Wednesday 8th August 2012 Weather And General Chat

[Coast]

16.8°C

1021.7 mb rising 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 5.9 mph gusting 15.1 mph max W/SW

DP 15.4°C

Humidity 91%

2.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 609ft

Very dull and dark this morning, some heavy rain now fading into drizzle

[Methuselah]

Very dull, damp and drizzly, 15C...

[Kent Snow]

17.1C, overcast, grey, wind light, 1023hPa.

[johnholmes]

dry and bright with sunny spells, low of 10.9C its now 17.9C

[Evening thunder]

Cloudy with patchy light rain though quite mild/warm for that kind of weather.

Temp: 18.3c

Dew point: 17.3C

Humidity: 94%

Wind: WNW 1mph 'gusting' 3mph

Pressure: 1023.4mb

Min temp: 15.9C at 05:18

Rain since midnight: 2.6mm

[Methuselah]

Getting brighter and feeling quite close, 19C...

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 08th August 2012:

Variable cloud overnight. The day dawned overcast with low cloud, lowering enough to produce thick fog here (vis <100yds) before 06:00 GMT. The fog lifted back in to low cloud around 08:00 GMT, which soon began to thin and break allowing sunny spells towards the observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 20.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 12.2°C

24-hour maximum 20.5°C

24-hour minimum: 12.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 9.9°C

Maximum wind gust: MPH (Midnight to Midnight) 14.9 W.

Rainfall total: 0.8mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratus fractus, Cumulus humilis, Cirrus.

Visibility: about 7 miles.

Temperature: 17.0°C

Humidity:87.7%

Dew point 14.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 S

Barometer 1024mb rising

Yesterday:

Variable cloud through the night, dry. A cloudy start to the morning, intermittent light rain commenced around 06:00 GMT. At observation, overcast, intermittent, mainly light rain. There was further intermittent light rain through the morning. By early afternoon a few bright and brief sunny spells developed, though there were large amounts of cloud for the most part, especially by the end of the afternoon when it turned quite dark, though no rainfall was noted here.

Mean temperature: 15.9 (-0.5c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 21.4c on the 1st

Minimum temperature: 10.1c on the 7th

Grass Minimum: 8.2c on the 7th

Rainfall 16.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 5.5 mm on the 4th

Maximum wind gust: 18.6 mph ESE 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 = 572.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Backtrack]

Mostly sunny. Just over 20C.

[A Winter's Tale]

A spectacular day here with no wind and lots of sunshine and blue skies and temperatures nearing 20C too. August may be a changeable month but every year it seems to bring at least some good summer weather without fail whereas July and June can be disapointing.

[Methuselah]

Dry but mostly cloudy, 21C...

[Cheese Rice]

Currently 22.3.c with wall to wall sunshine.

[Backtrack]

What's a warm spell condition?

Lovely day here. Mostly sunny today with a max around 23C.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Sun is out here in Peasedown...Very nice end to the day...

[Backtrack]

21.1C, not a cloud in the sky.

[Keraunic]

Very muggy in Ipswich. Lots of huge cauli heads in the south.

[Jon Somerset]

Dull most of the day with lots of drizzle. Skies now a little more broken in Bridgwater and rain has stopped. Some of my colleagues are complaining about 'closeness' but I don't feel it myself. About 16C.

[Jon Somerset]

Nothing here yet thanks to the remains of that pesky front.

[Methuselah]

Dry and clear, 20C...

[Ben_Cambs]

Max of 23.9C earlier.

[Evening thunder]

Mainly cloudy but feeling quite warm/humid today with any brighter patches pushing the air temp up to 21C with a dew point of 18C. Although an average max it was feeling like a summer airmass that's for sure even with the cloud and patchy rain/drizzle this morning.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, warm and increasingly sunny day after early morning fog in the valleys which spread up to 250 m at times before clearing around 0830 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 18.4c

Max' today, 21.0c

Min' last night, 10.9c

Grass min', 8.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 0.9 mm

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, nil

Sunshine today, 10.42 hrs

Mean wind speed, 8 mph NW

Highest gust today, 18 mph NW at 1247g.m.t

1 okta Cu humilis and mediocris and Ci

Vis', over 80 km.

[Kent Snow]

18.1C, clear skies, wind light, 1023hPa.

[Stargazer]

Drizzle cleared early morning to leave a rather cloudy and muggy day with intervals of hazy sunshine. Maximum 23.7, minimum 12.4. Wind calm.

[TonyH]

A warm day in the Midlands, with sunny periods afternoon, max around 23c at Rugby.

Drove home, passing the plume of a big factory fire close to Coventry Airport this evening:

Meanwhile at home today:

Cloudy with a little drizzle last night and very mild.

Mix of cloud and sunny intervals today, warm. Light and variable breezes.

Min: 13.9c @ 0600

Max: 23c (1c adjustment)

Rain yesterday: 1.5mm approx

Dry today