Sunday 25th December 2011 Weather & General Chat

[knocker]

Not a bad morning here with a little high Sc and a fair amount of thin Ci. Temp 9.8C with a WSW wind 11mph. The 0600z charts.

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 9.0 °C

Windchill 9 °C

Dew Point 8 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 3.2 km/h / 0.9 m/s from SSW

Wind Gust 12.9 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1026.0 hPa

Clouds Mostly Cloudy 396 m

Moisture

Humidity 90%

Rainfall 0 mm

Snow Depth 0 cm

[Coast]

10.8°C

1029.4 mb rising 0.6mb/hr

Wind 14.5 mph gusting 20.4 mph max W/SW

DP 9.2°C

Humidity 90%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 648ft

Too damp and mild for Christmas!

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 25th December 2011:

Dry and very mild overnight with the odd light shower, low 9.3c. At observation, partly cloudy, breezy, very mild.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

6 Oktas: Altostratus, Altocumulus, Cirrostratus.

Visibility: about 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.6°C

Humidity: 92%

Dew point 8.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 W

Barometer:1024mb steady.

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 9.6°C

24-hour maximum = 9.6°C

24-hour minimum: 4.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.5°C

Rainfall total: 0.3 mm

Yesterday:

Showers moved away last night and there were good clear spells. Staying windy though with westerly gusts to 30 mph. Low 1.8c with –1.5c on the grass, so a slight ground frost. At observation, mostly cloudy, dry, breezy. Rather cloudy for the most part, though there were some brief bright and sunny spells during the afternoon, there were also a couple of light showers scattered around. Mild top temperature to 18:00 GMT 7.8c.

December: 2011 so far:

Mean temperature: 4.5c (+ 0.2c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.8 on the 8th.

Minimum temperature: -3.3c on the 10th

Grass Minimum: -6.4c on the 18th

Rainfall = 71.3mm

Wettest 24 hours = 10.9mm on the 23rd

Maximum wind gust: 45.6 mph W on the 8th.

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 = 493.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 22.5mm on the 24th Aug

Maximum wind gust: 56.8mph, SSE 7th Feb

[GulberwickWeather]

Morning and Merry Christmas everyone. Wind starting to crank up here again after moderating slightly overnight. Met Office Amber warning out for gusts to 80-90mph possibly even 100mph!

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, and a YOHOHO to y'all, currently:

Temp 10.7°C

DP 6.8°C

Rh 77%

Wind 5.1kts SSW

1029.0 mb STEADY

Conditions: Partly Cloudy

[The PIT]

Very mild Temp now 10.8C

Very breezy Max gust so far 46 mph wind now F6 WSW

Overnight rainfall 4.5 mm

[Kent Snow]

10.9C, broken cumulus, bright, mild, wind from the SW, 1029hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry, mild cloudy and windy after light rain and drizzle overnight.

Current temp' is 9.2c after an overnight min' of 5.7c and a 24 hr min' of2.8c

Grass min', 4.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 5.0 mm

Mean wind speed, 29 mph SW, gusting to 49

7 oktas Acu, Ci and Cu

Vis', over 80 km.

[Weather-history]

Merry Christmas!

Very mild, a lot of cloud but can see a clearance to the west.

13.0C

Makes a change not seeing snow or frost at Christmas!

Going to be one of the mildest Christmas Days on record.

[Backtrack]

Mild, but crystal clear.

Can see every detail on the Welsh mountains, and can even see Liverpool & the City tower.

12.3C :o

5/8 oktas.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, windy, very mild and mainly cloudy day with the wind reaching gale force during the afternoon, though decreasing quite quickly after 1730.

At 1800;

Temp', 10.4c

Max' today, 10.4c

Min' last night, 5.7c ( 24 hr min' was 2.8c )

Grass min', 4.8c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, nil

Sunshine today, 0.40 hrs

Mean wind speed, 27 mph W

Highest gust today, 62 mph W at 1708

7 oktas Scu and Acu

Vis', over 80 km.

[MP-R]

Happy Christmas all! A very mild and cloudy day today with only occasional input of sunshine. 10.8C the high.

[Bottesford]

A nice day with good deal of sunshine and feeling very pleasant at 11.7c. Quite windy.

[GulberwickWeather]

Wind gradually easing but still gusting over 50kts at the moment. Top gusts:

Sella Ness = 101mph

Lerwick = 91 mph

Gulberwick (my station) = 70mph

[Thundery wintry showers]

These synoptic setups generally feature dry sunny weather towards the SE, dull wet weather towards the NW and dry cloudy weather in between. Cleadon has sat in the dry cloudy zone today- there were a couple of brief sunny intervals this morning but in general it has been overcast and windy, with a tiny bit of drizzle around 5pm. The maximum temperature was 12.8C, and it is currently at 12.6C.

A huge contrast with last year, when Christmas Day was calm and sunny with 11 centimetres of snow on the ground, and the overnight minimum was about 16C down on today's. Today has been almost 5C warmer than the entirety of December 2010. Indeed, while only the last two had any snow on the ground, the last warmer-than-average Christmas Day here was back in 2003.

[Aaron]

We had plenty of sunshine today but very windy

[TonyH]

Rugby report:

A spot of rain late yesterday evening.

Rather cloudy with a few sunny intervals, then a decent sunny spell before sunset. A fresh SW wind and mild.

Min: 7c yesterday evening

Max: 10c

Rain yesterday: 0.1mm

Dry today.

Meanwhile back home:

Cloudy and rather windy (SSW), occasional drizzle, but dry this evening.

Min: 7.6c @ 1800 yesterday evening

Max: 11.2c currently

Rain yesterday: 5mm approx

Rain since 0900: today: 1.5mm approx

Currently: Very mild.

Temp: 11.2c

RH: 100%

Pressure: 1028mbar, rising slowly.

[SteveB]

Pressure 1026.8hPa

Temp 11.3c

Max Temp

Min Temp 8.5c

Humidty 91%

Dewpoint 9.8c

Rainfall 0.0mm

Monthly Rainfall 69.4mm

[greybing]

Guess what ...mild ......12 c all day with only fractional changes..it is now 12.6,with lots of cloud cover.It is my personal meteorological nightmare xmas,well not far off .I suppose it could be 15 ,with heavy rain .

Merry Christmas!

Very mild, a lot of cloud but can see a clearance to the west.

13.0C

Makes a change not seeing snow or frost at Christmas!

Going to be one of the mildest Christmas Days on record.

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[jean91]

On this xmas day it stared rather cloudy then some clear sunny spells appeared rapidely mid morning up till 1 pm then clouds again but some timids spells were seen during afternoon.

Almost no sensible wind so made it quite nice when under sunshine ( was at parents' garden facing south in a sunny spell , felt nice for a few mins) with a max of 9.4c in Orly and a low of 4c at midnight sharp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have records for some stations concerning pressure and not far here at 1038.4 hPA for now and rising !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!