Thursday 23rd August 2012 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Morning folks.

A cloudy start and fairly mild

Temp 12.4C

wind f1 SSW

rainfall nil

[Coast]

11.6°C

1015.5 mb steady

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 4.5mph max NE

DP 10.2°C

Humidity 91%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 586 ft

Generally bright but cooler, some low lying mist

[johnholmes]

cloudy, dry and calm, lowest temperature=12.7C

[Walkinglad2013]

Cloudy. Mild. 15 degrees

[GulberwickWeather]

Cloudy but dry, complete contrast to yesterday!

Current obs:

Temp: 10.9C

Dew: 10C

Wind: NNW @ 2.9kts

Pressure: 1000.2hPa (rising slowly)

Humidity: 94%

Rainfall: 0.0mm

[marky810]

Overcast, dull & calm with light rain. 13c.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear spells during the evening and until well into the early hours. Increasing high and medium level cloud since about 0400 g.m.t.

Currently dry and cloudy.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 13.0c

24 hr max', 18.8c

24 hr min', 10.7c

Grass min', 9.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 2.3 mm

Mean wind speed, 7 mph W

Sunshine yesterday, 4.10 hrs

8 oktas As, Ac and St fractus

Vis', 25 km.

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 16.7 °C

Dew Point 14 °C

Wind

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

Wind Gust 9.7 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1015 hPa

Clouds Few 182 m

Moisture

Humidity 90%

Rainfall 0 mm

Cool and partly cloudy but dry and bright

[Rainy]

Just had a very beefy shower. Rain really banging down. A bit of blue sky behind it.

[Kent Snow]

17.5C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1016hPa.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 23rd August 2012:

Variable cloud overnight, dry. The day dawned rather cloudy with a few brighter spells. At observation, a good deal of thin high and medium level cloud, sun hidden, though bright.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 20.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 10.9°C

24-hour maximum 20.9°C

24-hour minimum: 10.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 9.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.8 MPH W

Rainfall total: 0.0.mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Altostratus.

Visibility: good, about 10.0 miles.

Temperature: 14.6°C

Humidity: 92.2%

Dew point 13.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 WSW

Barometer 1015mb: Trend: falling slowly.

Yesterday:

Clear spells followed last nights thunderstorms and the night was mainly clear. The day dawned bright and sunny. Turning cloudy through the morning high and medium level cloud blowing in from the south-west. The morning stayed mostly overcast with just brief spells of very hazy sunshine. By mid afternoon clearer conditions arrived from the west with some good sunny spells, breezy.

Mean temperature: 17.4 (1.0c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 25.0c on the 18th

Minimum temperature: 9.9c on the 9th

Grass Minimum: 7.5c on the 9th

Rainfall 39.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 12.0 mm on the 15th

Maximum wind gust: 21.1 mph ENE on the 11th.

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 = 595.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Backtrack]

Overcast but very bright. 20.7C. Can't remember a day this month which has recorded a max below 20C. Brilliant!

[johnholmes]

The first day with a max below 20C, 19.6C, and some light rain at times after some sunny spells this morning.

[Kent Snow]

19.1C, few cumulus, cirrostratus, wind from the S, 1012hPa.

[The PIT]

Evening folks

Now dull with the isolated spots of rain

Max temp 17.8C

Wind F2 SW

Rainfall trace

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy day; just a few brief glimpses of sunshine early this morning.

At 01800 g.m.t;

Temp', 14.6c

Max' today, 16.8c

Min' last night, 10.7c

Grass min', 9.4c

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

Sunshine today, 0.04 hrs

Mean wind speed, 3 mph W

Highest gust today, 19 mph W at 1122 g.m.t

8 oktas As

Vis', over 80 km.

[Richard2901]

Went below 10C for the first time since the 11th with a min of 9.4C. This was followed by a sunny day with some interesting convective clouds though there was just one light shower just after 6pm, totalling 0.4mm.

Sunshine totalled 7.7 hours with a max of 20.1C. Now had 6 consecutive warmer than average days compared to only 12 in the preceeding 81 days.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals last night.

Rather cloudy with hazy sunny intervals today. Moderate S/SW breeze.

Min: 10.2c @ 0500

Max: 19.4c @ 1300 (1c adjustment)

Rain yesterday: 0.9mm

Rain since 10am today: Trace

Currently: Cloudy

Temp: 13c

RH: 86%

Pressure: 1011mbar,. falling slowly.