2nd October 2011 Weather & General Chat

[conor123]

Clear spells and feeling tropical, 17.9c

[reef]

Mostly clear with small amounts of high cloud. A mild night for October, but it has cooled down significantly since sunset.

Currently 14.9C and 82% humidity.

[SteveB]

Dry clear start,

Temp 12.6c

Humidity 83%

Dewpoint 9.3c

[Coast]

14.9 DgC

1024.6 mb rising 0.2 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 4.3 mph max SE

DP 14.6 DgC

Humidity 98%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 129 ft

Another corker! Max temp yesterday was 24.1 DgC

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry, warm and cloudy after the highest October min' on record for the second consecutive day.

Current temp' is 15.9c after a min' of 15.5c and a grass min' of 10.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, nil

Mean wind speed, 7 mph SW

6 oktas thick Ci and Acu

Vis', 15 km.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

15.4º here and overcast with drizzle.

[johnholmes]

much more cloud than for several days but some holes in it allowing the sun out at times, still warmish though with not much wind; min was 13.9C its now 16.3C, about 2C down on the same time yesterday

[Isolated Frost]

920 METAR puts Newcastle Airport at 16c (dew point 15c) after an extremely mild night with drizzle, cloud and mist. Extensive cloud should keep today overcast but it has been a brilliant spell.

[A.J]

19.1C here, dry and warm. but noticeably more cloud encroaching from the NW, quite thick cirrus and Altocumulus, a few chinks in the cloud, but suggests an increasingly cloudy day and suppressed temps

[Spurry]

dull and drizzly today

[Thundery wintry showers]

15.1C min in Cleadon, currently 15.5C. It's dull with some intermittent rain, and the skies resemble those that I often see during thundery situations with haze, high cloud and a lot of intricate formations, but I'm not expecting any thunder. Although the night wasn't significantly warmer than the preceding one, it nonetheless felt much warmer, presumably due to higher humidity.

[Isolated Frost]

Very interesting all the differing wind directions around the nation - rain bands moving south, east and everywhere really. Same in Washington as in Cleadon TWS, some quite interesting cloudscapes in the scheme of things (drizzle and mist). Quite autumnal.

[Terminal Moraine]

According to the radar there's a fairly dense scattering of light showers across this area although no rain is falling ( not here anyway )

Presumably the radar is picking up high level precipitation which is not reaching the ground as, when I took the readings this morning, there were numerous clumps of thick Ci and Acu with virga.

[Kent Snow]

21.8C, sunny, clear blue skies, wind light, 1026mb.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 02nd October 2011:

After the hottest October day, yesterday (28.2c) since local records began in 1994. Dry and fine overnight with just small amounts of high and medium level cloud. Very mild once more, low 11.9c. Bright to observation with a good deal more cloud than recently.

6 Oktas: Altostratus, Altocumulus.

Temperature: 18.0C

Humidity: 75%

Dew point 13.4C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SE

Barometer: 1024mb Steady.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 0:900 GMT:

Maximum daytime temperature yesterday: 28.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 12.7°C

24-hour maximum = 28.2°C

24-hour minimum: 12.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 8.9°C

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm

Yesterday:

Another fine and dry night here, mild low 11.2c. Sunny to observation, though high cloud making the sunshine more hazy than recently. Another very warm / hot and sunny day followed, top temperature 28.2c, the hottest October day since local records began in 1994.

October: 2011 so far:

Mean temperature: *.*c (+*.*c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 28.2 on the 1st.

Minimum temperature: 11.7c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: 8.4c on the 1st

Rainfall = 0.0mm

Wettest 24 hours…..

Maximum wind gust: 21.2 mph SE on the 1st.

2011 so far:

Maximum temperature: 29.1 on the 27th June.

Minimum temperature: -7.0c on the 31st Jan

Grass Minimum: -10.4c on the 31st Jan

Rainfall = 343.2 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 22.5mm on the 24th Aug

Maximum wind gust: 56.8mph, SSE 7th Feb

[Stargazer]

Another day, more sunshine Currently 22.4 after an overnight low of 10.6.

Yesterday: dry and very warm with plenty of sunshine, although high cloud made the sunshine mostly hazy. Maximum 27.5, minimum 11.4. Wind light S.

[Andy Bown]

Well on the way to the 5th consective day of maximum sunshine!

20.2c at present .

[knocker]

A fine morning with a current temp of 21C and a light southerly. One interesting feature was that earlier a third of the sky was covered with a sheet of Ac but there was a very sharp cut off between that and the clear air. Any theories why this should be?

[Nights King]

current temperature 17c at home last night low of 10.8c

22chere at work.

[stewfox]

Unbroken sunshine 27c here , feels warmer then yesterday. Im sure 30c will be broken somewhere today

Would that be 4 record days in a row ? Has that ever been done before ?

[Aaron]

16.5C, overcast and spots of drizzle.

[Isolated Frost]

1220 metar at Newcastle airport 18c - here back at home in Picktree it is 17.4c currently - overcast with variable wind and the odd shower to soak the ground.

[Carol Frost]

Dam! Gravesend just missed it again!

[reef]

Mostly cloudy with sunny spells. The min last night was 14.6C.

Currently 'only' 23.4C and 55% humidity.

[Weather-history]

Would that be 4 record days in a row ? Has that ever been done before ?

Definitely, it happened in September 1895, October 1908 and October 1921. Just to name examples from a similiar period in the calendar.

There were 6 consecutive date minima records broken just last December