Reading 6.4 (actually 6.2 yesterday, which suprises and surpasses the other stations)

Chilton 6.6

Camborne 6.7

Gib 10.2

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BBC weather has UV 'high' posted for 14 consecutive days in the S, including today. Don't think I've sen that before.

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Reading 7.3 today; Chilton 7.1 and Camborne 7.

Fantastic.

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Reading 7.2, Chilton 7.3 this time.

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7.6 in Camborne and another 7.3 in Chilton. But Reading bombed out a bit today.

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Very high UV 8 for next week down here 

 

 

 

Very high UV 8 for next week down here 

 

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Now in fact 8 forecast on Wednesday as far N as Central Wales and Hereford, with pretty much everywhere SW of a line from Hereford to Hastings including the whole of Hampshire on 8, and 7 as far N as Durham. A month short of the solstice, and we are shaping up for 9s in S Devon again this year.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcn8db1mu#?map=MaxUVIndex&fcTime=1589932800&zoom=9&lon=-1.42&lat=50.89

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Wednesday's forecast eights are now restricted to the SW, W of a line from Dorchester to Exmoor.

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Reading & Chilton 7.6

Camborne 8.0!

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Wednesday's forecast eights are now restricted to the SW, W of a line from Dorchester to Exmoor.

This morning and currently we have an 8 here.

 

This morning and currently we have an 8 here.

Yep; and MetO has backed up again with a broader swathe of 8s for Wednesday. That's why it's so exciting- no-one can tell what's happening from one day to the next in the isles.

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Chilton 7.8; but get this- Reading 7.9

Here- the sun scorches within 30 seconds of turning my back to it.

Camborne bombed out.

And Gib reaches 11.0

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Despite earlier excitement about highest UV levels this week being today (Wed), none of the 3 S UK stations pipped an 8. Yesterday was generally higher.

It is more humid today- there was dew on the lawn (not Dave Dew- just dew).

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Chilton 8.0

Reading 8.3

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Peripheral interest- highest UV I can find forecast is in the purple'extreme' category, with 14 forecast, in Mexico City midweek.

Though Khatmandu might be higher with thinner air, but thundery showers are expected.

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8s just about making it to N. Wales tomorrow.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcp1by0nd#?map=MaxUVIndex&fcTime=1590364800&zoom=8&lon=-2.34&lat=52.58

with 7 as far as Scotland's Clyde Valley (Dumbarton and beyond) and even a 6 for Lerwick.

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The met office round their UV's up remember. So anything over 7 will be forecasted as 8, for example 7.2 would be forecasted as an 8.

 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/temperature/uv-levels

 

Sun feels absolutely roasting here this afternoon - even now at nearly 4 pm.

Enough to feel painful within 5 mins when sitting in sheltered spots of the garden (despite sun lotion).

Didn’t expect that today. Skies are a very deep shade of blue... yet again, this spring!

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Sun feels absolutely roasting here this afternoon - even now at nearly 4 pm.

Enough to feel painful within 5 mins when sitting in sheltered spots of the garden (despite sun lotion).

Didn’t expect that today. Skies are a very deep shade of blue... yet again, this spring!

I wonder if the deep shades of blue have anything to do with tbe reduced amount of planes in the sky.

The met office round their UV's up remember. So anything over 7 will be forecasted as 8, for example 7.2 would be forecasted as an 8.

 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/types-of-weather/temperature/uv-levels

 

Yes but on the same page it admits the forecast can still be lower than the actual levels, as O3 is unpredictable at certain times of year.

It quotes March/ April but there seems to be evidence of unusually low O3 overhead at different times of the year too.

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