Wednesday 15th February 2006

[Andy Bown]

After a wild and very wet night the morning dawned calm and clear. Sunny spells through until early afternoon then showers for a few hours. Bright but hazy since with a blustery W wind. Max 8c.

[enka]

Windy day, with a maximum gust of 39 mph in the early hours.

A fair amount of sunshine, with almost 5 hours of bright sun.

Max temp 11.3c.

Present barometer reading,987.9mb falling slowly.

Present temp 8.4c.

[Summer of '47]

Plenty of brightness and sunshine today, feeling mild though breezy. Highest max so far this year. This followed some 5 hours of light to moderate rain before dawn making it the wettest 24 hours since December 2nd.

Readings at 18:10z

Temperature = 8.8°C ............. Low / High since 00h = 6.9°C / 11.2°C

Dewpoint..... = 5.2°C

Rel Humidity = 78%

Wind Speed = 9.3 max 14.0 mph ( 1 minute avg / gust )

Wind Direction = SSW ( 198º )

Barometer = 991.6 hPa & Falling Slowly

Today's Rain = 11.7mm (since 00h)

Rain Rate now = 0.0mm/hr

Monthly Rain = 21.8mm

Yearly Rain = 42.7mm

[MP-R]

Had a very wet night last night - the first adequate rain since the end of December. Had 18mm last night plus 6mm more rain during a long heavy shower this afternoon. It was nice and sunny this morning though. It is now cold and cloudy adn the wind has gone down. Feeling very damp. Temp. 6.2C.

[SteveB]

Dry/partly cloudy

Temp 7.7c

Pressure 989

Humidity 94%

Wind direction SW

Wind speed 12mph

[Button Up]

Reasonably sunny day considering the heavy rain and wind last night

Max temp 11.4C first double figures since the 16/12/2005

Min temp 5.4C

Currently 7.2C

Pressure 989.6hpa- falling

Current Wind SSW 8.7mph

Gust 27.9mph taken over 8 seconds at 03.33am

Humidity 83%

Dew point 4.5C

Rainfall 9.8mm last night

[peterf]

5.2c at the moment winds picking up now bringing squally showers sometimes heavy.

[I can't believe it's not better]

Some powerful gusts last night between midnight and 1am. Slight garden damage.

Alternating overcast and sunny periods today, quite fresh breeze early afternoon, very light breeze now, half clear.

Min 6.5C

Currently 8.5C

80% R/H

18mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A wet night last night, rain clearing by about 0500. The day was dry with sunny spells.

Temp' at 1800......6.2c

Max' today..........8.6c

Min' last night......4.7c

Grass min' .........3.1c

Rainfall from 1800 yesterday.....13.4mm

Sunshine today........4.03 hrs

Mean wind speed at 1800.......16 mph SW, gusting to 19

Highest gust today...............42 mph at 1052

3 oktas cumulus and fractocumulus

Vis' at 1800.....................30 miles

Barometer.......................987.0mb, falling slowly.

T.M

[tugmistress]

Been a smashing day here again

LAST READING AT TIME: 20:05 pm DATE: 15 February 2006 ,Time of next update: 20:10 pm

Current Weather Dry

Current Temperature 0.9 °C (33.6°F),

Apparent temp -3.4 °C

Maximum Temperature (since midnight) 10.2 °C at: 2:58 PM

Minimum Temperature (since midnight) 0.9 °C at: 7:22 PM

Average windspeed (ten minute) 10.7 mph

Wind Direction (ten minute) SSE (153º)

Windchill Temperature -3.0 °C

Maximum Gust (last hour) 13.0 mph at: 7:57 PM

Maximum Gust (since midnight) 36.6 mph at: 1:05 AM

Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight) 32.5 mph at: 1:06 AM

Rainfall (last hour) 0.0 mm

Rainfall (since midnight) 0.0 mm (0.00 in.)---

Rainfall This month 16.3 mm (0.64 in.)

Rainfall To date this year 39.7 mm (1.56 in.)

Maximum rain per minute (last hour) 0.0 mm/min

Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours) 0.0 mm/hour

Yesterdays rainfall 1.5 mm

DewPoint -1.2 °C (Wet Bulb :0.2 °C )

Humidity 86 %, Humidex -1.5 °C

Barometer corrected to msl 972.6 mb

Pressure change -0.1 mb (last hour)

Trend STEADY

Pressure change (last 12 hours) -1.6 mb

Pressure change (last 6 hours) -0.4 mb

[Ross B]

Just had quite a heavy hail shower here, the day has been packed with showers which were mostly of hail

(Glasgow had a very heavy hail shower earlier with thunder and lightning )

Just to let you see how heavy it was, here's a rather rubbish picture of the hail. (my hand wasn't very steady )

[snow raven]

9c, partly cloudy

[Portland Paul]

Clear with a 6 mph SW breeze, and 5º c.

[reef]

Report for Wednesday 15th February 2006, Readings taken at 22:50.

After a mild, wet and windy night, it began mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells. As the day went on these became more prolonged, ending the day with some pleasant sunshine. Temperatures were once again above average for the time of year, the third day in a row with a double-digit maxima. Last night's rain also made it the wettest 24 hours since November 28th 2005.

Current Temp: 5.1°C

Max Temp: 10.2°C (at 14:09)

Min Temp: 5.1°C (Current)

Humidity: 88%

Min Humidity: 70% (at 16:21)

Pressure: 983.2hPa (Falling)

Dewpoint: 3.2°C

Wind: S (8mph)

Rain Today: 8.2mm

My February average currently stands at 4.9°C (+0.4°C Above the 1971-2000 average).