Sunday 8th January Weather & General Chat

[Andy Bown]

A largely clear night in early January and the minimum being just 5.2c!!

5.6c currently, mostly clear with some scattered Stratocumulus patches.

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start,

Temp 7.9c

Humidity 86%

Dewpoint 5.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, mild and windy night, the wind eventually decreasing after 0430.

Currently dry with 5 oktas Scu and Ci.

The temperature is 5.6c after a min' of 5.5c overnight and a 24 hr min' of 5.2c.

The grass min' was 3.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, trace

Mean wind speed, 5 mph NW

Highest gust since midnight, 45 mph W at 0338

Vis', 30 km.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 08th January 2012:

Dry overnight, mostly cloudy, mild yet again. At observation, dry and mild with a few cloud breaks appearing.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

5 Oktas: Stratus, Stratocumulus.

Visibility: about 5 miles.

Temperature: 7.5°C

Humidity: 91.3%

Dew point 6.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SW

Barometer 1026mb rising.

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 7.5°C

24-hour maximum = 8.6°C

24-hour minimum: 7.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 5.1°C

Rainfall total: tr mm

Yesterday:

Another night when the maximum temperature for the 24 hour period was reached, by 01:00 GMT it was 10.1c here. Cloudy with a little light rain. Windy too with a westerly gust to 38.8mph. At observation, broken cloud, dry, mild. The day stayed mainly cloudy, though there were some brighter spells. Light showers were also scattered around, though none were noted here at this station. Mild, top temperature 8.6c.

January so Far

Mean temperature: 6.6c (+ 2.9c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 11.5 on the 2nd.

Minimum temperature: 1.3c on the 2nd

Grass Minimum: -2.6c on the 6th

Rainfall = 32.9mm

Wettest 24 hours = 17.2mm on the 4th

Maximum wind gust: 48.6 mph NW on the 5th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 11.5c on the 2nd January.

Minimum temperature: 1.3c on the 2nd January

Grass Minimum: -2.4c on the 2nd Jan

Rainfall = 32.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[johnholmes]

dry and cloudy although a hint of brightness beginning to appear-another mild night with a low of 7.8C its now 8.7C

[Kent Snow]

8.4C, stratocumulus, grey, dull, wind from the W, 1026hPa.

[Coast]

8.7°C

1023.7 mb steady

Wind 5.6 mph gusting 10.8 mph max NW

DP 4.5°C

Humidity 75%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1725ft

The general theme of the Winter continues with another grim and grey day, very low light levels.

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 8.8 °C

Windchill 8 °C

Dew Point 3 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 3.2 km/h / 0.9 m/s from WSW

Wind Gust 9.7 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1028.0 hPa

Clouds Mostly Cloudy 822 m

Moisture

Humidity 68%

Rainfall 0 mm

Snow Depth 0 cm

[Summer Sun]

Very mild, dry couldy with no breeze at all 10.2°C

Edited January 8, 2012 by Gavin D

[Terminal Moraine]

The weak warm front has reached here and, after a dry day so far, it's turned misty with light drizzle and a temp' of 5.9c.

Feeling cool too in a NW breeze averaging 18 mph.

[conor123]

Apart from some drizzle earlier this afternoon its been a dry and bright if fairly cloudy day, mild as usual at 10c.

[SteveB]

Pressure 1024.8hPa

Temp 10.1c

Max Temp 10.1c

Min Temp 7.9c

Humidity 91%

Dewpoint 8.6c

Rainfall 0.0mm

Monthly Rainfall 32.6mm

[SP1986]

drizzly start to the day, been cloudy otherwise.

9.9C the maximum so far,

7.5 the minimum today.

[Stargazer]

Dry, mild and cloudy, with an hour or so of sunshine around midday. Maximum 10.6, minimum 7.3. Wind light W.

[TonyH]

Mainly cloudy today, some drizzle this morning. Very mild, moderate west/ SW breeze.

Min: 6.9c @ 0700

Max: 11.5c @ 1400

Rain yesterday: 0.3mm

Rain since 0900 today: 0.4mm

Currently: Very mild, mostly cloudy.

Temp: 8c

RH: 94%

Pressure: 1029mbar, rising slowly.

[Terminal Moraine]

Another mildish, cloudy and mainly dry day with just a few sunny intervals this morning and a short spell of drizzle during mid-afternoon. Much less windy than yesterday and a significant rise in temperature after 1600.

At 1800;

Temp', 8.4c

Max' today, 8.4c

Min' last night, 5.5c ( 24 hr min' was 5.2c )

Grass min', 3.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, trace

Sunshine today, 0.56 hrs

Mean wind speed, 10 mph W

Highest gust today, 45 mph NW at 0338

8 oktas Acu and Scu

Vis', 65 km.

Edited January 8, 2012 by Terminal Moraine