Saturday 8th of Feb General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Cloudy with a thunderstorm at 0400.

 

Wind SW 35mph gusting 60

 

Pressure 977 falling

 

Probably see the winds picking up later and veering a tad to the W.

 

 

[The PIT]

A mild start after a brief squally shower. Fairy quiet now.

Temp 4.8C

Barometer 972mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 6.8mm

[SteveB]

Dry breezy start

 

Temp 6.4c

[ARTDEMOLE]

Partly cloudy. breezy. Sunshine. 5.9c.

[johnholmes]

clear skies by dawn after rain earlier, a low of 4.6C, quite breezy for here as well, again from an unusual  SSE direction

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 08th February 2014:

 

Quickly turning cloudy last night with a spell of light to moderate rain setting in just before midnight, stopping for a time after 02:00 GMT, more showery moderate rain around 05:00 hrs. A clearance followed before dawn. At observation, sunny, windy.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 3.9°C

24-hour maximum 8.7°C

24-hour minimum: 3.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.8°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 25.9 mph SE

Rainfall total: 3.7mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

2 Okta, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 6.4°C

Humidity: 88.0%

Dew point 4.6°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 6 SW

Barometer 972.0mb: Trend: fallin.

 

Yesterday:

 

Further light rain last, stopping before midnight. There was another short spells of light rain commencing around 06:00 GMT lasting around 40 minutes. At observation, cloud thinning and breaking, bright spells. Good sunny spells developed, dry during daylight hours.

 

February 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.5  (1.3c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.9c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: 1.6c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -2.3c on the 1st

Rainfall 20.6mm

Wettest 24 hours 3.7mm on the 5th.

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th.

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 11.3c on the 6th Jan

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 154.2mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th Feb.

Edited February 8, 2014 by Polar Continental

[Eye to the sky]

A pleasant start to the day with partly cloudy skies,feeling almost springlike in the sunshine.Strong gusty South east wind making it feel chilly.

[The PIT]

A pleasant but breezy enough spring like day. Winds increasing and tricky walking in parts of the peak district.

Temp 7C

Barometer 968mb falling

Wind F6 SSW

Rainfall 6.8mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate rain overnight followed by a heavy, squally shower of rain and hail around 0500. The wind reached gale force by late evening and into the early hours with a gust of 62 mph shortly after midnight.

Since 0900  it's been mainly dry with sunny intervals and a strong to gale force S wind.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 3.9c

24 hr max; 6.0c

24 hr min; 2.4c

Grass min; -1.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 6.3 mm

Mean wind speed; 26 mph S

7 oktas Cu and St fractus

Vis; 30 km.

[GulberwickWeather]

Showers and occasional brighter spells.

 

Temp: 6.2C

Dew: 5.5C

Wind: ESE @ 19 kts

Max gust last hr: ESE @ 25kts

Max gust today: ESE @ 49kts @ 1042

Pressure: 963.7 hPa (rising slowly)

Humidity: 94%

Rainfall today: 1.6mm

[Kent Snow]

7.4C, showers of rain, scattered cumulus, wind from the S/SW, 980hPa.

[TonyH]

Fresh SSW wind with some heavy showers with hail last night along with clear intervals.

Cloudy/ dull and very windy today  with severe gale force gusts from the SSW.  Frequent showers today, very heavy at times with some hail, thunderstorm 0950 passed within 2 miles to the SE. This afternoon mostly wet, very heavy rain at times. Showers lighter and more intermittent past hour.

 

Min 4.3c @ 1006

Max 7.4c @ 0014 (secondary peak 6.4c this afternoon)

Rain yesterday: 26.6mm

Rain since 0900 today: 14.5mm

Est sun: Nil

Max wind: SSW 55mph @ 1248

 

Currently:  Showers, somewhat less windy

6.4c/ 92%/ 965mbar steady

[SteveB]

Blustery day with good sunny spells and the odd light shower

 

Temp 7.4c

Max Temp 9.4c

Min Temp 6.3c

[Stargazer]

A windy day with sunny intervals and light showers.  Maximum 8.8, minimum 5.8.  Wind strong SW, with occasional gale force gusts.

 

Yesterday: dry with sunny spells, rain after dark.  Breezy.  Maximum 9.0, minimum 4.1. Wind moderate SW.

 

The Thames towpath between Reading and Caversham bridges is now flooded for the second time this year, and the water is rising faster than last time.  According to the Environment Agency the predicted peak isn't until the middle of next week and is likely to be similar to the floods of January 2003 where a small number of houses in Lower Caversham flooded.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and windy morning with sunny intervals. Cloudier during the afternoon with a S gale and just one or two brief light showers.

Moderate showers moved in from the south west by late afternoon. The air pressure at 1800 of 966.6 mb is the lowest here in February since 1989.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 4.0c

Max' today; 6.1c

Min' last night; 2.4c

Grass min; -1.2c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.7 mm

Sunshine today; 1.11 hrs

Mean wind speed; 40 mph S

Highest gust today; 63 mph S at 1230

8 oktas Ns

Light rain

Vis; 30 km.

[The PIT]

Well yet another storm that has failed to materialise. Funny sort of day winds forecast to be from the south which meant zero chance of anything windy for us. However the winds were more from the south south west and quite lively earlier on.  However we never pushed on from that and the max gust was 47 mph so no storm here. A dry day until around four when light rain to mod rain moved into the area. Temps above normal so not a cold day.

Max temp 7.8C

Barometer 964mb rising

Wind F5 SSW

Rainfall 9.8mm