Sunday 15th December General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Dismal just about covers it. 8/8 St 300ft, continuous slight rain, temp 9C and wind S 10mph. Vis very poor.

[johnholmes]

Another orange sunrise through small amounts Sc and Ci with a low of 5.3C

[Coast]

11.1°C

1019.4 Pa rising 0.1 Pa/hr

Wind 6.4 mph gusting 12.5 mph max W

DP 10.3°C

Humidity 95%

4.0mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 318 ft

 

Dull and dreary

[Terminal Moraine]

The first half of the night was mild, cloudy and windy with periods of light rain and a gust of 51 mph at 2122. The rain and cloud  cleared shortly after midnight and the wind decreased enough to allow a ground frost by the early hours.

A few brief sunny intervals to start this morning but high and medium level cloud is increasingly quickly and also it's become foggy since 0915.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 5.0c

24 hr max; 8.9c

24 hr min; 3.0c

overnight min; 3.4c

Grass min; -1.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.1 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph S

6 oktas Cs, Ac and St

Vis; 20 km.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 15th December 2013:

 

Last evenings light rain and drizzle cleared around mid evening leaving variable cloud and some clear spells. A continuing force 3-4 SW wind prevented the temperature falling lower than 4.2c, -0.4c on the grass, so a touch of ground frost detected.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.2°C

24-hour maximum 11.0°C

24-hour minimum: 4.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 28.9 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Cirrostratus. Altocumulus

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 6.5°C

Humidity: 77.2%

Dew point 2.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 S

Barometer 1017.3mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Clear spells developed after the rain last evening allowing a touch of ground frost to develop. The morning so far, cloud increasing, bright spells, ground frost lifted. There were some bright and sunny spells through the morning but also a good deal of cloud around at times. The afternoon mostly cloudy, windy. The evening saw a little light rain.

 

December 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 6.0c  (1.7c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 11.0c on the 9th

Minimum temperature: 0.6c on the 11th

Grass Minimum: -4.9c on the 11th

Rainfall 13.1 mm

Wettest 24 hours 6.3mm on the 12th.

Maximum wind gust: 56.7 mph WSW on the 5th.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 30.6c on the 1st August.

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th March.

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 723.7mm

Wettest 24 hours 52.9.mm on the 26th July.

Maximum wind gust: 56.7 mph WSW on the 5th Dec

[The PIT]

A late morning to you all. A mild but mostly cloudy start to the day after a windy afternoon yesterday when winds peaked at 52 mph during the evening,

Temp 7.1C

Barometer 1015mb falling

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Dry bright breezy start

 

Temp 11.2c

[Methuselah]

Dry, sunny and breezy, 11C...Not bad at all!

[Methuselah]

Now it's grey and rather damp. Warm enough to not need a coat or a jumper though...

[sunsetter]

Miserable,dismal day with fine rain sweeping through the valley below me here. Very mild with a blustery SW wind.

 

temp 12.0°C

pressure 1017.2mb

RH 95%

wind 8.6mph W

max gust 19.5mph

rain 2.6mm

rain last 24 hours 7.7mm

[SteveB]

Blustery day with the odd heavy shower

 

Temp 13.5c

Max Temp 14.7c

Min Temp 7.4c

[The PIT]

A pleasant enough day with some sunny spells mostly during the afternoon before light rain moved in during the evening.

Very Mild 12.3C and still rising

Barometer 1008mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 0.4mm

[Stargazer]

Bright start, soon clouded over with light rain from mid-morning onwards and a couple of heavier bursts late afternoon.  Mild and breezy.  Maximum 12.2, minimum 8.0.  Wind moderate SW.

 

Yesterday: Mainly cloudy and dry in the daytime, then light rain in the evening.  Maximum 11.4, minimum 2.9.  Wind light S.

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and mainly dry morning after an hour or so of hill fog from 0915. A short spell of rain for half an hour from 1230 followed by a dry and cloudy afternoon, until 1600 when intermittent light-moderate rain arrived from the south west.

A breezy day and, by the end of the afternoon, a very mild one.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 11.0c

Max' today; 11.0c

Min' last night; 3.4c

Grass min; -1.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 3.3 mm

Mean wind speed; 28 mph S

Highest gust today; 43 mph S at 1650

8 oktas Ns and St

Intermittent moderate rain

Vis; 200 mts.

[TonyH]

Clear periods leading to a ground frost last night, light SW breeze.

Bright start then cloudy, spells of light rain and drizzle from 10am. Fresh SSW wind. Very mild.

 

Min 1.4c @ 0600

Max 12.3c @ 1300

Rain yesterday 11.8mm

Rain since 0900 today 6mm

Est sun Nil

Max wind SW 34mph @ 1930

 

Currently Cloudy, recent drizzle

11.6c/ 97%/ 1010mbar steady

 

[reef]

Clear for most of the night then mostly cloudy from 9am onwards with a short spell of light rain in the afternoon. Exceptionally mild this evening with the max of 13.8C being the highest since 1998.

 

Max Temp: 13.8C 

Min Temp: 5.6C

Mean Wind: 11mph S

Max Gust: 31mph

Rainfall: Trace

Sunshine: 0.9hrs

 

Currently mostly cloudy at 13.5C and 91% humidity with a gusty southerly wind.

[chrcoluk]

last 2 days temps have shot up.  Went out for walk about midnight in t-shirt wasnt cold.

 

Room temp is 17C no heating on.

 

Had to take cardigan off as well due to sweat.