h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The hovercraft gets cancelled in a stiff breeze

I'll have to catch it next time I'm down and it's a totally calm day. Back to the weather, Manchester 22:59 02/02/04 Dark, dry and quite warm - pretty nice really

Well the winds have died down and the rain hhas finally stopped

Melbourne, Australia 1210pm Tuesday

Cloudy, cool 16C

Honestiago, I went on a hovercraft in Broome (NW Western Australia - always hot about 30C-35C, gets cyclones in the wet season) and it was good fun. Probably not as big as the one you are thinking of. The Broome one held about 30 passengers.

Maz

Gladstone,central Queensland,OZ

32 very humid and will have another storm later
(no signs of sheep)

Canberra, 6:30pm Tuesday 3 February

About 24C, overcast, but no signs of rain. Lots of birds on the lawn. No further sheep sightings. No other surreal sights on the street, for that matter.

Ivan.

N. Pennines UK 16.17

Lots of sheep. (Well, only 4 actually but I don't know where they came from ). The wind was blowing the rain through the keyhole earlier so it's obviously coming from the south. It's hard enough to blow over a 5 year old (boy, not ).
There's a pretty impressive river running down the track. Enough water to gouge out a channel for itself

Central Pensylvania, USA
Lots of snow! (But classes are still on for today...GRRR!)
fairly warm, probably ~30F

Unbelievably mild for early Feb. 14degrees I like it!

London 11.07am 4 feb

Canary Wharf Lnodon 11.16

All this good weather following the snow and ice of last week and the wind over the weekend is doing my garden flowers no good at all.

2004-02-04 12:15 Manchester, UK.
Raining, still. I'm about to go out and get some lunch and I'll get wet again, just like the walking bits around this morning's train journey. Oh well, keeps the reservoirs at the bottom of our road full

Rain, rain, rain, rain beautiful rain

Have Mancurians started to evolve webbed feet yet Phil? They ought too

Melbourne, Australia 4.45pm Thursday

Good grief Summer has found us again! Today we have a top of 36C with 27 - 35 over the next 3 days. Very gentle breeze and bright sunshine. Not a cloud in the sky! It was only 13C when I left for work at 0630 this morning, so it was a bit of a shock when I left the building this afternoon!

Maz

Canberra, 6:45pm Thursday 5 February

About 31C, dry... Apparently it'll be like this for the next week, and up to 37 or 38C by Sunday. Never mind rain, there's not even a hint of moisture in the air.

Ivan.

Manchester, UK

Its warm today, wind has dropped and we have a cloudy blue sky! compared to yesterday, this is good, believe me!

Ipswich, GB, 12:30

Cloudy but dry, breezy and VERY mild (I've been on holiday to Yorkshire in June and had colder weather than this!)

Portsmouth UK

14.42

Guess what

It's raining....................AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Ditto. Cats and dogs again. My umbrella has broken again. But the ferns LOVE it..........

London 12.49pm 6 feb

Portsmouth

13.15

see post 1677

Canberra, 12:20am Saturday 7 February.

It's about 22 or 23C and there's no breeze whatsoever. This might explain what I'm doing here at this absurd hour. Can't sleep.

Ivan.