Tuesday 29th January 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A very mild start with clear skies

Temp 7.8C

Wind f3 WSW

Rainfall nil

[Andy Bown]

This time yesterday it was already quite light with clear sky, however this morning is dark and wet though balmy feeling at 9.2c!

[Methuselah]

Cloudy, breezy and nicely mild, 9C...

[Coast]

11.1°C

1004.4 mb rising 0.5 mb/hr

Wind 30.5 mph gusting 32.4 mph max (44.1 mph max overnight) W/SW

DP 9.8°C

Humidity 92%

10.4 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 515ft

Wet and windy

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, mild and windy night has reduced the snow cover to around 30%, although my back garden and a few others nearby are still about 95% covered with 8cm of thawing snow.

Currently dry with bright intervals and increasing high cloud.

At 0900;

Temp; 5.4c

24 hr max; 7.6c

24 hr min; 0.8c

Overnight min; 4.8c

Grass ( snow ) min; 1.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900;1.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph SW

6 oktas Ci, Cs, Cc and St fractus

Vis' 15 km.

[Summer Sun]

Morning all

Well its a mild start here in Darlo and thankfully that wind has died down for now

Cloudy with a bit of brightness now and then

Air temp - 8.3°C

Dew point - 2.5°C

Pressure - 994.8hPa and steady

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 29th January 2013:

There were a few more spots of light rain last evening, though only enough to leave a trace.

Staying mostly cloudy and breezy. Mild.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 7.6°C

24-hour maximum 9.9°C

24-hour minimum: 2.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 5.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 33.8 mph SE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Stratus, Altocumulus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 7.6°C

Humidity: 84%

Dew point 5.1°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 SW

Barometer 1000 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

Clear overnight with a widespread ground frost. At observation, bright with ground frost, high level cloud increasing. Still a few surviving snow patches in the near by fields. Soon turning overcast, feeling cool for a time in the fresh to strong SE wind. The afternoon continued windy and overcast, though turning milder with the temperature reaching 9.2c around 17:00 GMT. Light rain commenced around the same time.

January 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.5c (-1.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.5c on the 3rd

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16th

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th

Rainfall 46.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 13.0mm on the 25th

Maximum wind gust: 36.2 mph WNW on the 27th.

2013 so far:

[The PIT]

A warm day but mostly cloudy. Wind increased during the day to a strong breeze with odd burst of light rain.

Max temp 12.8C

Wind f6 SW

Rainfall 0.2mm

[TonyH]

Very mild, cloudy and windy today. periods of light to moderate rain and drizzle since 0500. Fresh to strong SW wind.

Min: 7.2c @ 0700

Max: 11.4c @ 1830 - mildest day of the month

Rain yesterday: 11.8mm

Rain since 0900 today: 10mm

Currently: Windy, light rain.

Temp: 11c

RH: 97%

Pressure: 997mbar, steady.

Edited January 29, 2013 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and very mild day, the warmest in January since 2008. Most of the day was dry with just a few short outbreaks of light rain or drizzle from 1030 onward. A rapid thaw of lying snow during the afternoon.

At 1800;

Temp; 10.9c

Max' today; 11.1c

Min' last night; 4.8c

Grass ( snow ) min; 1.8c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.2 mm

Sunshine today; 0.16 hrs

Mean wind speed; 30 mph SW

Highest gust today; 53 mph SW at 1508

8 oktas Ns and St

Intermittent light rain

Vis; 8 km

Ground about 2% covered in thawing snow.

[Summer Sun]

We are on the brink of the warmest day of the year here currently at 12.3°C, 12.6°C is the warmest so far not quite 4 hours left for a 0.4c rise

[Kent Snow]

11.1C, light rain, overcast, wind from the S/SW, 1002hPa.