56 1GM Friday July 31 2020 | the times
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Channel Islands
NORTH
SEA
CHANNEL
IRISH
SEA
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Carlisle
Newcastle
York
Manchester
Liverpool
Hull
Llandudno
Shrewsbury
Nottingham
Sheffield
Norwich
Cambridge
Oxford
Bristol
Swansea
Cardiff
Plymouth
Exeter
Southampton
Brighton
London
Londonderry
Belfast
Galway
Dublin
Cork
Birmingham
CELTIC
SEA
Orkney Shetland
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Monday
19
17
17
17
Aberdeen
Aberporth
Anglesey
Aviemore
Barnstaple
Bedford
Belfast
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bridlington
Bristol
Camborne
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Eskdalemuir
Glasgow
Hereford
Herstmonceux
Ipswich
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Keswick
Kinloss
Leeds
Lerwick
Leuchars
Lincoln
Liverpool
London
Lyneham
Manchester
Margate
Milford Haven
Newcastle
Nottingham
Orkney
Oxford
Plymouth
Portland
Scilly, St Mary’s
Shoreham
Shrewsbury
Snowdonia
Southend
South Uist
Stornoway
Tiree
Whitehaven
Wick
Yeovilton
Around Britain
Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy
du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,
sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder
*=previous day **=data not available
Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*
midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterday
Noon today
14 C 0.0 4.1
19 C 0.0 0.8
18 PC 4.2 3.6
** 0.0
22 S 0.0 **
23 PC 0.0 **
18 DU 5.6 2.4
22 S 0.0 **
21 S 0.0 11.5
14 C 1.6 **
22 S 0.0 9.1
21 PC 0.0 5.9
20 S 0.0 7.7
14 D 1.8 3.5
13 D 4.8 2.7
13 D 5.2 3.4
22 S 0.0 **
22 S 0.0 10.9
24 PC 0.0 7.9
15 B 19.4 6.4
21 S 0.0 **
24 S 0.0 13.8
15 FG 7.6 **
17 PC 0.0 1.2
17 PC 1.4 **
11 DU 0.2 0.0
14 PC 0.2 4.1
22 PC 0.0 5.8
19 C 3.2 **
25 S 0.0 9.9
22 S 0.0 6.0
20 C 1.8 4.0
22 S 0.0 12.7
19 C 0.2 **
15 SH 1.8 **
21 S 0.0 5.2
12 DU 0.0 0.2
23 PC 0.0 **
22 S 0.0 **
20 S 0.0 **
22 PC 0.0 1.6
17 S 1.0 **
22 S 0.0 12.5
12 R 5.0 **
15 C 0.0 1.0
14 DU 8.0 7.2
15 C 4.6 8.3
13 C 0.2 **
23 PC 0.0 8.5
The world
All readings local midday yesterday
Alicante
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Bahrain
Bangkok
Barbados
Barcelona
Beijing
Beirut
Belgrade
Berlin
Bermuda
Bordeaux
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Calcutta
Canberra
Cape Town
Chicago
Copenhagen
Corfu
Delhi
Dubai
Dublin
Faro
Florence
Frankfurt
Geneva
Gibraltar
Harare
Helsinki
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Kuala Lumpur
Lanzarote
Las Palmas
Lima
Lisbon
Los Angeles
Luxor
Madeira
Madrid
Mallorca
Malaga
Malta
Melbourne
Mexico City
Miami
Milan
Mombasa
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
Munich
Nairobi
Naples
New Orleans
New York
Nice
Nicosia
Oslo
Paris
Perth
Prague
Reykjavik
Riga
Rio de Janeiro
Riyadh
Rome
San Francisco
Santiago
São Paulo
Seoul
Seychelles
Singapore
St Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Tel Aviv
Tenerife
Tokyo
Vancouver
Venice
Vienna
Warsaw
Washington
Zurich
32 S
23 PC
34 S
15 S
44 S
3 2 PC
27 SH
30 S
32 S
31 S
32 S
21 PC
3 1 PC
35 S
26 S
34 S
31 S
13 S
33 S
34 S
11 S
19 B
32 B
17 B
37 S
28 M
41 S
19 B
24 PC
35 S
28 S
29 PC
27 B
16 SH
3 4 PC
3 1 PC
31 S
36 S
17 S
3 2 PC
29 PC
25 PC
15 DU
29 S
20 B
42 S
2 4 PC
36 PC
39 S
30 PC
3 4 S
13 B
24 R
33 B
33 S
22 SH
23 B
27 R
27 PC
22 B
3 2 S
28 B
29 PC
2 9 PC
3 5 S
20 B
28 S
19 S
2 5 S
11 C
16 B
24 C
4 5 S
3 2 S
2 1 PC
17 S
17 C
26 B
28 PC
30 B
17 B
19 B
17 PC
36 S
27 S
24 R
21 S
3 2 S
29 S
23 S
3 2 PC
28 S
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Five days ahead
Some dry periods, but
areas of showers and
longer spells of rain will
spread across Britain
Today Hot and sunny in most places, but thicker cloud with rain over the west. Max 35C (95F), min 7C (45F)
Tides
Tidal predictions.
Heights in metres
Today Ht Ht
Aberdeen
Avonmouth
Belfast
Cardiff
Devonport
Dover
Dublin
Falmouth
Greenock
Harwich
Holyhead
Hull
Leith
Liverpool
London Bridge
Lowestoft
Milford Haven
Morecambe
Newhaven
Newquay
Oban
Penzance
Portsmouth
Shoreham
Southampton
Swansea
Tees
Weymouth
1 1:4 3 3. 8 --:-- --
0 4:54 10.8 17:2 9 11. 0
0 9:12 3.2 21:4 6 3.2
0 4:41 1 0 .1 17:2 0 10. 2
0 3:28 4. 6 16 :02 4.7
09 :17 5.7 21:48 5. 9
09 :52 3.7 22:17 3.7
0 3:07 4.3 15:42 4.5
1 0:15 3.0 23:09 3. 0
0 9:38 3.5 22:05 3. 6
0 8:32 4.9 21:02 5. 0
0 4:03 6 .4 1 6 :37 6 .5
00 :13 4.8 12:52 4. 9
09 :18 8. 0 21:5 0 8.3
1 1:4 6 6 .2 --:-- --
0 7:33 2.3 19:48 2.4
0 4:00 5.8 1 6 :37 5. 9
0 9:23 8.0 21:54 8.2
0 9:05 5.6 21:34 5. 9
0 2:5 6 5.8 15:32 6. 0
0 4:12 3.1 16:45 3.3
0 2:30 4. 6 15 :0 5 4.8
0 9:28 4.1 21:54 4.3
0 9:21 5.2 21:51 5.5
0 8:28 3.9 20:59 4.1
0 4:04 7.8 1 6 :44 8. 0
0 1:2 5 4. 6 14:01 4.8
0 4:24 1. 5 17:0 5 1.7
Synoptic situation
An area of high pressure
situated over central Europe
and western Scandinavia will
bring a warm air mass across
the British Isles with plenty
of sunshine and mainly dry
conditions. Low pressure
centred to the south of Iceland
will push a cold front eastwards
and help push a trough
northeast, bringing outbreaks
of rain and thunderstorms.
Highs and lows
24hrs to 5pm yesterday
Warmest: Heathrow,
Greater London, 29.1C
Coldest: Cairngorm, 2.0C
Wettest: Derrylin Cornahoule,
Co Fermanagh, 19.6mm
Sunniest: Jersey, 13.8hrs*
Sun and moon
For Greenwich
Sun rises:
Sun sets:
Moon rises:
Moon sets:
Full moon: August 3
Hours of darkness
Aberdeen
Belfast
Birmingham
Cardiff
Exeter
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Newcastle
Norwich
Penzance
Sheffi eld
21: 5 3-04:3 7
21:5 6 -05:0 5
21:30-04: 58
21:32-05:0 7
21:30-0 5 :1 1
21:55-04:5 3
21:3 9 -04:5 9
21:20-04:5 5
21:3 6 -04: 55
21:40-04:4 6
21:18-04:4 5
21:3 6 -05:2 2
21:33-04: 53
General situation: A hot and mainly dry td
day across England, Wales and eastern
Scotland, but cloudier with some rain
elsewhere.
SE Eng, Cen S Eng, E Anglia, London,
E Mids: Mostly dry and hot with plenty
of sunshine, but increasing cloud
willwill bring the risk of thunderstorms bring the risk of thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Light to moderate
southeasterly wind. Maximum
35C (95F), minimum 15C (59F).
Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: Cloudy
with a band of rain spreading east
during the morning, turning brighter
with showers in the afternoon. Light to
moderate south or southwesterly wind.
Maximum 21C (70F), minimum
9 C (48F).
Moray Firth, NE Scotland, Aberdeen,
N Isles: Any early low cloud clearing
toto bring a dry and warm day with long bring a dry and warm day with long
spells of sunshine. Moderate to fresh
southeasterly wind. Maximum
26C (79F), minimum 11C (52F).
Edinburgh & Dundee, Cen N Eng, E Eng,
Borders, NE Eng: Dry and warm
with plenty of sunshine, but some
thicker cloud will bring the risk of
thunderstorms later. Light to moderate
southeasterly wind. Maximum
29C (84F), minimum 10C (50F).
SW Eng, W Mids, Wales, NW Eng, IoM,
Channel Is, Lake District, SW Scotland,
Glasgow,Glasgow Cen Highland NW Scotland Cen Highland, NW Scotland,
Argyll: Mainly dry and sunny, but cloud
increasing in the afternoon to bring
showery rain or thunderstorms. Light
to moderate southerly wind. Maximum
3 2C (90F), minimum 9C (48F).
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Flood alerts and warnings
At 17:00 on Thursday there were no
fl ood alerts or warnings in England,
Wales or Scotland.
For further information andupdates
in England visit fl ood-warning-
information.service.gov.uk, for Wales
naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and
for Scotland SEPA.org.ukk
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spreading east across England and
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T
he summer of 200 years
ago began cold, wet and
miserable, but at the end of
June temperatures soared
in a sustained heatwave
and violent storms broke out.
On this day, July 31, 1820, a
powerful hailstorm carved a ten-
mile trail of destruction between the
villages of Sible Hedingham and
Belchamp St Paul in Essex. “We
were at Hedingham yesterday: it is
really quite distressing to witness
the devastation there,” wrote a
correspondent to The Gentleman’s
Magazine. “The injury done in the
two parishes to the crops, &c. could
not be repaired by many thousands
of pounds. The hops are stripped off
the poles as if they had been cut
with scissors. The hail was larger
than was ever known. A friend of
mine picked up a solid piece of ice
eighteen inches long and six broad
yesterday morning; it had made a
deep hole in the ground.”
That same day another hailstorm
pummelled Maidstone in Kent,
“trees were torn up, and great injury
was done”, reported The Gentleman’s
Magazine. At Worthing on the West
Sussex coast “the hail and rain
descending in torrents completely
deluged the whole town. The hail-
stones were particularly large, and
fell with such force and velocity as
to demolish the windows in many
houses. So great was the devastation
among the feathered tribe, that in
the morning about 2,000 sparrows
were picked up dead in the streets.”
In June that year another violent
hailstorm had devastated a swathe
of northwest Wales. “Some of the
hailstones measured nearly eight
inches in circumference. They were
round masses of solid ice, mostly of
an oval form; but some were of an
irregular and angular shape... The
damage sustained by the farmers in
their corn and hay crops, potatoes,
etc is incalculable,” reported The
London Gazette. “A strong pig, many
sheep, lambs and a considerable
number of geese have been killed.
Several grown persons and children
have had severe contusions.”
Large and strangely shaped
hailstones have been reported at
other times, but remain a mystery.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons