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Lower Earley Weather News
August 2007
Not really Lower Earley weather news, but we visited Cuba for two weeks during August. The weather was hot and humid, rain storms most nights, only one during the day. Meteorologically uneventful, although category 5 hurricane 'Dean' was causing havoc in the Caribbean as we left.
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| Storm on the way © Karl Smith | |
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| Storm on the way | Some clouds! |
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| Another storm out at sea | Sunset |
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| Heavy rain | |
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| Sea swell and heavy rain |
Hurricane Dean
Dean came very close to Cuba. The 'X' marks the spot were we stayed, pretty close to the edges of the Hurricane! Click on the smaller images to see the full size ones.
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| Hurricane Dean visible image, just passed Jamaica | Any further north and Cuba is in the firing line! |
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| Hurricane Dean infra-red image, the eye is over the coast of Mexico | Hurricane Dean passing over Jamaica |
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For more information on Dean please see: NOAA Dean updates and warnings |
| Finished with Jamaica, now for Mexico! |
22nd July 2007
The river Loddon burst it's banks two days after the heavy rain, flooding the local Showcase Cinema, Best Western Moat Hotel, George Pub and Winnersh Garden Centre. A tractor rescued guests from the hotel, including a wedding party. Pictures below taken from my mobile phone show the extent of the flooding.
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| The Best Western Reading Moat Hotel | An abandoned car on the roundabout | |
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| Winnersh Garden Centre | Winnersh Garden Centre | |
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| Showcase Cinema | Showcase Cinema | |
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| The George Pub | Showcase Cinema |
In the news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/6910522.stm
21st July 2007
The UV sensor is now working after a few days offline.
20th July 2007
Recorded 74mm of rain, the highest daily rain total since records began in February 2007. The monthly rain total is now 110mm, surpassing June's total of 77mm. The time period 11.30am - 12:30pm saw a total of 24mm fall. There was chaos on the roads in Berkshire, it took 3 hours to travel from Basingstoke to Reading, a journey which should take 30 minutes.
Daily graph and statistics for 20th July 2007
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Average temperature: 15.1 °C Average humidity: 90 % Average dewpoint: 13.4 °C Average barometer: 1014.0 mb Average windspeed: 0.6 kmh Average gustspeed: 2.8 kmh Average direction: 98 ° ( E ) Rainfall for month: 109.6 mm Rainfall for year: 364.5 mm ----------------------------------------------------------- Maximum rain per minute 4.1 mm on day 20 at time 12:11 Maximum temperature 17.6 °C on day 20 at time 16:14 Minimum temperature 12.8 °C on day 20 at time 00:03 Minimum pressure 1009.0 mb on day 20 at time 13:21 Maximum pressure 1018.0 mb on day 20 at time 01:36 Maximum windspeed 5.6 kmh from 127° on day 20 at time 16:56 Maximum gust speed 11.1 kmh from 088° on day 20 at time 15:56 Maximum humidity 98 % on day 20 at time 13:38 Minimum humidity 72 % on day 20 at time 16:26 Maximum heat index 17.6 °C on day 20 at time 16:14 Rain for the day :73.9 mm |
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