despite
being cloudy with just a few sunny periods. Before the last decade I used to
have a yardstick of anything above 70F being decent holiday weather.
I remember we ...
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Obs - Reading (Southcote) 16 Aug 08
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:07:47 +0100
Southcote - 1500Z
SSE F3-4 9999 1Cu040 3Sc060 6Ac120 +19.8/+8.5 1007
Cloudy until an hour ago, but now good breaks appearing in upper cloud
Eric Belton ...
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Aug16: Ireland - Landslide; train derailed
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:36:49 +0100
Widespread flooding reported across Ireland today. Reports from the AA
Roadwatch sight http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/ tell of delays on many major
roads due to flooding.
Additionally there was an incident on the Dublin to Cork railway line where
the train hit a tree that had fallen due to a landslide. No casualit ...
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[WR] Atrocious Again
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:14:32 +0100
After previous heated posts regarding perceptions of this summer I can
definitely say that the weather is atrocious again today. I was becoming
worried though, after 7 hours of sunshine yesterday that we may have been
heading for a drought. Vastly relieved this morning to see the horizontal
drizzle intersperse ...
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[OBS] Chalfont St Giles - Sat 16th Aug 2008
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:44:16 GMT
Chalfont St Giles Saturday 16th August 2008
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0900z SSW F2 30+km 5Cu022 6Sc060 17.4/13.1 1008
24-HR STATISTICS
Max (0900-0900z): 21.4 at 1350z
Min (0900-0900z): 11.1 at 0045z
Rain (10 days to 0900z today): 28.7 mm
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[OBS] Wokingham 16Aug08
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:29:32 -0000
16 August 2008
Wokingham 0900z 190 06/13kt 40km 3Cu020 6Ac120
+17.5/+11.9 QFF 1009.0 -0.9 in 3hr
RMK 2Ac100 /Ac150 /Ci250 Cu med. Dry overnight,
but with generally large amounts of upper cloud.
09-09 Max 20.8 Min 11.8 Grass min 9.5
Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 10.6
AWS max 20.8 Min 11.8
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Bernard Burton
W ...
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Repeat Obs - Reading (Southcote) 16 Aug 08
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:20:16 +0100
Try again!
Southcote - 0900Z
SE F3 9999 2Cu020 5Ac120 5Ci230 +17.3/+12.6 1009
2Sc060 also present
Cu hum/med
A touch of the Ac cas/flo
Max yesterday +21.4
Min last night +12.8
Grass Min +11.2
Rain Nil
Eric Belton ...
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[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Sat 16 Aug 2008
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:20:16 +0100
0850z SE F4 45km 5Cu012 7Ac100 15.6/12.6 1009.5
RMK: Cu med
09-09: Tx 19.7 Tn 10.4 Tg 6.1 RR nil sss(15th) 12.6
Only 43 days of 20¡ãC or above so far this year
Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m
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