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rain. Any showers were well scattered on the 16th, with all areas dry by mid-afternoon, and sunshine for many, Dale Fort (Dyfed) sunniest with 11.0 hours. After a chilly start on the 17th, Swyddffynnon (Dyfed) and Llysdinam (Powys) both recording lows of -0.3 °C, it was mostly sunny, with Dale Fort
, but cloud cover plays a part too. The graphs show the average monthly sunshine totals for Valley and Swyddffynnon , together with the highest and lowest totals recorded in the stated periods. The highest known monthly sunshine total in Wales is 354.3 hours recorded at Dale Fort (Pembrokeshire) in July
together. Some memorable quotes from the workshop emphasise the spirit in which it was conducted, one of community with a purpose: - Tom Child – WCSSP is ‘relatively new (5 years) but still achieving significant research outputs’, and he described WCSSP as an ‘outstanding example’ thanking Kirstine Dale
(2003) and Kyriakidis et al. (2001) include predictors to model interaction with the lower atmosphere, such as wind and humidity, for precipitation mapping. Daly et al. (2003) incorporate expert knowledge into their regression model. The use of a locally varying (Price et al., 2000
), 168mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 75.7mm on 8th at White Barrow (Devon, 445mAMSL) 15.3hr on 7th at Dale Fort (Dyfed, 33mAMSL) 50Kt 58mph on 4th at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland, 250mAMSL) also on 5th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 72Kt 83mph
northerlies. High pressure built from the west which meant that the 4th was a cold dry day with sunny spells, giving 14.5 hours of sunshine at Dale Fort (Dyfed). The temperature fell to -4.8 °C early on the 5th at St Harmon (Powys), followed by an increasingly cloudy day with a few isolated showers. A slow
(Dorset, 52mAMSL) and Swanage (Dorset, 10mAMSL) 1.7°C on 31st at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire, 249mAMSL) and Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region), 168mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 75.7mm on 8th at White Barrow (Devon, 445mAMSL) 15.3hr on 7th at Dale
), 168mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 75.7mm on 8th at White Barrow (Devon, 445mAMSL) 15.3hr on 7th at Dale Fort (Dyfed, 33mAMSL) 50Kt 58mph on 4th at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland, 250mAMSL) also on 5th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 72Kt 83mph
the influence of mountains, coastlines and cities. As such the UKCP Local (2.2km) data are useful for impacts assessments that require enhanced spatial detail or information on changes in extreme weather at local and hourly timescales (Dale et al., 2018; Slater et al., 2022; Chan et al., 2022). The UKCP
Manual Dale Fort Wales 51.702, -5.151 Manual Dinorwic No 2 Wales 53.142, -4.107 Manual Gogerddan Wales 52.432, -4.019 Automatic Hawarden Airport Wales 53.175, -2.985 Automatic Lake Vyrnwy No 2 Wales 52.757, -3.464 Automatic Libanus Wales 51.924, -3.488 Automatic Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Wales 52.886
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