The Times - UK (2020-08-03)

the times | Monday August 3 2020 1GM 49

We a t h e r

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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Thursday

28

20

21

27

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 SH 13.8 1.9

14 S 1.6 7.4

16 B 2.4 3.3

** C 0.4 0.4

19 PC 0.0 **

19 PC 0.0 **

14 C 10.8 1.0

19 C 0.0 **

19 C 0.0 5.9

20 C 0.0 **

19 PC 0.0 8.4

17 B 0.6 4.3

18 PC 1.0 9.8

16 C 0.8 1.6

15 PC 4.0 1.1

16 PC 1.2 2.1

18 C 0.0 **

20 C 0.0 9.6

20 PC 0.0 7.7

15 PC 2.2 6.3

20 PC 0.0 **

19 PC 0.0 6.6

15 PC 6.2 **

17 C 0.6 3.5

16 PC 0.2 **

15 PC 0.0 5.5

17 PC 0.0 3.4

20 PC 0.8 10.9

16 PC 0.0 **

21 PC 0.0 9.4

17 C 0.0 7.9

19 PC 0.0 0.5

20 PC 0.0 6.6

18 PC 1.4 **

16 PC 0.2 **

18 PC 0.0 7.2

14 PC 0.6 5.0

20 PC 0.0 **

18 PC 0.0 **

19 S 0.0 **

** ** ** **

** ** ** **

18 C 0.0 3.1

15 PC 0.2 **

21 S 0.0 9.9

15 C 0.6 **

14 C 3.8 2.7

15 C 0.4 5.8

14 PC 2.0 0.6

16 PC 0.2 **

20 PC 0.6 2.8

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

31 S

2 0 PC

3 1 PC

15 PC

40 S

3 0 SH

3 1 PC

30 PC

31 S

3 1 PC

28 S

19 R

3 1 B

25 B

2 2 PC

26 S

26 S

17 S

34 S

36 S

4 DU

23 S

26 C

2 2 B

35 PC

** **

43 S

16 B

25 S

3 4 PC

2 4 PC

2 5 SH

31 S

** **

2 2 PC

2 9 PC

3 1 B

29 S

31 S

20 S

30 PC

2 9 PC

28 PC

14 DU

2 5 PC

24 S

40 S

2 5 PC

3 4 S

3 2 S

41 S

36 S

13 S

22 B

3 2 PC

3 1 S

2 8 PC

28 PC

18 PC

3 1 S

18 SH

23 PC

3 2 S

33 S

28 B

30 PC

33 PC

17 R

22 B

16 B

2 5 PC

12 PC

2 0 PC

2 2 PC

46 S

3 1 PC

19 PC

15 B

19 B

26 R

28 B

3 1 B

2 1 PC

2 2 S

18 S

3 1 S

2 9 S

29 PC

2 2 PC

2 9 S

2 8 PC

2 5 S

28 B

22 SH

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Five days ahead

Rain in the north and

west over the next few

days. Becoming very hot

in the south by Thursday

Today Sunny spells and scattered showers, especially later in the day. Max 21C (70F), min 6C (43F)

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

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0 7:4 9 12.2 20:11 12. 7

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1 2: 37 3. 8 --:-- --

0 5:53 4.7 18: 09 5. 0

0 0:54 3.4 13:20 3.1

0 0:02 3.9 12:2 6 3. 9

1 1:12 5.2 2 3 :2 3 5.5

06 :42 7.2 19:27 7.1

0 3: 0 3 5.3 15:35 5.4

1 2: 0 4 8.8 --:-- --

0 2:18 6 .9 14:4 6 6 .7

1 0:01 2.5 22:45 2.4

06 :55 6 .4 19:15 6 .7

1 2:07 8.8 --:-- --

1 1: 5 7 6.4 --:-- --

0 5:4 6 6 .5 18:0 6 6 .8

0 6:36 3.5 18:48 3. 9

05 :18 5 .1 17:37 5 .4

1 2:1 3 4.5 --:-- --

1 2:10 6 .0 --:-- --

1 1: 5 7 4. 3 13 : 5 2 4. 3

06 :58 8.7 19:19 9.1

0 4:10 5 .1 1 6 :43 5 .2

0 7:24 1.8 19:42 2.1

Synoptic situation

A ridge of high pressure will

move across the British Isles

today, bringing largely dry and

settled weather, although a

scattering of showers is likely.

Overnight into tomorrow, low

pressure currently out in the

Atlantic will push cloud and

rain across Ireland and much of

northern Britain, but staying

largely dry farther south under

a weak ridge of high pressure.

Highs and lows

24 hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Heathrow,

Greater London, 25.4C

Coldest: Cairngorm, 3.5C

Wettest: Portglenone, 15.8mm

Sunniest: Waddington,

Lincolnshire, 10.9hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

Third quarter: August 11

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

21:47-04:4 3

21:5 0 - 0 5:1 0

21:2 5 -0 5 :0 3

21:27- 0 5:1 2

21:2 5 -0 5 :1 6

21:49-04:5 8

21:33-0 5 :0 4

21:15-04:5 9

21:31-0 5 :0 0

21:34-04: 52

21:13-04:4 9

21:31-05:2 6

21:27-04: 58

General situation: Sunny spells, patchy

cloud and a few scattered showers.

S Wales, Cen S Eng, Channel Is,

SW Eng: Largely dry with sunny spells.

Patchy cloud may bring a few isolated

light showers in the north and east.

Light northwesterly winds. Maximum

21C21C (70F) minimum 6C (43F) (70F), minimum 6C (43F).

N Wales, Midlands, E Anglia, London,

SE Eng, NW Eng, Cen N Eng, E Eng:

Many places staying dry with spells

of sunshine, but areas of cloud may

bring a few scattered showers, some

perhaps heavy later. Light to moderate

northwesterly winds. Maximum

21C (70F), minimum 6C (43F).

Lake District, NE Eng, Moray Firth,

Borders, IoM, Glasgow, Aberdeen,

Edinburgh & Dundee: Plenty of dry

and sunny periods, but the chance of

showersshowers from thicker cloud perhaps from thicker cloud, perhaps

heavy in places. Light to moderate

northwesterly winds. Maximum

1 9C (66F), minimum 7C (45F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: Sunny

spells, patchy cloud and a few showers,

mainly in the north. Patchy rain in the

west by the evening. Light westerly

winds, breezy near showers. Maximum

1 8C (64F), minimum 10C (50F).

NE Scotland, NW Scotland, N Isles,

Cen Highland, Argyll: A few scattered

showers, particularly during the

afternoonafternoon when some may turn when some may turn

heavy. Bright or sunny spells at times,

especially at fi rst. Light to moderate

westerly winds, fresh around the

Western and Northern Isles. Maximum

1 5C (59F), minimum 6C (43F).

Tomorrow

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Wednesday

25

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21

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Friday

30

22

21

29

Saturday

30

19

21

31

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Temperature

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Flood alerts and warnings

At 17:00 on Sunday 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

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Warm front

Occluded front

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05.53 Tue

18

S

hipden was once a medieval

village on the coast of north

Norfolk, but it now lies at the

bottom of the sea off Cromer.

Much of the coast of

Norfolk is notorious for being eaten

up by the sea, and for Shipden the

signs of things starting to go

downhill were clear in the early

14th century. The church rector and

the parishioners petitioned Edward

III for a new church to replace their

existing one which “could not be

defended” from ruin by “the flux

and reflux of the sea”.

By 1336 part of the churchyard

had fallen into the sea and in about

the late 1300s the last of Shipden

finally sank under the waves,

although by then the villagers had

retreated inland.

The most obvious relic from the

lost village was Church Rock, on

which the church tower was said to

rest; people also said that the church

bells could sometimes be heard. In

place of the lost village grew the

new town of Cromer, and the

remains of Shipden now lie about

500m from the end of Cromer pier.

On August 8, 1888 the remains of

the village almost led to a disaster.

The pleasure paddle steamer

Victoria was making a routine trip

with holidaymakers from Great

Yarmouth to Cromer, but when it

turned round to make its return

journey it ran aground on what was

said to be the top of the old church

tower. The hull of the steamer was

damaged and took on water.

All the 100 or so passengers were

safely ferried ashore on a flotilla of

small boats from Cromer and then

returned to Yarmouth by train. The

boat was wedged so fast that

attempts to winch it free failed.

Trinity House in London decided

the wreck was a hazard to shipping

and ordered it to be blown up.

In recent years divers have

salvaged some of the remaining

parts of the Victoria and also

explored the remains of the village.

As Percy Trett, from Yarmouth’s

Sub-Aqua Club, told the Eastern

Daily Press, they were fascinated

“by swimming along a street in

Shipden 40ft below the sea where

people had once walked”.

Weather Eye

Paul Simons