Sunday 9th of Febuary General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Cloudy

 

Temp 5.6C

 

Wind westerly 30mph Gusting 52. Highest gust during night 60mph

 

Pressure 985mb rising

 

[johnholmes]

cloudy and fairly breezy but dry after a wet evening, low of 5.6C

[The PIT]

A mild damp start with frequent light showers breezy once again

Temp 5.4C

Barometer 970mb rising

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 3mm since midnight

[SteveB]

Windy wet start

 

Temp 5.9c

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 09th February 2014:

 

Showery rain cleared last night to mostly cloudy. Further showery rain during the early hours, clearing before dawn. Cloudy and windy so far this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.7°C

24-hour maximum 8.6°C

24-hour minimum: 4.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 4.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 36.9 mph SSE

Rainfall total: 4.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Okta, Stratus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 6.6°C

Humidity: 82.2%

Dew point 3.8°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 5 SSW

Barometer 977.2.0mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

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. Sunny spells through the day, very windy with numerous near gale force gusts. Showers commenced by mid afternoon, these turned moderate and more prolonged in to the early evening.

 

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 24.6mm

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 158.2mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate showers overnight with the S gale gradually decreasing to a fresh-strong breeze and veering Westerly.

Currently it's dry and cloudy.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 4.5c

24 hr max; 6.1c

24 hr min; 3.4c

Grass min; 3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 9.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 26 mph W

7 oktas Cu and Sc

Light shower of rain

Vis; 80 km

[The PIT]

Finally looking like the annoying drizzle showers are dying out. The breeze is now slowly dying down.

Temp high so far 7.4C

Barometer 976 mb rising

Wind F4 SW

Rainfall since midnight 3.2mm

[SteveB]

Winds easing in the afternoon, showers most the day

 

Temp 5.1c

Max Temp 7.8c

Min Temp 5.1c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and quite windy day with frequent light, occasionally moderate, showers. The showers have turned to sleet in the last hour.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 2.5c

Max' today; 4.9c

Min' last night; 3.4c

Grass min; 3.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.6 mm

Sunshine today; 0.01 hrs

Mean wind speed; 25 mph SW

Highest gust today; 53 mph W at 1028

7 oktas Cu, Ns and Cs

Light sleet showers

Vis; 65 km.

[Stargazer]

Sunny spells and a single light shower early afternoon. Maximum 9.0, minimum 5.9. Wind light SW. The Thames has just reached the same level as 3 weeks ago and is currently forecast to rise to 2003 flood levels here. In 2003 a few houses in Caversham flooded.

[TonyH]

Rain at times last night and windy (SW)

Mostly cloudy today, some showers with hail, heavy 1400. Late sunny intervals. Moderate to fresh SW breeze.

Clear periods has led to a ground frost this evening.

 

Min 5.1c yesterday evening

Max 6.4c @ noon

Rain yesterday: 25.4mm

Rain since 0900 today: 4mm

Est sun 0.5 hours

Max wind WSW 36mph @ 0600

 

Currently: 2c/ 95%/ 988mbar steady

[hillbilly]

Wet and windy pretty much all day,max 7 deg