Re: Felt a bit like summer today...

"Nick G" <nicholasgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It did here too!
>
> Walking out of the air-conditioned supermarket this afternoon was like
> walking into a sultry, damp 'tropical' climate, and yet it remained cloudy
> most of the day. If the sun had stayed out for any length of time then it
> really would have been warm.
>
> Max today of 22.1C with RH 88%.

Very noticeable, wasn't it.

The airport (Exeter) also reached 22°C on the METARs with 18°C dew points
EGTE 301220Z 27008KT 240V310 9999 SCT008 BKN015 22/18 Q1018

850mb wet bulb potential temperatures were around 18C
http://meteocentre.com/models/ukmet_eur_00/TW_GZ_012_0850.html
reasonably high for the end of September.

11Z ascents showed +564dam 1000/500mb thickness air within most of the warm
sector over the UK
e.g. Camborne
http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/sounding?region=europe&TYPE=GIF%3ASKEWT&YEAR=2005&MONTH=09&FROM=3012&TO=3012&STNM=03808

Jon.


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