Wednesday 7th March 2012 - Weather & General Chat

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp 8.2°C

DP 3.3°C

Rh 71 %

Wind 12.4kts W

1018.2 mb FALLING

Conditions: Overcast, dry and breezy

[The PIT]

A dry very mild but breezy start

temp 7.4c

wind sw f5

rainfall nil

[Polar Maritime]

A very wet dull blustery morning here with an overnight low of 3.6C.

Temp- 5.7C

Humidity- 86%

Barometer 1008mb Rate-1.01mb/hr

Wind- 15mph S/W

Gusting- 22mph

[SteveB]

Cloudy dull start,

Temp 8.9c

Humidity 91%

Dewpoint 7.2c

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 7.3 °C

Windchill 6 °C

Dew Point 5 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 9.7 km/h / 2.7 m/s from South

Wind Gust 20.9 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1013.8 hPa

Clouds Overcast 365 m

Moisture

Humidity 85%

Rainfall 0 mm

Snow Depth 0 cm

[Andy Bown]

A complete contrast to the last 2 mornings!

Dull, windy and persistently drizzly, 8.0c but feeling colder due to the wind.

[johnholmes]

cloudy but dry after asome rain in the early part of the night, temperature is 8.3C from its low of 6.2C just after midnight-a breeze from about WSW, 8/8 Sc with some patches of St beneath the Sc

[Coast]

6.7°C

1018.3 mb falling 0.9 mb/hr

Wind 17.6 mph gusting 24.7 mph max SW

DP 3.5 °C

Humidity 80%

0.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1322 ft

Grey, drab windy, depressing.....

[sunsetter]

Drizzly rain here with a fresh westerly wind

temp 8.4°C

pressure 1015 mb falling -1.0mb/hr

RH 89%

dew point 6.7°C

wind 2.5mph W

max gust 14.7mph SW @7.35am

visibilty poor

cloud base 670ft est.

outlook becoming less settled

[Methuselah]

Cloudy, windy and drizzly, 8C...

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 07th March 2012:

Cloudy and much milder overnight, though turning wet through the early hours with light rain and drizzle, the sw wind increased to around force 5.at observation, overcast and dull with drizzle, windy.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 6.1°C

24-hour maximum = 10.2C

24-hour minimum: -2.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 4.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.6 mph. WSW

Rainfall total: 1.0 mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: about 3 miles.

Temperature: 8.3°C

Wind chill 8.3°C .

Humidity: 97%

Dew point 7.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 SW

Barometer 1010 mb falling.

Yesterday:

Clear skies lead to a widespread moderate frost overnight, thick freezing fog also formed during the early hours, low –4.2c with –7.8c on the grass. At observation, thick freezing fog, vis < 100 yards. The fog cleared around 11:00 GMT and the temperature climbed quickly in spring sunshine in to the mild category by afternoon. Turning cloudy towards evening.

March 2012 so Far

Mean temperature: 6.3c (+0.0c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 15.4 on the 1st

Minimum temperature: -4.2c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -7.8c on the 6th

Rainfall = 13.2 mm

Wettest 24 hours = 6.3 mm on the 4th

Maximum wind gust: 34.8 mph NW on the 4th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 17.7c on the 23rd February.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4th Feb

Rainfall = 132.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Terminal Moraine]

Overcast with rain, briefly heavy, earlier this morning. The rain cleared to the south east by 0945 and by late morning the frontal cloud had cleared to leave Cu and Cb with sunny intervals and one or two brief sharp showers.

At 0900;

Temp', 7.0c

Current temp', 5.7c

24 hr max' to 0900, 7.8c

24 hr min', 1.2c

Overnight min', 3.7c

Grass min', 2.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 6.4 mm

Mean wind speed, 23 mph SW

Vis', 800 mts

Vis' currently over 80 km.

[Zenarcher]

Mainly partly cloudy with sunshine but every now and then a heavy hail shower passes through with strong gusty winds reaching 56mph so far and temp 3c.

[SteveB]

Rain this morning followed by showers & a cool breeze

Temp 6.6c

[Kent Snow]

5.7C, few cumulus, wind from the W, 1015hPa.

[TonyH]

Cloudy and very mild with mainly light rain and drizzle at times last night. Moderate to fresh SSW wind.

Spells of rain and drizzle cleared by 10am. Sunny periods and mostly dry, a fresh NW wind today.

Min: 5.9c yesterday evening

Max: 9.8c @ 1230 (also an earlier peak of 9.5c @ 0700).

Rain yesterday: 4.7mm

Rain since 0900 today: 1mm approx

Currently: Clear spells, breezy.

Temp: 4.7c

RH: 80%

Pressure: 1022mbar, rising.

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry with sunny intervals this afternoon although there were several showers passing within a few miles of here, mainly to the north and north east. A strong NW wind early and mid-afternoon, moderating considerably by early evening.

At 1800;

Temp', 3.4c

Max' today, 7.8c

Min' last night, 3.7c

Grass min', 2.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, 2.0 mm

Sunshine today, 2.91 hrs

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

Highest gust today, 54 mph NW at 1331

6 oktas Cu

Vis', over 80 km.