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Yuk again. hardly any wind, what there is feels like from the ENE, maybe 5mph average, raining grey yuk wet damp driech 10.4c 118.4mm rain for the month so far. yuk

absolutely foul this morning, but drying up a little now. 15.5mm of rain since midnight so far today though i think that's most of it done for today, was windy earlier, guessing about 30mph gusts maybe a bit more, but that seems to be easing off slowly too and the sky is looking a little brighter. temp 12.1c at moment.

yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk and more yuk! wet, windy, cool at 9.9c windy thing not working at mo, baro 999.5mb falling slowly. YUK!

it certainly made for interesting reading, even if i don't understand it all :lol:

LAST READING AT TIME: 10:20 am DATE: 08 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 10:25 AM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 11.3°C (52.3°F), Apparent temp 6.7 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 11.3 °C at: 10:17 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 8.2 °C at: 2:05 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 16.3 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) S (180°) Windchill Temperature 11.3°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 23.7 mph at: 10:11 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 23.7 mph at: 10:11 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 20.0 mph at: 10:12 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.0 mm (0.00 in.)--- Rainfall This month 42.5 mm (1.67 in.) Rainfall To date this year 391.8 mm (15.43 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 0.5 mm DewPoint 10.5°C (Wet Bulb :10.9°C ) Humidity 95 %, Humidex 12.8 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1005.2 mb Pressure change 0.0 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +4.5 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +1.1 mb

ok, i'll add this one in too, just to give you a headache lol. I don't pretend to understand the whys and wherefors, but i do find it interesting taken from the same source ....................................... While cool August temperatures prevented sea ice in the Arctic from reaching its lowest summer extent on record, 2006 continued a pattern of sharp annual decreases due to rising temperatures probably caused by greenhouse warming, according to University of Colorado at Boulder researchers. The latest measurements indicate the Arctic sea ice minimum reached on Sept. 14 was the fourth lowest on record in 29 years of satellite record-keeping, said CU-Boulder Research Professor Mark Serreze of the CU-Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center. The ice has been declining at about 8.6 percent per decade, or at about 23 million square miles per year -- an area more than half the size of Ohio, he said. The sea ice extent is the total area of all artic regions where ice covers at least 15 percent of the ocean surface, Serreze said. he record low, which occurred in 2005, was marked by an extent of sea ice 20 percent lower than the average ice extent from 1978 to 2001, or a 500,000 square-mile decrease equal to an area about twice the size of Texas, the team reported. The 2006 low is about 400,000 square miles less than the average, the research group said. "If fairly cool and stormy conditions hadn't appeared in August and slowed the rate of summer ice loss, I feel certain that 2006 would have surpassed last year's record low for September sea ice," said Serreze. "At this rate, the Arctic Ocean will have no ice in September by the year 2060," said CU-Boulder researcher Julienne Stroeve of NSIDC, which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "The loss of summer sea ice does not bode well for species like the polar bear, which depend on the ice for their livelihood." Average air temperatures across most of the Arctic Ocean from January 2006 to August 2006 were about 2 degrees to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the long-term average across the region over the past 50 years, the team said. Ice extent from January to the middle of July 2006 was well below 2005 conditions and was consistent with the unusually warm air temperatures scientists have been tracking in the arctic in recent years, said Serreze. High winter temperatures contributed to limited ice growth, and much of the ice that did form was thinner than normal. "Unusually high temperatures through most of July then fostered rapid melt," he said. The arctic "heat wave" broke in August and slowed the melt, and storm conditions led to wind patterns that helped spread existing ice over a larger area, Serreze said. But in September temperatures returned to above-normal patterns, which has meant a slow recovery from last month's minimum and indicates the sea ice extent this month could set a new record for the lowest October minimum. One of the most notable features of the 2006 season was the development of a large polynya -- an area of persistent open water surrounded by sea ice -- that is visible north of Alaska, said Walt Meier of CU-Boulder's NSIDC. Calculations show that in early September, the polynya was the size of the state of Indiana, a huge feature never seen in the Arctic before, Meier said. How it formed it still not clear, although unusual wind patterns might have forced the ice cover to spread apart, Meier speculated. The team also hypothesized that that thin ice moved into the area over the winter, melting out over the summer and creating the polynya. Warm ocean waters may also have risen to the surface in recent months, helping to melt the ice, Meier said. While the polynya is not directly attributable to greenhouse warming, continued weakening and thinning of sea ice with increased warming could make such features more common in the future, said Meier. According to CU-Boulder scientist Ted Scambos, sea-ice melting in response to rising temperatures creates a positive feedback loop. "Melting ice means more of the dark ocean is exposed, allowing it to absorb more of the sun's energy, further increasing air temperatures, ocean temperatures, and ice melt," he said. "It seems that this feedback, which is a major reason for the pronounced effects of greenhouse warming in the arctic, is really starting to kick in." The research team used satellite data from NASA, NOAA and the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as data from Canadian satellites and weather observatories for the study. "I'm not terribly optimistic about the future of the ice," Serreze said. "As greenhouse gases continue to rise, the Arctic will continue to lose its ice. You just can't argue with the physics."

Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the salinity of the north Atlantic Ocean, according to research published Oct. 5, 2006, in the journal Nature. The results provide further evidence that ocean circulation and chemistry respond to changes in climate. Using chemical traces in fossil shells of microscopic planktonic life forms, called formanifera, in deep-sea sediment cores, scientists reconstructed a 45,000- to 60,000-year-old record of ocean temperature and salinity. They compared their results to the record of abrupt climate change recorded in ice cores from Greenland. They found the Atlantic got saltier during cold periods, and fresher during warm intervals. "The freshening likely reflects shifts in rainfall patterns, mostly in the tropics," Howard Spero of the University of California at Davis said. "Suddenly, we're looking at a record that links moisture balance in the tropics to climate change. And the most striking thing is that a measurable transition is happening over decades." Spero, who is currently on leave at the National Science Foundation's Marine Geology and Geophysics Program, worked with lead author Matthew Schmidt of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Maryline Vautravers of Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to conduct the research. During the Ice Age, much of North America and Europe was covered by a sheet of ice. But the ice records the scientists reconstructed show repeated patterns of sudden warming, called Dansgaard-Oeschger Cycles, when temperatures in Greenland rose by 5 to 10 degrees Celsius over a few decades. Close to the tropics, warm, moist air forms a zone of heavy tropical rainfall, called the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which dilutes the salty ocean with fresh water. Today, the tropical rainfall zone reaches into the northern Caribbean, but during the colder periods of the Ice Age it was pushed much further south, towards Brazil. That kept fresh water out of the northern Atlantic, so it became more salty, Spero said. The circulation, or gyre, in the North Atlantic moves warm, salty water north, keeping Europe relatively temperate. The deep ocean circulation is very sensitive to the saltiness of north Atlantic surface waters, Spero said. Warming climate, higher rainfall and fresher conditions can alter the circulation. During glacial times, reduced circulation caused climate to cool. The new results show that as the climate cooled in Greenland, salinity rapidly increased in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. The build-up of salt during these cold intervals when the conveyor circulation was reduced would have primed the system to quickly restart on transitions into warm intervals, Schmidt said. However, the actual trigger that caused Atlantic circulation to restart during the Ice Age is still unknown, he said. Once warming began, melting ice sheets would have contributed fresh water to the Atlantic, but this would have been partly buffered by the elevated saltiness of the Atlantic. Article from here

well said Yido i was trying to think of how to put something similr myself, but you have made an excellent post and i thoroughly agree

Blowing a gale LAST READING AT TIME: 09:10 am DATE: 07 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 09:15 AM Current Weather Windy Again! Current Temperature 11.3°C (52.3°F), Apparent temp -0.2 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 11.5 °C at: 9:06 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 9.8 °C at: 4:29 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 38.3 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) WNW (304°) Windchill Temperature 11.3°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 59.9 mph at: 8:46 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 62.1 mph at: 3:41 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 57.9 mph at: 6:12 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.5 mm (0.02 in.) at 12:01 AM Rainfall This month 42.5 mm (1.67 in.) Rainfall To date this year 391.8 mm (15.43 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 18.9 mm DewPoint 6.6°C (Wet Bulb :9.1°C ) Humidity 73 %, Humidex 11.2 °C Barometer corrected to msl 996.5 mb Pressure change +0.8 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +10.3 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +5.0 mb

LAST READING AT TIME: 23:50 pm DATE: 06 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 23:55 PM Current Weather Windy Again! Current Temperature 9.9°C (49.8°F), Apparent temp -0.9 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 16.5 °C at: 11:40 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 9.4 °C at: 11:12 PM Average windspeed (ten minute) 38.1 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) NNW (329°) Windchill Temperature 4.8°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 61.0 mph at: 11:30 PM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 61.0 mph at: 11:30 PM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 56.2 mph at: 11:30 PM Rainfall (last hour) 2.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 18.9 mm (0.75 in.) at 11:02 PM Rainfall This month 42.0 mm (1.65 in.) Rainfall To date this year 391.3 mm (15.41 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.5 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 4.1 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 2.0 mm DewPoint 8.8°C (Wet Bulb :9.4°C ) Humidity 93 %, Humidex 10.7 °C Barometer corrected to msl 988.3 mb Pressure change +1.0 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +2.2 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +3.3 mb

I'll start us off with this one i took today .... i think it is a Rowan Tree

you're right MCT that was hard! my five picks of the pics are: Phil B 2 Nick F 1 Leekay 2 Essan 1 Blackie 2

have pm'd you, hope it helps :o

well you have more money to spend than i did, i went with the lacrosse ws2300, apart from replacing the cable from the windy thing to the main sensor, it seems to do very well considering the type of weather we get up here..... will be two years on 7th january. (oh and free replacement rain guage when the reed valve went). i got mine from the weather shop here

The most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century happened in Alaska at a volcano named Novarupta. Because Novarupta was located so near the Arctic, it did some curious things to Earth's climate. Almost a century after the blast, researchers are beginning to understand what happened........ In June 1912, Novarupta—one of a chain of volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula—erupted in what turned out to be the largest blast of the twentieth century. It was so powerful that it drained magma from under another volcano, Mount Katmai, six miles east, causing the summit of Katmai to collapse to form a caldera half a mile deep. Novarupta also expelled three cubic miles of magma and ash into the air, which fell to cover an area of 3,000 square miles more than a foot deep. read the rest here

LAST READING AT TIME: 07:05 am DATE: 04 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 07:10 AM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 7.9°C (46.2°F), Apparent temp 4.8 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 9.9 °C at: 1:04 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 7.9 °C at: 4:05 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 8.7 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) NW (315°) Windchill Temperature 5.6°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 14.7 mph at: 6:06 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 33.7 mph at: 2:53 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 30.1 mph at: 2:58 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.5 mm (0.02 in.) at 3:12 AM Rainfall This month 20.5 mm (0.81 in.) Rainfall To date this year 369.8 mm (14.56 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.5 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 0.5 mm DewPoint 6.4°C (Wet Bulb :7.2°C ) Humidity 90 %, Humidex 7.7 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1004.5 mb Pressure change +0.4 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +1.4 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +0.5 mb

LAST READING AT TIME: 16:50 pm DATE: 03 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 16:55 PM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 10.8°C (51.4°F), Apparent temp 7.6 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 14.6 °C at: 10:58 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 9.7 °C at: 7:24 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 8.5 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) NNE (33°) Windchill Temperature 10.8°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 20.6 mph at: 4:38 PM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 21.7 mph at: 3:16 PM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 19.4 mph at: 3:12 PM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.5 mm (0.02 in.)at 12:18 PM Rainfall This month 20.0 mm (0.79 in.) Rainfall To date this year 369.3 mm (14.54 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.5 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 8.7 mm DewPoint 7.5°C (Wet Bulb :9.2°C ) Humidity 80 %, Humidex 11.0 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1002.0 mb Pressure change -0.1 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +3.2 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +1.0 mb

LAST READING AT TIME: 11:25 am DATE: 03 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 11:30 AM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 12.5°C (54.5°F), Apparent temp 11.2 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 14.6 °C at: 10:58 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 9.7 °C at: 7:24 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 5.3 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) NNE (30°) Windchill Temperature 12.5°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 13.0 mph at: 10:27 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 19.7 mph at: 1:51 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 15.6 mph at: 9:28 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.0 mm (0.00 in.)--- Rainfall This month 19.5 mm (0.77 in.) Rainfall To date this year 368.8 mm (14.52 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 8.7 mm DewPoint 9.5°C (Wet Bulb :11.0°C ) Humidity 82 %, Humidex 13.6 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1001.0 mb Pressure change +0.3 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +2.8 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +1.9 mb

not that worried about snow yet, it'll need to get to february with nothing of the white stuff for that, i just want a decent storm and winds!

Averages\Extremes for the month of September to 30 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------ Average temperature 13.6 °C Average humidity 88 % Average dewpoint 11.5 °C Average barometer 1007 mb Average windspeed 7.1 mph Average gustspeed 8.9 mph Average direction 226 ° ( SW) Rainfall for month 66.5 mm Rainfall for year 349.3 mm ----------------------------------------------------------- Maximum rain per minute 0.5 mm on day 30 at time 00:02 Maximum temperature 28.6 °C on day 11 at time 15:06 Minimum temperature 5.2 °C on day 05 at time 05:39 Maximum humidity 98 % on day 25 at time 09:51 Minimum humidity 46 % on day 08 at time 23:59 Maximum pressure 1027.9 mb on day 08 at time 13:22 Minimum pressure 987.9 mb on day 19 at time 05:51 Maximum windspeed 44.9 mph from 283° on day 19 at time 13:20 Maximum gust speed 54.0 mph from 248° on day 19 at time 15:16 Maximum heat index 29.1 °C on day 11 at time 15:05 ------------------------------------------------------------ Daily rain totals 1.0 mm on day 1 3.6 mm on day 2 3.6 mm on day 3 1.0 mm on day 5 1.0 mm on day 6 1.5 mm on day 7 0.5 mm on day 11 3.6 mm on day 12 13.8 mm on day 14 3.1 mm on day 15 1.0 mm on day 18 3.1 mm on day 19 6.1 mm on day 20 3.6 mm on day 21 3.6 mm on day 22 3.6 mm on day 23 3.1 mm on day 24 0.5 mm on day 25 2.6 mm on day 26 1.5 mm on day 27 0.5 mm on day 28 2.0 mm on day 29 2.1 mm on day 30 ------------------------------------------------------------

wet LAST READING AT TIME: 07:10 am DATE: 02 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 07:15 AM Current Weather Windy Again! Current Temperature 10.9°C (51.6°F), Apparent temp 9.0 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 12.3 °C at: 12:06 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 10.8 °C at: 6:52 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 7.4 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) NE (35°) Windchill Temperature 10.9°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 24.4 mph at: 7:08 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 32.2 mph at: 2:59 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 24.4 mph at: 7:08 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 8.7 mm (0.34 in.) at 5:07 AM Rainfall This month 19.5 mm (0.77 in.) Rainfall To date this year 368.8 mm (14.52 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 3.1 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 10.7 mm DewPoint 9.8°C (Wet Bulb :10.3°C ) Humidity 93 %, Humidex 12.1 °C Barometer corrected to msl 995.9 mb Pressure change +0.2 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) -2.2 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) -0.2 mb

Started of misty and murky, sun trying to get through, but i don't think it will be blue skies today. LAST READING AT TIME: 09:25 am DATE: 01 October 2006 ,Time of next update: 09:30 AM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 10.6°C (51.1°F), Apparent temp 10.8 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 10.8 °C at: 6:02 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 4.5 °C at: 2:10 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 0.0 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) SSE (166°) Windchill Temperature 10.6°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 0.0 mph at: 9:00 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 0.0 mph at: 10:32 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 0.0 mph at: 11:07 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.0 mm (0.00 in.)--- Rainfall This month 0.0 mm (0.00 in.) Rainfall To date this year 349.3 mm (13.75 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 2.1 mm DewPoint 10.1°C (Wet Bulb :10.4°C ) Humidity 97 %, Humidex 11.9 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1001.8 mb Pressure change -0.4 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) -1.8 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) -1.4 mb

Excellent and well thought out roger, as always

fabulous morning again <_< LAST READING AT TIME: 09:10 am DATE: 30 September 2006 ,Time of next update: 09:15 AM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 12.4°C (54.3°F), Apparent temp 11.1 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 12.8 °C at: 1:38 AM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 9.0 °C at: 7:36 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 5.8 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) W (270°) Windchill Temperature 12.4°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 12.5 mph at: 8:54 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 17.5 mph at: 5:53 AM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 16.1 mph at: 5:53 AM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 2.1 mm (0.08 in.)at 12:22 AM Rainfall This month 66.5 mm (2.62 in.) Rainfall To date this year 349.3 mm (13.75 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 2.6 mm DewPoint 11.0°C (Wet Bulb :11.6°C ) Humidity 91 %, Humidex 14.1 °C Barometer corrected to msl 1000.0 mb Pressure change +0.2 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) +1.3 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) +1.2 mb

what a beautiful day LAST READING AT TIME: 12:55 pm DATE: 29 September 2006 ,Time of next update: 13:00 PM Current Weather Dry Current Temperature 17.4°C (63.3°F) (Heat Index 17.4°C ), Apparent temp 13.6 °C Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 17.8 °C at: 12:50 PM Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 7.6 °C at: 1:00 AM Average windspeed (ten minute) 11.4 mph Wind Direction (ten minute) SSE (151°) Heat Index 17.6°C Maximum Gust (last hour) 17.4 mph at: 12:53 AM Maximum Gust (since midnight) 17.4 mph at: 12:53 PM Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 16.6 mph at: 12:53 PM Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm Rainfall (since midnight) 0.0 mm (0.00 in.)--- Rainfall This month 61.8 mm (2.43 in.) Rainfall To date this year 344.6 mm (13.57 in.) Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour Yesterdays rainfall 0.5 mm DewPoint 12.1°C (Wet Bulb :14.5°C ) Humidity 71 %, Humidex 19.7 °C Barometer corrected to msl 999.8 mb Pressure change +0.5 mb (last hour) Trend STEADY Pressure change (last 12 hours) -0.2 mb Pressure change (last 6 hours) -0.0 mb