Thursday 7th January - General Weather Discussion

[Mark Neal.]

Light Rain currently. 7.3c. Heavy rain since Midnight. 4.8mm 14mph SW

[knocker]

Partly cloudy and very windy. Temp 7.5C with the wind WNW 30mph gusting 55.

[johnholmes]

Rain overnight, overcast with the odd spot at the moment, 8.2mm so far since midnight, a low of 5.2C, up to 6.3C now

[Summer Sun]

As is becoming common this winter its a dry and cloudy start

Temp 5.3c

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 07th January 2016

 

Cloudy overnight, moderate rain through the early hours. Windy for a time. Overcast this morning, outbreaks of light to moderate rain, now just a light southerly wind.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 5.6°C 

24-hour maximum 7.6°C

24-hour minimum: 5.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 1.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.8 mph SE

Rainfall total: 9.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Nimbostratus.

Visibility, poor  < 1 mile.

Temperature: 6.6°C

Humidity: 98.5%

Dew point 6.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SSE

Barometer 978.8mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Mostly cloudy overnight, a few cloud breaks. Mostly cloudy this morning. Staying dry here, good deal of cloud though a few bright and sunny spells.

 

January 2016 so Far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.6c (1.4c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 9.9c on the 2nd.

Minimum temperature: -0.1c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -4.3c on the 1st.

Rainfall 28.5mm

Wettest 24 hours = 9.6mm on the 6th.

Maximum wind gust: 29.9 mph SE on the 3rd.

 

2015:

 

Maximum temperature: 33.1c on the 01st July.

Minimum temperature: -3.7c on the 19th January

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 19th January.

Rainfall 693.7mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

Maximum wind gust: 50.8 mph W on the 17th November.

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry yesterday evening with clear intervals at first but becoming cloudy by mid evening. The cloud thickened steadily to bring rain by the early hours, the rain heavy at times and accompanied by a f5-6 SE wind.

Overcast and foggy with continuous moderate-heavy drizzle at present.

At 0900

Temp; 5.0c

24 hr max: 6.5c

24 hr min; 3.6c

Grass min; 0.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 19.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 11 mph SE

Sky obscured by fog

Vis: 200 mts

Continuous moderate-heavy drizzle

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy night with rain and fog setting in during the early hours, A low of 4.8c.

Currently; Light rain with low cloud and Fog.

Temp 5.7c

Wind West Avg 3mph

Rain 14.2mm

[Summer Sun]

Light rain at the moment

Temp 5.5c

[The PIT]

A rare day below normal after a mild start. Early morning rain heavy early on gave way to light rain or drizzle which lingered most of the morning. Sunny spells hurrah and breezy in the afternoon with wintry showers later on.

Max temp 6.1C now 4.1C,  Barometer 991mb rising,  Wind F4 WSW,  Rainfall 14.2mm

 

Edited January 7, 2016 by The PIT

[Rob Heselwood]

A cloudy and wet start again, with moderate rain and drizzle falling through the morning. The afternoon became dry with broken cloud, and quite windy at times.

Max Temp 6.2C

WindChill Temp 4.7C

Min Temp 4.6C

Wind Gust 24.2mph West Nor' Westerly

Wind Average 11.9 Sou' Easterly

Rainfall 12.6mm

Barometer 986mb Rising

[johnholmes]

12.6mm of rain here, cleared early pm with cloud breaks by dusk and a sharp drop in Td making it feel pretty chilly!

[Polar Maritime]

A wet start to the day but dried up early afternoon to leave some sunny spells and chilly with the odd sleet shower as darkness fell, A max of 6c 

Currently; Another sleety shower just with the temp dropping under clear sky's.

Temp 2.4c

Dp 1.2c

WC -1.1c

Rain 16.2mm 

[SteveB]

Mostly dry day with good sunny spells

Temp 6.8c

Max Temp 10.9c

Min Temp 6.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate rain this morning but also one brief sunny interval. Dry periods this afternoon and a few late sunny intervals followed by a few showers of sleet early this evening.

Windy during the middle of the day with the mean speed briefly reaching gale force.

At 1800

Temp; 2.4c

Max today; 5.0c

Min last night; 3.6c

Grass min; 0.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.9 mm

Sunshine today; 0.03 hrs

Mean wind speed; 27 mph W

Highest gust today; 60 mph W at 1205

7 oktas Cu

Vis: 20 km

Sleet shower

[Stargazer]

Showers in the morning, then dry with sunny spells and feeling cold in the wind. Maximum 9.8, minimum 6.2. Wind moderate W.

[stormforce 10]

current conditions:

clear, cold and dry

outside temp 1.5c

outside humidity 90%

[Mark Neal.]

Heavy Rain early hours. Heavy showers through morning. Sunnier afternoon. Clear spells this evening.

High of 8.9c- Low currently of 1.1c. -Wind W 15mph - rainfall 5.8mm

[hillbilly]

A day of light rain and drizzle with little in the way of dry spells,windy in the afternoon,some sleet later in the evening,max 6 deg,min 5 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Now -0.1c. 2nd air frost of January! 

[SteveB]

Dry mostly clear start

Temp 4.0c