Friday 4th January 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Coast]

Please post your daily weather observations and meteorological chat in here.

[johnholmes]

mostly cloudy but dry with a bit of breeze from NW and a low of 9.2C about 3C higher than the average maximum for January !

[Coast]

9.4°C

1037.1 mb rising 0.2 mb/hr

Wind 9.4 mph gusting 18.2 mph max W/NW

DP 5.9°C

Humidity 79%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1426 ft

Mild and cloudy

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 9.9C...

[The PIT]

Mild and mostly cloudy. Drizzle has stopped.

Temp 9C

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy but mainly dry night, just a little intermittent light drizzle at times.

Currently mild and windy with the St well broken and just a few spots of drizzle.

At 0900;

Temp', 7.0c

24 hr max', 9.5c

24 hr min', 6.9c

Grass min', 5.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900,0.5 mm

Mean wind speed, 29 mph W

5 oktas St, Ci and Ac

Vis', 15 km.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 04th January 2013:

Mild and cloudy overnight. A few cloud breaks appearing towards the observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 7.4°C

24-hour maximum 12.5°C

24-hour minimum: 7.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 4.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 20.5 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm.

Current Conditions:

6 Oktas: Stratocumulus, Cirrocumulus, Altocumulus.

Visibility: good about 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.5°C

Humidity: 88.9%

Dew point 6.8°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 W

Barometer 1037.0 mb: Trend: rising slowly

Yesterday:

Apart from a few clear spells early on, the night has been cloudy and very mild overnight, damp underfoot. No change to observation. Cloudy for the most part, though a few bright spells were noted. Very mild.

[marky810]

Continuous overnight light rain/drizzle leading to a very wet start to the day.

Currently 8.8c in light rain with a light/moderate westerly.

[Kent Snow]

9.1C, overcast, grey, wind from the W/SW, 1037hPa.

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Cloudy with showers.

Wind: 22mph.

Temp: 9.5c.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny periods. Sunny intervals to start the afternoon but by 1400 it was cloudy and remained so for the rest of the day.

At 1800;

Temp', 7.4c

Max' today, 8.6c

Min' last night 6.9c

Grass min', 5.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, nil

Sunshine today, 3.76 hrs

Mean wind speed, 17 mph W

Highest gust today, 40 mph W at 1023

7 oktas St

Vis'. 25 km.

[TonyH]

Cloudy, a little drizzle at times, mild, hill fog. Light to moderate southerly breeze.

Min: 7.9c @ 0800

Max: 9.2c @ noon

Rain yesterday: 1mm approx

Rain since 0900 today: 0.5mm approx

Currently: Drizzle

Temp: 8.8c

RH: 98%

Pressure: 1036mbar, falling slowly (1039mbar this morning)

Edited January 4, 2013 by TonyH

[Stargazer]

Similar to yesterday - dry and cloudy. Maximum 10.7, minimum 8.4. Wind light SW.