Saturday 15th February General Weather chat

[The PIT]

A mild start after a much windier night that forecast with winds gusting into the 60's once again

Temp 4.8C

Barometer 969mb rising

Wind F5 SSW Max Gust 64 mph

Rainfall since midnight 6mm

[johnholmes]

dry and mostly cloudy, CuSc, a fresh to strong WSW'ly, rain earlier and a low of 6.3C

[SteveB]

Dry bright start

 

Temp 7.7c

[knocker]

Quiet this morning. 5/8 Ci and a couple of eights of Cu.

 

Temp. 7.2C

 

Wind SW 23 mph gusting 35

 

Pressure 988mb rising

[ARTDEMOLE]

Blustery. Cloudy . Showery. Some sunshine. 6.0c. 

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 15th February 2014:

 

Moderate to heavy rain turned lighter and more showery last night, but with continued near gale force SE winds. Further odd light shower through the early hours, with near gales continuing. The morning so far has been mainly cloudy with light showers.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight 6.2°C

24-hour maximum 9.5°C

24-hour minimum: 2.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 35.2 mph SE

Rainfall total: 9.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

7 Okta, Altostratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonimbus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 6.7°C

Humidity: 75.0%

Dew point 2.6°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 6-7 WSW

Barometer 979.5mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Variable cloud overnight, breezy, becoming more generally cloudy through the early hours, dry. At observation, overcast, dull, though still dry. Rain set in, moderate at time before just before lunch, continuing through the afternoon. The early evening saw heavy bursts, accompanied by a gusty south to SE wind.

 

February 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.1  (0.9c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.9c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -0.8c on the 10th

Grass Minimum: -4.4c on the 10th

Rainfall 56.0mm

Wettest 24 hours 9.9mm on the 11th.

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

 

Winter 2013-2014 Dec-Jan-Feb:

 

Days sleet/Snow Falling 2

Air frosts 11

Ground frosts 38

 

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 189.6mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and windy night with occasional moderate showers.

Cloudy so far this morning with a strong SW/W wind and showers merging into longer spells of light-moderate rain or sleet, the sleet mainly before 1000.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 3.5c

24 hr max; 7.0c

24 hr min; 0.6c

Overnight min; 3.1c

Grass min; 2.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 16.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 32 mph SW

8 oktas Ns

Moderate sleet shower

Vis; 12 km.

Edited February 15, 2014 by Terminal Moraine

[The PIT]

A miserable day with light and showers only just dying away in the last hour. A stiff breeze persists though.

Max temp 6.4C

Barometer 986mb rising

Wind F5 W

Rainfall since midnight 10.6mm

[hillbilly]

Rained here from yesterday evening until 3 pm today with strong winds at times,woke me up in the night ,the calder is looking high at moment.

Max 6 deg

Min 4 deg

[ARTDEMOLE]

Clearing skies. 5.8c.

[SteveB]

Showery day

 

Temp 7.2c

Max Temp 9.0c

Min Temp 6.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and windy morning with showers of sleet, then rain. A cloudy afternoon with showers of rain at first, merging into a longer spell of light-moderate sleet during mid-afternoon before drying up around 1600. The temperature fell to 2.5c by 1500 but recovered a little when the sleet died out.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 4.3c

Max' today; 5.1c

Min' last night; 3.1c

Grass min; 2.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 6.6 mm

Sunshine today; 0.01 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph W

Highest gust today; 59 mph SW at 0733

7 oktas Cu, Sc and St fractus

Vis; 55 km.

[Kent Snow]

5.1C, mostly clear skies, wind from the SW, 996hPa.

[TonyH]

Strong SW wind with frequent showers last night, gusts to gale force.

Mostly cloudy today, light showers, dry after 1330 with sunny spells after 1500. Moderate to fresh westerly. Quite mild.

Clear spells this evening.

 

Min 4.7c @ 0100

Max 7.6c @ 1459

Rain yesterday 32.2mm

Rain since 0900 today 0.5 hours

Est sun 1 hours

Max wind: SW 44mph @ 0041

 

Currently Clear spells

4.7c/ 85%/ 1000mbar rising = first time above 1000mbar since February 3rd