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Interesting weather! After record-breaking mornings heat an active medium level thunderstorm now overhead Fair Isle tracking north. Loud rumbles of thunder every minute or so. Initially 9800ft cloud base fell to 5600ft in moderate precipitation.
Fair Isle weather observations commenced 1974. Only twice has 20°C been reached: 20.2° August 1975 and 20.1° July 1991. Today at 1017 UTC with no wind & medium level cloud cover 22.6° was recorded. Luckily the earlier 87% RH had fallen back to 75%.
Fair Isle - nothing too fierce, max wind midday-early afternoon around 290 40kn gust 65kn. Large 3 hourly pressure rise though with 11.3 hPa at 1200h and 11.0 hPa at 1300h.
Dave Wheeler retweeted
Scotland's sole-surviving patch from last winter was seen yesterday by Douglas Cairns as he took his light aircraft for a service. The snow visible here fell in late 2019 and is in the region of 20 metres long.
Turbulence precluded a closer look at the patch.
Dave Wheeler retweeted
On #Saturday night increased geomagnetic activity means #aurora sightings will be possible as far south as Norfolk 🔭✨
Here's a look at which areas may have clear skies tomorrow night and have a chance of spotting the #NorthernLights #spaceweather
Not just a lovely sunset - the sky and clouds are like a book . . . a story of the weather to be told. – at Stonybreck, Scotland
Thickening and lowering altostratus and alto cumulus cloud at sunrise with a freshening S’ly breeze, heralding the approach of a warm front off the Atlantic. Fair Isle, Shetland. – at Stonybreck, Scotland
Dave Wheeler retweeted
Aurora is likely to occur over much of Scotland and perhaps extend into northern England and Northern Ireland tonight
For many in these areas it will be too cloudy but there are some spots in with a chance 👇
Send us your #aurora pics using #LoveUKWeather ✨🔭
A fine, cool spring morning. Small cumulonimbus downwind of Fair Isle and early inbound Islander flight. Light NE breeze, temp 6.5 with dew point 2.5 Celsius. Freezing level around 2500-3000ft amsl. @ Fair Isle Airport instagram.com/p/COZ0K-IJhPS/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Fair Isle, Unst, Whalsay and Yell included in subsea cables shetlandtimes.co.uk/2021/03/… – at Stonybreck, Scotland
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While #PerseveranceRover is about to land on #Mars2020,these are the extreme temps. of #CuriosityRover
Air Tmax: +11C (sol 760,1438)
Ground Tmax:+24C (sol 1428)
Air Tmin:-90C (sol 1188)
Ground Tmin:-136C (sol 1721)
Highest Tmin:-52C (sol 2810,2816)
Lowest Tmax:-54C (sol 2965)
Further reflections on a winter sunset @ Fair Isle instagram.com/p/CJWN5sVJnJv/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Reflecting on a Fair Isle winter sunset. @ Fair Isle instagram.com/p/CI6WN0UpgPP/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Thunderstorm activity Northern Isles in squally rain and hail showers, along with gale to severe gale-force W’ly winds gusting 60-68mph. Temp 5 Celsius. @ Fair Isle instagram.com/p/CH2UKI-pR5J/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Norwegian singer Ane Brun (review by Neil McCormick, Album of the Month, Daily Telegraph). Her album ‘After the Great Storm’ firmly in my music library. Such a wonderful soulful voice! Her 2nd album in a month ‘Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow’ out shortly. digitaleditions.telegraph.co…
Catching the last rays of sunset - sunbathing cat! @ Fair Isle instagram.com/p/CHlOGuSJmp-/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Thought a crop on the earlier picture might be better ?? @ Fair Isle instagram.com/p/CHQ68FxpNBI/… – at Scotland, United Kingdom