Tuesday 17th July 2012 Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Morning

Drizzle trying to push in from the west while theres broken cloud and some sun in the east.

warm at 14.5C

wind f2

Rainfall since midnight trace

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 14C...

[johnholmes]

dry and cloudy after a fairly warm night with a low of 14.3C its now 16.7C

[Coast]

16.7°C

1022.9 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 13.8 mph gusting 22.2 mph max W/SW

DP 13.2°C

Humidity 79%

5.2mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1510 ft

Much brighter start with some actual, bona-fida sunshine in Eastbourne!!

[Methuselah]

Cirrus & cirrostratus patches spreading from the west, 17C...

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 18.4 °C

Dew Point 14 °C

Wind

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

Wind Gust 14.5 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1022 hPa

Clouds Clear

Moisture

Humidity 82%

Rainfall 0 mm

Yay \0/ this is more like it ...all we need now is for someone to hit the pause button

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 17th July 2012:

The rain eventually cleared away after midnight. The day dawned cloudy and damp. The morning so far has seen a few bright spells developing.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 17.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 13.5°C

24-hour maximum 17.0°C

24-hour minimum: 13.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 12.5°C

Maximum wind gust: MPH (Midnight to Midnight) 16.2 SE.

Rainfall total: 12.2 mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: about 10 miles.

Temperature: 16.7°C

Humidity:87.6%

Dew point 14.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 WSW

Barometer 1023mb rising.

Yesterday:

Interesting to note how wet this year is, this station has already exceeded the whole of last years rainfall, current total is 518.5mm. The total for 2011 was 508.6mm

Clear spells for a time last night, though clouding over after midnight. The day dawned overcast with light rain. At observation, no change, expect for the odd brighter patch. Overcast conditions persisted with outbreaks of light to moderate rain. The rain, moderate at times continued well in to the night.

July 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 15.2c (-1.5c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 22.4c on the 4th

Minimum temperature: 7.4c on the 12th

Grass Minimum: 6.5c on the 12th

Rainfall 90.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 16.2 mm on the 5th

Maximum wind gust: 21.8 mph SW on the 1st.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 26.0c on the 24th May.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

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

Rainfall = 530.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[marky810]

Same old...

Currently 15c in light rain after heavy overnight rain (not forecast)

Awaiting tomorrows onslaught

[GulberwickWeather]

Mainly cloudy with occasional drizzle and the odd brighter spell.

Current obs:

Temp: 11.7C

Dew: 10.1C

Pressure: 1007.6hPa (rising slowly)

Wind: WNW @ 9.1kts

Gust last hr: 15.5kts

Rainfall today: 0.2mm

Humidity: 89%

[Backtrack]

17.2C with patchy light drizzle.

[Andy Bown]

The warmest day since 28 June!

21.2c with sunny spells and Stratocumulus and a brisk SW wind.

[Stargazer]

Dry and breezy with sunny periods, the best of these in the afternoon. Currently partly cloudy, 21.4 deg C, wind moderate W. Today's maximum 23.3. last night's minimum 14.2.

[The PIT]

A damp day with light drizzle off and on for most of it. There were also sunny spells.

Max temp 21.3C

Wind F2 WSW

Rainfall trace.

[Terminal Moraine]

Drizzle and light rain overnight and at first this morning, the drizzle becoming light and intermittent after 0830 g.m.t and died out completely by midday. The afternoon was dry, warm and breezy with short sunny intervals.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 17.5c

Max' today, 20.3c

Min' last night, 12.8c

24 hr min' to 0800 g.m.t, 11.8c

Grass min', 12.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 7.1 mm

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, 0.1 mm

Sunshine today so far, 1.29 hrs

Mean wind speed, 18 mph W

Highest gust today, 40 mph W at 1435 g.m.t

7 oktas St, Sc and Ac

Vis', over 80 km.

Edited July 17, 2012 by Terminal Moraine

[Kent Snow]

18.6C, mid-level cloud, wind from the SW, 1022hPa.

[Backtrack]

19.1C, humid, mostly cloudy with sunny spells.

A dry day today other than a shower earlier.

[TonyH]

Mostly cloudy and humid today, just a little drizzle at times, but mainly dry. A few bright intervals. Moderate SW to south breeze.

Min: 12.6c @ 0600

Max: 20.1c @ 1700

Rain yesterday: 2.1mm

Rain since 10am today: Below 0.5mm

Currently: Drizzle

Temp: 15.7c

RH: 93%

Pressure: 1021mbar, falling slowly.

Edited July 17, 2012 by TonyH

[Jon Somerset]

A warm day in Bridgwater with plenty of sun until about 2.00 p.m. but it clouded over and very dark ominous clouds took the sun's place. Some breaks appeared in the evening but rain also came in heavy showers. Looking towards Dorset there seemed to be lots of rain and dark clouds.