Ascension : The Met Office Weather Report
Submitted by The Islander (Met Office) 17.09.2009 (Article Archived on 01.10.2009)

Statistics for the week ending Monday 20-Sep-09

	Max (Celsius)	Min (Celsius)	Rainfall (mm)
AIRHEAD	27.6	20.6	1.2
TRAVELLERS	26.7	19.3	9.7
RESIDENCY	n/a	n/a	n/a
GEORGETOWN	28.5	20.5	2.8
ST. HELENA	18.9	13.3	16.0
FALKLANDS	12.6	-2.4	1.6
UK (Brize Norton)	23.5	8.3	0.2

The Past Week’s Debaucherous Weather

UK: Wet and windy weather affected Scotland and the North West of the UK with warm and humid conditions prevailing in the South East. High pressure dominated the whole country for the latter half of the week.
Falklands: Moderate westerly winds kept conditions relatively cold and clear at first with temperatures rising towards the weekend.
St. Helena:Scattered showers affected the Island at the beginning of the week, with drier conditions developing from Thursday.
Ascension: A rather benign week with a mixture of cloudy scattered showers and some afternoon sunshine.

Saturday night however saw a torrid succession of weather phenomena with some shocking effects…

Strong winds seemed to inhibit the Sqn Ldr of the Medical Unit’s capability to walk home in a straight line. A scorching heat stress index rendered the AIB Cashier close to unconsciousness propped up against the bar, whilst the rising humidity sent the RAF policeman to consuming the majority of the mess’s red wine stocks. It all made for the ideal conditions for mosquitoes to thrive on the not quite calf length covered pins of Globespan Gill - especially once the raunchy skirt hitching dancing began. 

Applause however must be given to WO Hiorns who valiantly succeeded in eventually dragging his exhilarated wife away from the whirlwind of her ‘Ibiza Anthem’.

And if anyone would like to know what the weather was doing up at Two Boats on Saturday night, ask Globespan’s Captain Ken, who in case you’ve somehow not heard yet, didn’t come home that night…I’ll think you’ll find!