Today's Weather And General Chat

[Northernlights]

Much cooler and fresher day today with a max of 10c and light showers on a fresh W wind. Snow lay on the top of Ben Wyvis above 3000 feet all day , you can just make it out in the photo. Superb visbilities and some impressive shower clouds, a big change from April.

[Andy Bown]

Today's maximum was 15.8c at around 17.00 as the sun began to shine again after a cloudy afternoon. It's a mostly sunny evening with scattered Cumulus and patches of Cirrus. There's a fairly brisk Westerly wind and humidity is well down at 44%.

[Terminal Moraine]

Light rain early this morning gave 1.4mm, it was followed by a few brief, light showers which cleared by 0915 g.m.t to leave a dry, windy day with sunny periods.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 8.0c

Max' today, 10.9c

Min' last night, 5.2c

Grass min', 1.7c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, trace

Sunshine today, 7.0 hrs

Mean wind speed, 23 mph NW

Highest gust today 51 mph NW at 0928 g.m.t

2 oktas cumulus and cirrostratus

Vis', over 50 miles.

[The PIT]

Like TM light showers but breezy overnight rain 0.4mm nothing to add to that bar trace.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 8.6c

Outdoor humidity 80%

Pressure 1022mb

Wind direction North West

Wind speed 5mph

Cloud Height 1500ft

Wet Bulb 7c

Rain in last 24hours 8mm

Total rainfall This Month 20mm

Dew Point 6c

Wind Chill 8c

Weather Cloudy showers dark

Over The Last 24hours averages and extra details,

Temperature rose 0.3c

Pressure dropped 1.1mb

Humidity stayed same

Average wind speed 5mph

Dewpoint rose 0.3c

Average wind direction North

Moon age 9 days 71%

Sunrise and Sunset 5:41am - 9:15pm

Moonrise and Moonset 2:27pm - 3:40am

[Cookie]

light rain showers here today. SW winds gusting 32 mph. top temps of 11oC and low of 3.4oC

[Evening thunder]

A nice day here with sunny intervals and scattered cumulus clouds with a cirrostratus layer for a while sometime around lunchtime. breezier and cooler than yesterday with a max of 13.8C compared to yesterdays 16.4C

As of 21:00

Out temp: 8.2C

Dewpoint: 3.0C

Humidity: 70%

Wind: 2-4mph NNW

Pressure: 1029.4mb

Max temp today: 13.8C @ 15:25

Min temp today: 7.2C @ 6:22

Max gust today: 24mph @ 15:45

Rain today: 0.4mm

[TonyH]

Short spell of rain last night between about 03-0400.

Sunny intervals to 1300, then mainly sunny but rather cool and breezy (NW). In fact it was cooler than any day in April!

Fairly clear and chilly this evening.

Min: 4.6c @ 0200

Max: 11.6c @ 1430

Rain yesterday: 1.9mm

Rain since 10am today: Nil.

Currently: Fairly clear and cool.

Temp: 6.3c

Pressure: 1030mbar, rising slowly.

[Koppite]

I suspect your wind direction might be about 180 degrees out Russ?

SSE

2.0 mph

The weather station must be on the blink John as it is still showing a SSE direction.

Edited May 3, 2009 by RUSS L.F.C.

[sunny scunny]

A clear evening with light winds.

Temp is 7c