Trillions embed test

Mobile wap now available

http://weather.westerdale.info/wap

I've been testing a new mobile phone WAP page - URL above - and it seems to work for me - however I only have an old Nokia 3510i - as we have almost no phone signal at home!
So it would be interesting to hear if it works OK on more sophisticated devices.
The file size is less than 2kb, on orange PAYG set up on GPRS it only costs about 4 pence to look at the data.
You can't expect this to work in a normal web browser, although you can view it in a WAP emulator like http://www.inetis.com/index.php?module=ttemulator

You should see something like the emulator on the right.

Autumn sunshine

The end of September looks like being a memorable warm and sunny spell after a rather lack-lustre summer.

(Ex) Hurricane Katia

We luckily avoided the tail end of Irene a few days ago - which was quite serious on the east coast of the US - although recent windy and unsettled conditions were associated with that storm indirectly.

On Monday 12th there is a risk of winds topping 50mph as Katia *probably* runs across the north of Scotland.
At this stage it looks like we should miss most of the rain but should still expect some heavy bursts too. Combined with strong winds and cooler temperatures it will not be pleasant.
There is still a chance the storm might drive further south, affecting northern England more seriously - or it may slow or stall further away than currently expected.

This is nonetheless a 'classic' first significant autumn storm of 2011, and a reminder that summer really is over once more.

September

Only a few days into the month and already we've had some classic September autumnal scenes.
On Sunday 4th there was a little rain in the afternoon then after sunset skies cleared and as the temperature fell mist formed near the ground.

This sort of thing is perhaps more common around dawn.
It can transform a quite everyday scene into something spectacular.

Half million views

Sometime this week the page load counter on the main weather page (at the bottom!) will top 500,000 views.
This 'page load' figure isn't the total number of visits or visitors, but reflects a tendency for people to watch the conditions changing sometimes for quite lengthy periods.

Considering the site has only been online since March 2009 - and had very few views in the first few months - it is very encouraging to see such continued interest - thanks to all visitors!

Previous months in more detail

On the main site www.weather.westerdale.info you can view previous months and years on the drop down list - scroll down the bottom.
Another way to display this data in a concise way is on the Detailed Monthly reports.
There are so many of these pages already that I have yet to devise a simple way to access them, however you can manipulate the page URL in your browser address bar.

http://weather.westerdale.info/climatedataout62011.html
for example is the page for June 2011 - just change the numbers at the end to get other months and years - however some may be missing as you go further back.
If you particularly need a month in this format but cannot find it, I could probably recreate the page from saved data on the weather computer.
(However it only goes back to early March 2009!)