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16/03/05

Well Spring is slowly arriving up here in Haytor on the Dartmoor tundra.
First daffodil opened today (and immediately got blown over in a force 6). In
2004 my first daffodil was on 6/3/04. Cherry trees have leaf buds bursting and
my gardener is coming to cut the grass tomorrow for the first time since last
October.

1800 GMT

Temp 10.0 deg C
Dewpoint 9 deg C
Wind SSW 11 knots
Weather - Light drizzle and fog
Visibility 400m
Bar 1017.4 hPa - steady
Inside temperature 17.1 deg C

Dense fog above 350m asl.

Ground surfaces - wet, also many vertical surfaces too. But no puddles.
Day max. 10.4 deg C
Night min 8.7 deg C
Rainfall 1800-1800 5.8 mm

Earth temperatures:
60cm 4.9 deg C
30cm 6.4
10cm 8.5
1cm 9.7

So warming up at long last meaning vegetation will soon be growing quickly in
the warm and damp conditions.

Soon be time for shorts and teeshirts,

Will.
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