South West & CS England Weather Discussion Spring 2016 (26th March ------->)

[Mapantz]

A low of 17.6°C at 7:04am. It's windier than yesterday, gusting to 20mph.

Temp: 24.8°C - Hum: 69% - Dew: 18.7°C - Bar: 1010.19hPa - Wind: W @ 5mph.

[Lyn-M]

Overnight min of 19.9°C.  Currently having spits and spots of rain falling!  Blink and you'd miss it.

[Mapantz]

Here comes the fresher air!  The humidity has taken a tumble, down to 46% now. Surprisingly though, I have 28.9°C on my station, I wasn't expecting that. Bournemouth may scrape 30°C again.     

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, Mapantz said:

Here comes the fresher air!  The humidity has taken a tumble, down to 46% now. Surprisingly though, I have 28.9°C on my station, I wasn't expecting that. Bournemouth may scrape 30°C again.     

Yup Bournemouth airport currently 30C.

[Man With Beard]

29C here and cloudless. Was not expecting that today.

[A.J]

another very warm/hot day here today, with temps peaking at 26.8C around an hour ago......wall to wall sunshine, breezy, feeling wonderful!

[lettice]

20 hours ago, Mapantz said:

30.2°C today, really pleased to have gotten that.
Solar sensor working a treat- can't avoid the drop-off at the end, as that's where the sun goes behind the house. Recorded 12.6hrs of sunshine.

Nice to see that solar sensor working.
Real nice site setup you have there and its certainly worked well over the day or so.
Is that the same as what they used to call a Pyranometer.
Always wondered what it offers to us Amateur weather watchers, rarely see it mentioned.

Edited July 20, 2016 by lettice

[lettice]

Not too much difference from yesterday here, another 19c night with a drop to 18.8c at 8am and then 24c for most of the day with a steady rise this afternoon to 29.1c at 15:50, but has dropped the last hour to 24.4c

WSW wind has been around 11mph today with some 20mph gusts this afternoon.
1010.5 hPa

[Nights King]

Hot start but cool air has made inroads this afternoon. You can see legacy it left in my stupidly hot bedroom. Should drop soon though. 

[matt111]

Feels much fresher now both outside and inside. Temperature 16.5C.

[Dorsetbred]

Cooler night than recent, however need some breeze to shift the air around.

14.1C  OUTSIDE

24.7C INSIDE

Ahh the same as it is in the office.. 

Damn give me air movement to shift this inside heat..

Edited July 21, 2016 by Dorsetbred

[Dorsetbred]

Just watched a shower cloud head up the English Channel and head directly for the IOW, damn lucky fellows..

[knocker]

After a fairly clear morning with patchy Ac and Ci we now have slight to moderate rain from what appears to be As/Ns with a light southerly

[Rich_Clements]

A fresher start this morning with plenty of sunshine, its clouded over slightly here now, but temps are pleasant rather than over whelming.

[Evening thunder]

Cooler last night, down to 10.2C here. Really did feel fresher late yesterday when the temperature and dew point dropped, dew point must have made a big difference, can't really remember noticing it that much before.

Did 'only' reach 23.6C yesterday (and was 23.0C just before 2am yesterday, though had dropped to 16.6C by dawn), even though Bournemouth had 30C with a similar westerly wind. 27.1C here the day before, so nothing too unusual in terms of maximum or minimum temperatures.

Currently 20.1C and according to the radar there is a bit of patchy rain coming in. Only had 4.2mm of rain this month...

[Dorsetbred]

Radar still looking hopeful for a sprinkle or two this evening. Might even dampen the first fireworks of the season..

[Mapantz]

Holy crapola! 0.2mm of rain has fallen, that puts the monthly total up to 5mm.

[Lyn-M]

3 hours ago, Mapantz said:

Holy crapola! 0.2mm of rain has fallen, that puts the monthly total up to 5mm.

...and mine to 3.7mm! 

[Mapantz]

Blue skies are abundant, a bit of cloud bubbling up.

Temp: 23.4°C - Hum: 50% - Dew: 12.4°C - Bar: 1018.93hPa - Wind: W @ 2mph.

[Dorsetbred]

Flat lined at 25C right now.

[Dorsetbred]

Watching a lonely show, sorry ONLY shower in Dorset head into Hampshire. It looks so lonely....

[Mapantz]

It made it to a very pleasant 24.7°C today, with wall-to-wall sunshine.

I found a nice little php script earlier, made by some guy in the states, so I adapted it to fit my website. It shows max/min temp and highest rainfall for the past 24 hours in the UK, and the rest of the world (check drop-down at the top) - quite useful I think?

http://www.warehamwx.co.uk/cumulus/extremes.php

[lettice]

Was a little cooler last night, got to 16c, that's the lowest overnight since the 15th. This week being 17 to just below 20c each night.
Noticed the wind changed to a NNW from midnight to 3am, so might have accounted that a drop in temp.
Great day yesterday, was hitting 25.6c between 1pm till 5pm, helped with very lttle wind SSW and southerly in the middle of the day.

18.7c, 1020.1 hPa, very light WSW wind
 

Some interesting cloud formations this morning, not sure what this one would be called, looks tornado like;

[lettice]

A couple more;

[Andy Bown]

1 hour ago, lettice said:

 

Some interesting cloud formations this morning, not sure what this one would be called, looks tornado like;

That looks like a plane contrail.

Stratocumulus, warm brightness, humid, calm, 19.7c, ants in the lounge and baby still inside the wife!