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Ascension : Met Office - Weather Report
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Max (Celsius) |
Min (Celsius) |
Rainfall (mm) |
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AIRHEAD |
29.5 |
22.8 |
0.4 |
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TRAVELLERS |
29.4 |
21.5 |
TR |
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RESIDENCY |
24.4 |
18.1 |
0.4 |
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23.0 |
18.1 |
0.4 |
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FALKLANDS |
22.9 |
4.6 |
1.6 |
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UK (Brize Norton) |
10.6 |
-0.8 |
17.6 |
Past Week’s Weather
UK
Unsettled and fairly cold conditions for much of the week with large amounts of cloud and outbreaks of rain at times. In comparison to previous weeks it was a wet one with 17.6 mm rainfall recorded. High pressure brought more settled conditions to the weekend, but this allowed fog and mist to form.
Falklands
A good weather week for the
Ascension
A drier week in Ascension, with only Trace amounts of rainfall recorded at Travellers Hill! Generally the mornings have been partly cloudy, but with widespread sunshine developing during the afternoon.
St. Helena
Mostly dry with a good deal of sunshine. A few showers were reported on Wednesday. Rather breezy at times with gusts up to 30 KT recorded.
Northern Lights By Mr Frosty
There have been many reported sights of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in northern parts of the
So what exactly is the
An aurora is a natural display of light in the sky and it can be found at both poles. Near the South Pole they are the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis), and near the North Pole they are the Northern Lights.
The aurora is caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high atmosphere. The charged particles originate in the solar wind and are directed by the Earth’s magnetic field into the atmosphere. The solar wind is the result of processes on the sun’s surface which throw particles far out into space.
Collisions with oxygen produces yellows and greens and reds. Collisions with atoms of nitrogen give off a blue colour. The light displays can be seen for just a matter of minutes or up to an entire evening.
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