Monday 30th July 2012 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cool start with isolated light Showers

Temp 10.3C

Wind f2 WSW

rainfall trace

[johnholmes]

cloudy with a light shower from a real mix of cloud types, lowest T=9.0C, almost no wind

[Methuselah]

Dry and mostly cloudy, 12C...

[Coast]

14.4°C

1014.9 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 4.8 mph gusting 8.4 mph max W

DP 10.1°C

Humidity 75%

0.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1805 ft

Bright and sunny but colder than of late

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 14.7 °C

Dew Point 11 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 4.8 km/h / 1.3 m/s from WSW

Wind Gust 16.1 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1014 hPa

Clouds Few 457 m

Moisture

Humidity 81%

Rainfall 0 mm

Warm sunshine with a fresh breeze

[Terminal Moraine]

After a few spots of showery rain early yesterday evening it was a dry and mainly clear night.

Dry so far this morning with sunny periods and variable amounts of Cu and Ac.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 12.1c

24 hr max', 16.6c

24 hr min', 7.8c

Grass min', 4.7c

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

Mean wind speed, 10 mph W

4 oktas Cu and Ac with St fractus

Vis', over 80 km.

[Backtrack]

Absolutely hammering it down. Cool too, only 12C.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 30th July 2012:

Clear spells to begin with last night, though cloud and a south-westerly breeze picked up after midnight. After a cloudy start, sunny spells developed, though cumulus clouds building quickly by observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 18.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 9.4°C

24-hour maximum 18.1°C

24-hour minimum: 9.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 6.7°C

Maximum wind gust: MPH (Midnight to Midnight) 15.3 SE.

Rainfall total: 1.2 mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris, congestus.

Visibility: > 10 miles.

Temperature: 15.3°C

Humidity:75.6%

Dew point 11.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 NW

Barometer 1014mb rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Variable cloud overnight, dry. The morning so far has been bright with sunny spells, cumulus clouds building. Sunny spells continued through the morning, by lunch time moderate to heavy showers were breaking out across the area with thunder. This location received a short moderate one around 12:30 GMT. There were further sunny spells through the afternoon and in to the evening with a few showers scattered around.

July 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 16.0 (-0.7c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 24th

Minimum temperature: 7.4c on the 12th

Grass Minimum: 6.2c on the 21st

Rainfall 107.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 16.2 mm on the 5th

Maximum wind gust: 21.8 mph SW on the 1st.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 24th July.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4th Feb

Rainfall = 547.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Kent Snow]

17.1C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the W/SW, 1016hPa.

[Evening thunder]

Last night was the coolest night of the month here, with a min temp of 5.5C. I didn't expect it to go quite so low.

Currently: partly cloudy with sunny intervals.

Temp: 19.0C

Dew: 8.6C

Hum: 51%

Wind: 10mph 'gusting' 17mph WSW

Pressure: 1016.6mb

[Andy Bown]

Another fine day with warm sunny spells, Cumulus, Altocumulus and Cirrus.

Fresh WSW breeze, 19.4c and humidity 50%.

Just 2mm of rain in the last 12 days from a few sharp showers yesterday and overnight.

[Stargazer]

Cool start, dry and breezy all day with sunny periods. Current conditions: hazy sunshine, 20.1 deg C, wind moderate SW. Today's maximum 21.0, last night's minimum 10.1.

Yesterday: dry in the morning with sunny spells, sunny intervals and heavy showers in the afternoon. Maximum 18.9, minimum 11.1. Wind light SW.

[Aaron]

What a beautiful day! Mostly sunny, breezy and cool.

15.3c, dew point 5.4c, humidity 51%

max 16.7c, min 9.6c

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals and one or two short light showers. A cool W breeze all day with any remaining showers dying out by late afternoon and cloud clearing during the early evening.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 12.8c

Max' today, 15.4c

Min' last night, 7.8c

Grass min', 4.7c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, 0.1 mm

Sunshine today, 5.71 hrs

Mean wind speed, 9 mph W

Highest gust today, 33 mph W at 1041 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis', over 80 km.

[Jon Somerset]

Deeper into Somerset and hardly any sun at all today. Very cool on the coast but warmer inland. Spots of rain at times but nothing major. Slow increase of cloud depth allowing the sun to be seen a little behind the cloud. Now cool and rain close by.

[TonyH]

Clear spells cool night.

Sunny intervals, a few brief light showers late morning. Cloudy this evening, with just a little light rain and drizzle at times. Moderate SW to west breeze, backed south this evening. Cool.

Min: 7.6c @ 0400

Max: 18.3c @ 1630

Rain yesterday: Nil

Rain since 10am today: Below 0.5mm

Currently: Light rain.

Temp: 12.7c

RH: 77%

Pressure: 1015mbar, falling slowly.

[Aaron]

10.9C at 10:14pm, so it'll be pretty cold tonight for mid summer I suspect.

Clear, and the wind has died down to virtually nonexistent.