A cloudless, breezy day with the SSE wind enhanced by the sea breeze this
afternoon and gusting to between 20 mph & 25 mph at times.

This kept the temperature pegged back to an agreeable 23.0°C max, though it
didn't stop that sun being too hot to sit out in despite the 'coolish'
temperature and low humidity.

The sunshine recorder switched on at 05:29 this morning, making this a
contender for the most sunshine in one day record since I started recording
sunshine in December 2006. The record is currently held by 31st March 2009
with 15.7 hours.

The lack of calm, hot & humid days so far has prevented the SST from rising
much, much like 2008 but unlike this time last year. The nearby inshore SST
for the last 2 years on the 3rd of June a

2008 13.5°C
2009 18.3°C
2010 13.8°C.

But even given these temperatures, the sea felt warm enough to have a swim
in and plenty of people were. I may chance it tomorrow......

(20:00), 19.6°C, RH 40%, DP 5.7°C, 1019 hPa (F), Wind 10 mph SE.
_____________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

Max. a very pleasant +17.0C here in Haytor with loads of sunshine. I would
hardly call 23C coolish Nick, that would be a very warm July day here!

Will
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"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
A cloudless, breezy day with the SSE wind enhanced by the sea breeze this
afternoon and gusting to between 20 mph & 25 mph at times.

This kept the temperature pegged back to an agreeable 23.0°C max, though
it didn't stop that sun being too hot to sit out in despite the 'coolish'
temperature and low humidity.

The sunshine recorder switched on at 05:29 this morning, making this a
contender for the most sunshine in one day record since I started
recording sunshine in December 2006. The record is currently held by 31st
March 2009 with 15.7 hours.

The lack of calm, hot & humid days so far has prevented the SST from
rising much, much like 2008 but unlike this time last year. The nearby
inshore SST for the last 2 years on the 3rd of June a

2008 13.5°C
2009 18.3°C
2010 13.8°C.

But even given these temperatures, the sea felt warm enough to have a swim
in and plenty of people were. I may chance it tomorrow......

(20:00), 19.6°C, RH 40%, DP 5.7°C, 1019 hPa (F), Wind 10 mph SE.
_____________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 3 June, 19:03, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

The sunshine recorder switched on at 05:29 this morning, making this a
contender for the most sunshine in one day record since I started recording
sunshine in December 2006. The record is currently held by 31st March 2009
with 15.7 hours.

Hi, Nick,
Did you mean 31st May 2009, we had 16.4hr that day. Even Copley would
be struggling to have 15.7hr in March (;0)
16.2hr here yesterday.
All the best
Ken
Copley, Teesdale

Hi, Nick,
Did you mean 31st May 2009, we had 16.4hr that day. Even Copley would
be struggling to have 15.7hr in March (;0)
16.2hr here yesterday.

Ken,

Yep, you're right! I meant the 31st May 2009.

Would have been 'interesting' to have recorded that much sunshine at the end
of March! That's around 3 hours more than the sun is above the horizon.....

In the end I didn't beat my record yesterday, there was a bit of cloud to
the west that blocked out the sun 30 minutes before sunset.
______________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http:\\www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 4 June, 09:55, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:
Hi, Nick,
Did you mean 31st May 2009, we had 16.4hr that day. Even Copley would
be struggling to have 15.7hr in March (;0)
16.2hr here yesterday.

Ken,

Yep, you're right! I meant the 31st May 2009.

Would have been 'interesting' to have recorded that much sunshine at the end
of March! That's around 3 hours more than the sun is above the horizon.....

In the end I didn't beat my record yesterday, there was a bit of cloud to
the west that blocked out the sun 30 minutes before sunset.
______________________
Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http:\\www.ottervalley.co.uk

Glorious here as well yesterday, just the odd wisp of cirrus. Not even
that today, but much hazier.

Patchy sea fog on the north coast, apparently a freak phenomenum
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-22307911/
(Porthmeor St Ives)

Cornwalls obviously the place for freak weather, regulart freak fog,
and all drownings are down to freak waves.

One thing I always find interesting is that North Sea haar is
virtually always so cold, whilst as you can see from the pic, it
wasn't cold even in the fog. I remember being at Sheringham in sea
fog, late June, and have rarely felt so cold.

Some more pics of freak sea fog at http://www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/wpage6.html.

Graham
Penzance

On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 04:12:52 -0700 (PDT), Graham Easterling wrote:

Glorious here as well yesterday, just the odd wisp of cirrus. Not even
that today, but much hazier.

Similar here in Stithians. Current temperature 23ºC.
Not a freak to be seen :-)
--
MCC

On Jun 4, 12:30*pm, MCC wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 04:12:52 -0700 (PDT), Graham Easterling wrote:
Glorious here as well yesterday, just the odd wisp of cirrus. Not even
that today, but much hazier.

Similar here in Stithians. Current temperature 23ºC.
Not a freak to be seen :-)
--
MCC

A wonderful, marvellous, perfect day here some early cloud, then
glorious warm sunshine all afternoon. Wow! What a day (again!)

On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 at 04:12:52, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Glorious here as well yesterday, just the odd wisp of cirrus. Not even
that today, but much hazier.

Patchy sea fog on the north coast, apparently a freak phenomenum
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...-t-sea-anythin
g-115875-22307911/
(Porthmeor St Ives)

I saw that picture too - took me a minute or two to work out which beach
it was, thanks to the fog...

Wonder if it affected all the beaches?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 4 June, 17:36, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 at 04:12:52, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :



Glorious here as well yesterday, just the odd wisp of cirrus. Not even
that today, but much hazier.

Patchy sea fog on the north coast, apparently a freak phenomenum
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...-t-sea-anythin
g-115875-22307911/
(Porthmeor St Ives)

I saw that picture too - took me a minute or two to work out which beach
it was, thanks to the fog...

Wonder if it affected all the beaches?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

I think it was just the Island & Porthmeor. It came & went a few times
over a couple of hours.

There's a pic of recent sea fog at Sennen at http://www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/fog.html
(Weds AM) Cliffs 300' high, top of fog bank 200' or so. Still pretty
warm & sunny at beach level, but very limited horizontal visibility.

Graham

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
Hi, Nick,
Did you mean 31st May 2009, we had 16.4hr that day. Even Copley would
be struggling to have 15.7hr in March (;0)
16.2hr here yesterday.

Ken,

Yep, you're right! I meant the 31st May 2009.

Would have been 'interesting' to have recorded that much sunshine at the
end of March! That's around 3 hours more than the sun is above the
horizon.....

It would be possible if you were on a mountain high enough!

Anyone care to work out just how high such a mountain would have to be
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl