South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/01/2020 Onward

[Dorsetbred]

Interesting graph this morning, showing the High changing it's Atlantic position, and how the wind veered from N to NE to almost ENE and the humidity that was dropping away nicely actually increased before stabilising..and noticeably how the cloud suddenly appeared...

[CheesepuffScott]

Some bright spells this morning but generally overcast this afternoon and our dry spell has ended... with drizzle / light rain! 6.2°C down from a high of 8.4°C earlier

[CheesepuffScott]

We are now back to mostly sunny skies..temperature responding in turn, back up to 7.5°C

[matt111]

Cloudy all day with a few sunny spells this morning. Still cold in the breeze but not as windy as it was over the weekend. Reached 9.8°C, currently 6.5°C

[CheesepuffScott]

Despite a clear start this morning, it has clouded over.

The satellite imagery shows the change over the past 2 hours..

[matt111]

Dry with sunny spells earlier and later in the day with a cloudier spell during the middle part of the day. Reached 10.8°C, currently 8.3°C

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, a frosty start after an overnight low of -1.2°C at: 06:59 as the sun burns the last remnants of frost away, it's wall to wall blue skies to start the day. This mornings' satellite image shows how clear the skies are down here from 7mins ago

[Andy Bown]

19 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Morning All, a frosty start after an overnight low of -1.2°C at: 06:59 as the sun burns the last remnants of frost away, it's wall to wall blue skies to start the day. This mornings' satellite image shows how clear the skies are down here from 7mins ago

That wall of cloud has just got here as the sun got onto the full washing line!

[ARTDEMOLE]

Frost to start. Now cloudy.  4.0c. Coldest day of the month so far 

 

[Frosty hollows]

I see your frost and I raise you mine. Low of -5c

[CheesepuffScott]

Similar story to yesterday, with the cloud arriving after initially starting off clear... a cold -2.3°C overnight, however.

Mostly cloudy this afternoon with the odd sunny spell, 10.7°C

[Stormyking]

Good Evening all
Well the majority of the day had been lovely with unbroken sunshine and lighter winds, has been on the chilly side whenever there is the odd gust, though out of it felt really pleasant. As the Afternoon went a mix of Cumulus, Altocumulus and Stratocumulus started to develop and drift down. Now it is almost completely overcast but with fairly light wind still.

I will add our Monthly data from March into this.

Local Conditions at 18:20
Temperature: 10.0'c
Dew Point: -1.7'c
Wind Chill: 9.1'c
Humidity: 44%
Wind Speed (Avg) 5mph
Wind Speed (Gust) 7mph
Wind Direction: NE
Beaufort F2: Light Breeze
Pressure: 1020.8mb falling slowly at -0.4mb/hr

Today's Highs and Lows
High Temperature: 11.1'c at 15:57   Low Temperature: 1.1'c at 06:46
High Dew Point: 3.1'c    Low Dew Point: -1.7'c
Low Wind Chill: 1.1'c
High Humidity: 88%    Low Humidity: 43%
High Wind Gust: 19mph at 16:27    Dominant Wind Direction: Easterly
High Pressure: 1028.3mb   Low Pressure: 1020.8mb
Rainfall Today 0.0mm

March 2020 Data
High Temperature: 16.6'c at 15:59 30th March    Low Temperature: 0.9'c at 07:04 on 6th March
High Dew Point : 10.6'c on 3rd March  Low Dew Point: -9.2'c on 29th March
Low Wind Chill: -4.0'c on 29th March
High Humidity: 92% on 4th March   Low Humidity: 26% on 29th March
High Wind Gust: 62mph at 23:23 on 11th March
High Wind Speed Average: 39mph on 11th March
High Pressure: 1038.9mb on 29th March   Low Pressure: 982.9mb on 2nd March
High Rain Rate: 10.8mm/hr on 5th March
High Hourly Rainfall 18.0mm on 14th March
Monthly Rainfall: 55.8mm

Edited April 1, 2020 by Stormyking

[Andy Bown]

March was cooler than February for me, only by 0.04c but even so!

[Mapantz]

5 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

March was cooler than February for me, only by 0.04c but even so!

I hadn't even noticed that, but the same for me. February was 8.1°C and March was 7.7°C

Oddly, I recorded the same sunshine amount as last June,

[Andy Bown]

40 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I hadn't even noticed that, but the same for me. February was 8.1°C and March was 7.7°C

Oddly, I recorded the same sunshine amount as last June,

Actually that isn’t too surprising because last June had a lot of dull cool days until the heat burst through late on, whereas we had a full week of unbroken sunshine recently.

[CheesepuffScott]

Whilst my average max has been increasing each month J/F/M (8.9C, 10.0C, 11.2C), the average minima has been decreasing J/F/M (3.6C, 3.2C ,2.5C) therefore cancelling out any big increase in the overall mean (6.9C) for March.. says it all! 

[matt111]

Frosty start to the day after a low of 0.2°C last night. Sunny spells this morning before it turned cloudier during the afternoon. Reached 11.2°C, currently 7.0°C

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, a cloudy start to the day as the sat image shows, currently 7.4°C after an overnight low of 5.8°C at: 02:34. Very light breeze in from the NNW, and RH79%..

Edited April 2, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Dorsetbred]

Patchy cloud has been the order of the day as the graph below shows with the large time periods of little sunshine..

[Mapantz]

A lot more sunshine than I expected today. The forecasts gave it overcast. Temp responded and got up to 15.1°C.

[Dorsetbred]

I'd say that shower has Swanage in it's sights...

[matt111]

Sunny spells for most of the day here with a brief cloudier spell around lunchtime. Felt warm in the sun, especially out of the breeze. Reached 14.6°C, currently 10.2°C

[CheesepuffScott]

Occasional sunny spells on Thursday.. reached a high of 14.1°C

Currently 7.2°C

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, an overcast yet mild start to the day, after an early morning (7am) shower passed through, just enough to see it had rained, but not enough to measure it (although I noticed the micro climate managed 0.4mm this am). Temperatures climbing although in truth overnight low was a mere 1.5°C below the current temp, so not much of a climb really. Wind dropped to still overnight and has tended to be more from the NW this morning..

[CheesepuffScott]

Good morning, the overnight low was 5.9°C at midnight.. climbed and remained steady around 7°C all night.

Mostly cloudy with bright spells this morning, it is currently 11.6°C