Wednesday 16th May - Weather & General Chat

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp 6.5°C

DP 1.2°C

Rh 64%

Wind 1kt NNW

1024.0 mb STEADY

Conditions: Wall to wall blue sky

Edited May 16, 2012 by Dorsetbred

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 6.1 °C

Windchill 6 °C

Dew Point 4 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 4.8 km/h / 1.3 m/s from WNW

Wind Gust 11.3 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1024 hPa

Clouds Clear

Moisture

Humidity 85%

Rainfall 0 mm

Dry and bright - so much nicer to wake up to sunshine and blue sky !

[Coast]

6.6°C

1025.0 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 10.4 mph gusting 11.3 mph max W/NW

DP 3.4°C

Humidity 80%

0.6mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1320 ft

Bright sunshine and blue skies, chilly though

[johnholmes]

a cloudless start to the day with a fairly light breeze from the NW, lowest was 4.2C its now 8.0C

[The PIT]

A sunny cold start to the day.

temp 6.4C

wind f3 WSw

rainfall nil

[sunsetter]

Much better this morning. Blue sky with a few Cirrus and calm and sunny.

temp 8.2°C rising +1.2°C/hr

pressure 1025.5mb

humidity 76%

dewpoint 4.2°C

wind 2.8mph N

[Johnny25]

Bright clear start in Warwick - Starting to cloud over now.

Temp 12.8C

Humidity 65%

Bar 1026.45hPa rising slowly

Wind E - 1.3mph

Edited May 16, 2012 by Johnny25

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 16th May 2012:

Clear overnight with a widespread ground frost. Low 0.9c, with –1.0c on the grass. After a sunny start, cumulus cloud quickly bubbled, though with continued sunny spells to observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 0.9°C

24-hour maximum = 11.2°C

24-hour minimum: 0.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.8 mph NW

Rainfall total: 4.0 mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: about 10 miles

Temperature: 8.5°C

Wind chill 6.0°C .

Humidity: 75.5%

Dew point 4.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 NW

Barometer 1026 mb rising.

Yesterday:

Variable cloud overnight with a few moderate showers continuing to squeeze through the Cheshire gap on force 3 NW wind. Low 3.4c. The day dawned cloudy with light showery rain. There have been further light showers though with sunny spells developing towards the observation. Clouds continued to build further through the morning and heavy showers broke out, a couple during the afternoon were accompanied with hail and a clap or two of thunder at this location. Cool, top temperature 11.2c briefly, but the temperature was for the most part around 8 to 10c. The evening saw the showers clear away and it quickly turned chilly.

May 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 9.4c (-2.0c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 17.9 on the 10th

Minimum temperature: -0.1c on the 5th

Grass Minimum: -2.5c on the 6th

Rainfall = 31.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours = 12.6 mm on the 9th

Maximum wind gust: 26.5 mph WNW on the 11th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 21.4c on the 28th March.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4^th Feb

Rainfall = 280.7 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Another air frost; the 3rd this month (and the 49th since the autumn), with a minimum of -1.1º. Now 8.6º and big fluffy clouds in a mainly blue sky.

[conor123]

Mostly clear ovenright with a low of 2.7c, sunny spells this morning changed to mostly cloudy by 9:45ish and been generally overcast with a sheet of stratocumulus since, temp currently 10.2c.

[Andy Bown]

A frosty start at 1.7c has been followed by a fine, bright day with sunny spells and patches of Cumulus/Stratocumulus although these seem to be decreasing as a clear area of sky approaches from the WNW.

12.9c, 54% humidity, WNW breeze.

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear, cool and dry night with a slight ground frost. Today so far has been dry with continuous early morning sunshine giving way to sunny intervals as Cu has increased to cover 6 oktas of sky.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.4c

Current temp', 8.6c

24 hr max to 0800 g.m.t, 9.4c

24 hr min' 2.2c

Grass min', -0.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 0.9 mm

Mean wind speed at 15 mph NW

5 oktas Cu

Vis' over 80 km.

[Methuselah]

Dry and quite sunny, 10C...

[The PIT]

A pleasant morning where it felt warm in the sun gave way to a cooler cloudier afternoon with a rogue shower just after 12:00

Max temp so far 12.3C

Rainfall trace

Wind F3 W

[Kent Snow]

13.2C, scattered cumulus, bright, wind from the NW, 1026hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

Apart from a few spots of rain around 1330 g.m.t it's been a dry day. Continuous sunshine early this morning and again late this afternoon and sunny intervals in between as Cu built up during the morning and dispersed again after 1400 g.m.t'

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 9.2c

Max' today, 11.1c

Min' last night, 2.2c

Grass min', -0.8c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, trace

Sunshine today so far, 9.97 hrs

Mean wind speed, 9 mph W

Highest gust today, 32 mph NW at 0816 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu humilis

Vis', over 80 km.

[conor123]

Stayed cloudy the rest of the afternoon and into the evening, just clearing up from the South West now, high today was 10.8c so another cold day, currently 10.0c.

[TonyH]

Clear with a ground frost last night.

Sunny spells today, sunny after 1600. Moderate NW breeze.

Min: +0.7c @ 0500

Max: 14.3c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 0.1mm

Dry so far today.

Currently: Sunny/ clear

Temp: 8c

RH: 62%

Pressure: 1024mbar, falling slowly.

[Stargazer]

Cold clear start, dry all day with sunny periods. Maximum 15.4, minimum 2.9. Wind light W.

[carinthian]

a snowy day on the Katschberghohe, a shock with Arctic winds replacing early summer heat spell. -6C on the top this afternoon !

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