Thursday 9th August 2012 - Weather And General Chat

[Coast]

Morning weather fans!!!!

Here are the marks from the Eastbourne jury:

15.6°C

1024.4 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 4.9 mph max NW

DP 14.5°C

Humidity 93%

0.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 465ft

Dense, thick fog in patches gradually clearing to blue sky and sunshine

[Methuselah]

'Morning Coast.

Dry and sunny, 15C...

[Kent Snow]

15.8C, mist, overcast, wind light, 1026hPa.

Thick fog earlier now lifting to mist.

[Ben_Cambs]

Misty start, currently 13.6C.

[johnholmes]

cloudless and calm, the lowest T=10.2C its now 17.9C so heading for a very warm day it would seem?

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and clear night with a few mist patches in the valleys. A dry, warm and sunny morning so far.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 15.4c

24hr max', 21.0c

24 hr min', 11.6c

Grass min', 9.6c

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

Mean wind speed, 4 mph NW

1 okta Ci

Vis', 65 km.

[sunsetter]

Dry here,early fog has cleared but it remains overcast with a light wind.

temp 18.1°C

min overnight 15.3°C

pressure 1025.3mb rising

Rh 88%

dewpoint 16.1°c

wind 1.0mph gusting 1.8mph NE

rain nil

rain last 24 hrs 1.0mm

cloud base 826ft

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 09th August 2012:

Dry overnight with varying cloud amounts. The day dawned cloudy, though with bright and sunny spells developing, by observation it was warm and sunny.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 24.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 10.6°C

24-hour maximum 24.0°C

24-hour minimum: 10.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 8.8°C

Maximum wind gust: MPH (Midnight to Midnight) 10.7 SSW.

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Current Conditions:

2 Oktas: , Cirrus , Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: about 10 miles.

Temperature: 18.0°C

Humidity:73.8%

Dew point 13.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 NW

Barometer 1028mb rising slowly.

Yesterday:

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. The day remained dry and bright with sunny spells, turning very warm by afternoon. The evening stayed fine and dry.

Mean temperature: 16.2 (-0.2c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 24.0c on the 8th

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

[TonyH]

Lovely warm morning after a chilly night.

Currently 21c after a low of 8.8c.

A repost of the plume of smoke from the Coventry fire yesterday evening as we drove past:

This was close to the airport and roads around it were closed for several hours. I could still see the cloud from it from the M42 south of Birmingham over 20 miles away.

[Methuselah]

Wall-to-wall sunshine, humid, 21C...

[Milhouse]

Very still with hazy sunshine, 19.4c

[reef]

A pretty cool and misty start this morning with a min temp of 10.6C. It was then a clear and sunny morning but has turned rather hazy in the last couple of hours. Warm though at 20.7C.

The max so far is 21.2C.

[Evening thunder]

Fog early, now warm and humid, with quite a lot of sunshine and quite a bit of cumulus (some looks relatively big) slightly north of here with a sea breeze picking up keeping this area southwards clear.

Temp: 23.3C

Dew: 18.6C

Humidity: 75%

Wind: SSW 7mph 'gusting' 13mph

Pressure: 1025.8mb

Min temp: 14.7C at 01:23

Max so far: 23.7C at 13:23

[Chris W]

A foggy start here in Birchwood, Warrington but it quickly cleared and warmed up - 20 Celsius at 10am.

Currently (from the weather station at Croft):

Temp 25 Celsius (Heat index 26)

Dew Point 16 Celsius

Humidity 54%

Pressure 1025.6 hPa

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 22 °C

Dew Point 13 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 7 km/h / 2.1 m/s from WNW

Wind Gust

Conditions

Pressure 1026 hPa

Clouds Few 1463 m

Moisture

Humidity 57%

Rainfall 0.0 mm

I would normally feel warm at 22 °C but as it’s at least 10 degrees cooler than I’ve got used to for the last week it actually feels very fresh.

[Andy Bown]

Sunny spells with Stratocumulus and fair weather Cumulus after low cloud burned off around 10.30.

Calm and very warm, 23.6c currently, 71% humidity.

[Methuselah]

Dry with good sunny spells, 23C...

[ARTDEMOLE]

dry some cloud but 24c...

[Stargazer]

Dry and very warm. Rather cloudy in the morning with a few sunny intervals and not particularly warm by lunchtime, then long sunny spells in the afternoon allowing the temperature to climb. Maximum 25.6, minimum 13.9. Wind light variable.

[Kent Snow]

21.4C, clear blue sunny skies, wind from the SE, 1026hPa.

A very foggy start cleared by 10am.

[Methuselah]

Sunny and sticky, an uncomfortable night ahead, 22C...

[Jon Somerset]

It took a bit longer for the cloud to burn off nearer the coast and it was after lunch before some sun appeared, and there was quite a bit of high cloud despite the warmth. Sun really got going about 5.00 p.m. and it's still warm now at about 18C.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, warm and sunny day with patches of Ci and Ac. Some cumulus development during late morning and early afternoon but these dispersed completely by about 1400 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t';

Temp', 19.2c

Max' today ,20.4c

Min' last night, 11.6c

Grass Min', 9.6c

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

Sunshine today, 12.24 hrs

Mean wind speed, 5 mph NW

Highest gust today, 18 mph NW at 1539 g.m.t

4 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis', over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Clear and cool last night. Fog by dawn.

Fog cleared by 0700, then sunny and became very warm.

Light and variable breeze, with an afternoon NW sea breeze.

Min: 8.8c @ 0630

Max: 24.7c @ 1400

Dry yesterday and today

Currently: Clear, 14c

RH: 89%

Pressure: 1029mbar, rising slowly.