David Riddle

Volunteer gardener, Quex Gardens, conservationist and webmaster, Monkton Nature Reserve, previously at NT Chartwell. Was Goldsmiths UoL, Media Services Manager

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@MetJam_ No rain in Birchington on Saturday.. half way between Margate & Herne Bay on this map…

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@0xLuciferCore 30

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@bigredredred @BladeoftheS Have you visited the entire country then?

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@SteB777 @BladeoftheS Please enlighten us as to exactly what “our leadership” are supposed to do about the weather??

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@DrEmilyHarris @Met4CastUK Olive trees enjoy a Mediterranean location and climate in very thin soils, only surviving because their roots spread out widely to find the water they need. If you confine them to a pot, they must be watered regularly. You can’t assume they must be drought resistant. They aren’t.

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@MetJam_ In Margate we had that this morning.. but completely clear sky after about 3pm..

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@TheSnowDreamer *All* PWS locations were recording up to mid-30s daytime Wednesday and this was the highest I found at Hungerford at 37.9C. BBC reporting this morning was crazy suggesting 30C only just about to be beaten!

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@Sports_fanatik1 @peacockreports It’s not just the NE. Thursday morning BBC headlines were just farcical regarding the 30C temps. Been 30C in NE Kent since Monday and on Wednesday trip to Oxford *all* the PWS stations up as York were reading in to the mid 30s with Hungerford showing 37.9!

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@RaySand17710097 @MrTazzman32 @NickJF75 Might I suggest looking at all the PWS station readings that back up these kind of temperatures? They can’t all be sitting on airfields… https://t.co/Q3YPiUV6oS

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@TheSnowDreamer Significant cooling from ENE wind in coastal NE Kent. Birchington has only reached 21.8C today (Thursday). Only (?!) 18.4C last night. I wonder if the change of direction to SSW on Friday will bring the 30s here then?

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@NickJF75 PWS readings are also interesting because they show the large local variations over very short distances caused by wind and coastal location effects. e.g. NE Kent today was only 24C compared to over 30C SE Kent areas like Dover.

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@NickJF75 It might be an idea if those who deny these temperatures take a look at sites such as https://t.co/Q3YPiUV6oS that show the hundreds of PWS (Personal Weather System) sites around the country, all of which show the same kind of temperatures.

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@wingbits Who cares???