Monday 8th Feb 2016 General weather chat

[The PIT]

A mild dry breezy start to the day

Temp 4.3C, Barometer 975mb falling, Wind F5 WSW,  Rainfall 0.2mm

[knocker]

Frequent heavy rain showers. Temp 5.5C and wind westerly 36mph gusting 70.

[SteveB]

It's a bit windy

Temp 8.8c

[johnholmes]

dry with half cover CuSc and a breeze, after rain/showers last evening and earlier, a low of 5.1C

[Norrona2015]

Best start to the day in ages, clear blue sky with no wind.

Chilly at -3*C

A few hours of snow forecast for tomorrow evening, weekend also looking wintry.

[Summer Sun]

Wet n windy start though some blue sky is becoming increasingly visible to my north now

Temp 4.5c

[Polar Continental]

Monday 08th February 2016

 

A short spell of heavy rain and gusty winds cleared well before midnight leaving a cloudy and breezy night. This morning, cloudy, light to moderate rain commenced close to the observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight 5.8°C 

24-hour maximum 8.4°C

24-hour minimum: 3.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 29.2mph SSW

Rainfall total: 7.1mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Nimbostratus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility, moderate, around 5 miles.

Temperature: 6.5°C

Humidity: 82.1%

Dew point 3.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 WSW

Barometer 975.0mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Moderate rain cleared towards midnight, clear spell following. Cloud quickly building this morning, showers in the vicinity. Sunny spells through the morning. The afternoon turned cloudy with a few spots of rain. The evening remained cloudy with further intermittent light rain. Mid evening saw a short spell of heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds.

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy night with some clear spells before Moderate rain moved in during the early hours with some very heavy bursts turning to sleet at times. A low of 3.8c

Currently; Moderate/heavy rain with some sleet and feeling raw in the wind.

Temp 4.6c

Wind Chill 0.4c

Wind West Avg 14mph

Rain 4,4mm

Rain 24hr 9mm

 

[Terminal Moraine]

Rain yesterday evening, heavy at times and accompanied by a few squally gusts, cleared to the east by late evening but was followed by showers. Frequent showers during the early hours with sleet at times in the heavier ones. The showers seem to have merged into continuous rain in the last hour or so.

At 0900

Temp; 4.1c

24 hr max; 6.6c

24 hr min; 2.0c

Overnight min; 2.7c

Grass min; 1.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 13.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 26 mph SW

8 oktas Ns

Vis: 11 km

Continuous moderate rain

[The PIT]

A day of average temps and heavy showers not particularly windy though

Max temp 7.1C, Barometer 981mb rising, Wind F4 WSW, Rainfall 10mm

[Rob Heselwood]

A wet start with frequent showers, some heavy, during the morning and into the early afternoon. Then it became dry and brighter with glimpses of the sun.

Max Temp 7.4C

Min Temp 4.3C

Wind Gust 22mph Nor' Westerly

Wind Average 9.5mph Westerly

Rainfall 4.8mm

Barometer 977mb Rising

[Stargazer]

Very windy with brief bright intervals and heavy squally showers.  Maximum 8.9, minimum 6.1.  Wind strong W, gusting to gale force.

[SteveB]

Another horrible day of wind and rain

Temp 8.8c

Max Temp 9.9c

Min Temp 6.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy day with almost continuous moderate, occasionally heavy, rain or sleet. The sleet was around 1700-1715 when the temperature fell briefly to 3.1c.

At 1800

Temp; 5.1c

Max today; 5.5c

Min last night; 2.7c

Grass min; 1.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 12.1 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 35 mph W

Highest gust today; 56 mph W at 1607

8 oktas Ns

Vis: 25 km

Continuous light-moderate rain

Edited February 8, 2016 by Terminal Moraine

[The PIT]

Yes the temps did start to drop then suddenly reversed and went back up again as front edged northward once more. At least the rain has eased away.

[hillbilly]

Spells of rain and squally showers ,often heavy throughout the day,few dry spells,strong winds at times,max 6 deg,min 4 deg

[Polar Maritime]

Another wet windy day with moderate sometimes heavy rain and some sleet leaving 16.4mm and a max of 5.4c, A wet start to the month also at 53.2mm.