Monday 10th December 2012 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A dry breezy start not particular cold

Temp 2.9C

Wind F4 NNW

Rainfall Nil

[Turnedoutniceagain]

-1.2c & I doubt we'll see more than 3-4c today

[Methuselah]

Cloudy with rain showers, 4.2C...

[johnholmes]

clear and dry with a fairly light breeze from the NNW, no ground frost with a low of 3.3C

[Polar Maritime]

God Morgan,

Clear and crisp here, Temp -0.4c, Dew point -1.9c, Wind chill -0.2c on a 4mph West.

[Coast]

1.7°C

1018.3 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 7.0 mph gusting 12.4 mph max NW

Windchill -1.9°C

DP -0.9°C

Humidity 83%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1062 ft

Clear and chilly start, some frost on the car screen

[Kent Snow]

2.4C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the NW, 1017hPa.

[Bumpkin]

-1.4c, crisp and sunny. Had to scrape the car windscreen this morning.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night with enough breeze to prevent an air frost ( just ).

Currently dry and sunny with a couple of light snow showers visible in the direction of Lincolnshire.

At 0900;

Temp', 1.6c

24 hr max', 6.1c

24 hr min', 0.6c

Grass min', -1.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 1.4 mm

Mean wind speed, 17 mph N

1 okta Cu and Sc

Vis', 80 km.

[marky810]

A partly cloudy start to the day with a slight frost after an overnight low of 1.4c.

Currently overcast with moderate rain/showers depsite a 'lovely day' being forecast.

[sunsetter]

13.30GMT

Corfe Mullen Lat.50.773 Long -2.023 ASL 160ft

Observations since midnight:

Current conditions : sunny and clear but feeling cold in the NE wind. Outlook looks settled.

current temp.............................5.3°C

feels like.....................................2.8°C

temp trend ................................+0.5°C/hr

min temp ....................................1.8°C

max temp....................................5.3°C

pressure....................................1023.3mb

pressure trend..........................falling +0.1 mb/hr

max pressure...........................1023.5 mb

min pressure............................1018.6 mb

humidity.....................................75%

dewpoint ...................................1.2°C

wind........................................... 2.3 mph NE

gust.............................................12.9 mph NE

rain..............................................0 mm

rain this month.........................11.0mm

cloud cover...............................nil

cloud base................................n/a

visibility.....................................15miles

[Andy Bown]

Pretty much a perfect winter day with clear blue sky and sunshine after a frosty start.

Gentle NNE breeze, 3.9c .

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Clear and sunny.

Wind: North East 7mph.

Temp: 3c.

[Stargazer]

Dry, sunny and feeling cold in the wind. Maximum 5.2, minimum 2.0. Wind moderate N.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 10th December 2012:

Clear overnight, though there was enough of a WNW breeze to prevent the temperature falling lower than 0.0c with –1.9c on the grass. Clear and frosty to observation. A mainly sunny day followed, feeling cold in the moderate west to north westerly wind.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 0.0°C

24-hour maximum 8.0°C

24-hour minimum: 0.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.8mph SW

Rainfall total: 1.0 mm.

Current Conditions:

0 Oktas: clear.

Visibility: moderate to good about 7 miles.

Temperature: 0.4°C

Humidity: 90.7%

Dew point –0.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 2-3 NW

Barometer 1023.5 mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

Rather cloudy overnight, though only a few specs of drizzle, turning mild. The morning to observation has been mostly cloudy and breezy, just the odd glimpse of the sun. Showers broke out through the morning; some became moderate for a short time across the area and at this station. By early afternoon a clearance arrived allowing sunny spells.

December 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 1.8c (-2.5c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.0c on the 9th

Minimum temperature: -5.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -8.6c on the 6th

Rainfall 22.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 8.9 mm on the 6th

Maximum wind gust: 22.1 mph WSW on the 3rd.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 24th July.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

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

Rainfall = 879.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 30.7mm on the 24th November

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with long periods of sunshine and a few cloudier spells during early and mid-afternoon.

At 1800;

Temp', 0.7c

Max' today, 2.9c

Min' last night, 0.6c

Grass min', -1.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, nil

Sunshine today, 5.14 hrs

Mean wind speed, 10 mph N

Highest gust today, 34 mph N at 1215

1 okta Cu

Vis', 65 km.

[TonyH]

Cloud to clear periods with frost last night.

Sunny and cold today, shade frost pesisted all day. Light to moderate north breeze.

Clear with a hard frost this evening.

Min: -3.3c @ 0800

Max: 4.6c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 1mm approx

Dry so far today

Currently: -4.6c

RH: 98%

Pressure: 1030mbar, rising slowly.

Any Sunday was like this:

Edited December 10, 2012 by TonyH

[Dampdorset82]

I hope the local authorities are putting out the relevant warnings out west it looks like its going to be very wet and windy....not good for Xmas