Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	29.5	22.4	3.5
TRAVELLERS	31.0	21.0	9.1
RESIDENCY	26.3	16.1	21.5
GEORGETOWN	30.0	22.0	1.9
St. helena	23.5	15.7	12.6
FALKLANDS	18.5	4.0	10.5
UK (Brize Norton)	11.7	2.7	27.4

   

ASCENSION:	A bright start to the week with sunny periods developing by day. However by Thursday a moister cloudier airmass covered the islands and there were frequent showers during the day. By evening the showers had become isolated but remained rather cloudy and this carried into Friday and Saturday.  Sunday started cloudy with showers but became dry during the morning with sunny spells developing by afternoon.
ST. HELENA:	Although rain fell on each day of the week most fell overnight and this did allow a total of 26.0 hours of sunshine. The warmest day was on Sunday 11th, Coldest  day was Thursday 8th with a temperature of 20.0 Celsius. Coldest night-time temperature occurred in the early hours of Friday 9th. Mean wind speed 13.4 knots.
UK:	An unsettled week with Atlantic depressions dominating and their associated warm and cold fronts bringing rain to all parts of the British Isles. In between theses bands of rain some drier and brighter periods. Warmest day was Saturday 10th with 14 Celsius being recorded at Teignmouth in Devon. Northern parts of Scotland saw the lowest nighttime minima with minus 2 Celsius being recorded at Aboyne and Braemar both in Aberdeenshire on Monday and Wednesday respectively. Tulloch Bridge in Highlands was the  wettest place with 47.8 MM or 1.88 inches being recorded. Monday was certainly a gloomy day with the sunniest place being Bognor Regis in West Sussex with just one hour recorded.
FALKLANDS:	Unsettled with a series of fronts crossing the FICZ from the west. On Thursday the islands were battered by Gale force northerly winds for a time but these eased later.  Warmest day was Thursday but winds backed southwest to south for a time and Friday was the coldest day with a maximum temperature of only 11.3 degrees. Coldest night was Friday into Saturday. Thursday was the wettest day when 8.2 MM of rain fell. Both Sunday and Wednesday were dry.
METCHAT
Big changes at the Met Office this week,  Peter Stewart aka the Laird departed on Friday evening together with Chris Tyson. Their health was toasted on Thursday evening,  many times in fact as Chris’s replacement took on sudden amnesia and could not remember if the toast had been drunk or not  so it was repeated and repeated …….   Eventually however the urge to sleep took over and he tottered somewhat unsteadily off to dreamland.  This was hardly surprising as the day had stated very early with a wake up call at 3:15 am at the 5 Star Hotel of the Year known as the Gateway, to catch the delayed southbound Tristar. Why is it that some passengers have absolutely no trouble in sleeping aboard aeroplanes, as soon as the rear end touches something solid they appear to be fast asleep until the hot meal is served. The rest meanwhile stare into space, watch a video or check the time about every 5 minutes. It was very surprising that the rest of the company did not make stronger efforts to curtail those extra toasts. On Friday morning muffled groans and sometimes curses were heard from various parts of Travellers Hill. These were mostly directed mainly at Messers Glass, Gordon and the Captain. Perhaps someone might fill in,  as it were,  the details and connections.  Peter’s successor Pete Warr is on his first visit to Ascension but second to South Atlantic as he has done a tour at Mount Pleasant. He is still suffering from culture shock  but it is alleged that he responds well to the odd Low Flier, so if he is seen wearing a confused expression at any time the cure is simple. Something of a habit among Met people, getting round the odd large one.   Today Monday Clive Thundercliffe arrived to take over from Doug McNab. Doug is hoping to leave on Saturday evening, Tristar’s permitting that is.  Clive is another first timer with the flight here the longest he’s experienced.  As we write this epistle he is resting in his room. From what little he did say we learn that he is a keen runner so beware all drivers.  Little time for that this week though as he will be getting through the handover details from Doug to make for a totally seamless handover.