Friday 5th October General Weather Chat

[Snowangel-MK]

Please post your weather reports and discuss today's conditions here....

Temperature

Temperature 9.4 °C

Dew Point 8.8 °C

Wind

Wind Speed (avg) 0.0 mph

Wind Speed (gust) 1.0 mph

Wind Bearing 251° WSW

Conditions

Pressure 1001.97 mb (Rising Rapidly 1.11 mb/hr)

Clouds Scattered Clouds (Cloudbase 245 ft)

Moisture

Humidity 96%

Rainfall 14 mm (since midnight)

[Kent Snow]

15.2C, moderate rain, overcast, wind from the SW, 1001hPa.

[johnholmes]

cloudy but dry after slight rain overnight, no wind the low was 9.6C

[Gibby]

A good call from the Met re this areas rain last night with 18mm falling from the event. Currently overcast and threatening but dry at the moment. awaiting tonight's event. Relatively mild near 11C.

http://www.norton-radstockweather.co.uk/page8.htm

[sunsetter]

Calm and fine after heavy rain and strong winds overnight,

temp 13.0°C

pressure 1006.4mb rising 1.0mb/hr

RH 99%

dewpoint 12.8°C

rain 14mm

wind 1.8mph gusting 21.6mph WNW

[GulberwickWeather]

A bright and sunny start with scattered clouds and light winds.

Current obs:

Temp: 10.3C

Dew: 8.3C

Overnight Min: 6.1C

Wind: SW @ 7.3kts

Top gust today: 22.1kts

Pressure: 996.4hPa (rising slowly)

Humidity: 87%

Rainfall today: 1.0mm

[Polar Continental]

Friday 05th October 2012:

Light to moderate rain continued through the night and early hours until around 03:00 GMT, though it remained cloudy here until around dawn when a few cloud breaks spread in from the west. The morning to observation has seem medium level cloud increase again, damp underfoot.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 15.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 9.0°C

24-hour maximum 15.4°C

24-hour minimum: 8.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.7 SW

Rainfall total: 6.8mm

Current Conditions:

8 Okta: Altostratus.

Visibility: moderate, about 8 miles.

Temperature: 9.9°C

Humidity: 96.0%

Dew point 9.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 WSW

Barometer 1005.5 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Clear spells overnight. low 3.7c with -0.5c on the grass, so a touch of ground frost detected. Apart from a very light shower early on the morning has been bright with sunny spells to observation. The day continued bright with sunny spells, clouding over towards evening. Light rain set in around 22:00 GMT

October 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 11.2c (1.0c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 15.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: 3.7c on the 4th

Grass Minimum: -0.5c on the 4th

Rainfall 10.5mm

Wettest 24 hours 6.8mm on the 4th

Maximum wind gust: 25.9 mph WSW on the 3rd.

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 = 693.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[The PIT]

A dull cloudy day with temps below normal.

Temp so far 10.4C

Wind f3 WSW

Rainfall since midnight 3.8mm

[Andy Bown]

Half an inch of rain overnight, but it was dry by dawn with Stratocumulus beneath Altocumulus and some breaks allowing hazy sunny spells which

are continuing now. Breezy from the WSW, 13.8c and feeling muggy at 94% humidity.

The vast majority of this week's rain has fallen between 16.00 - 06.00 with very little apart from some sharp showers between 06.00-16.00!

[Terminal Moraine]

A spell of light-moderate rain overnight but this had cleared by 0500 g.m.t. So far today it's been dry, breezy and cloudy with a persistent sheet of As.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 8.0c

Current temp', 11.0c

24 hr max' to 0800 g.m.t, 12.5c

24 hr min', 7.5c

Grass min', 5.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 7.2 mm

Mean wind speed, 15 mph W

7 oktas As, Ac and Cu humilis

Currently 8 oktas As and Cu

Vis', 25 km.

[Kent Snow]

13.2C, rain, grey, wind from the W, 1010hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy day with a persistent sheet of As.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 8.0c

Max' today, 9.5c ( my report above should have the current temp' at 9.0c, not 11.0c )

Min' last night, 7.5c

Grass min', 5.9c

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

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed, 5 mph SW

Highest gust today, 36 mph SW at 0007 g.m.t

8 oktas As

Vis', 80 km.

[Stargazer]

Early showers cleared soon after sunrise to leave a rather cloudy morning with some bright intervals. Clouded over in the afternoon and has been raining since around 3pm. Current conditions: moderate rain, 10.9 deg C, wind light SW. Today's maximum 15.4, last night's minimum 9.7.

[Bobby]

Throwing it down here for the past few hours, looks like plenty more piling in on the radar too. 20mm since last nights rain.

Cold today, just 12c max. Autumn has definitely arrived.

[TonyH]

Cloudy all day.

Light rain at times last night. Spells of light to moderate rain this evening. Very cool by day. Light to moderate SW breeze.

Min: 8.0c @ 0800

Max: 11.9c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 5.5mm

Rain since 10am today: 3mm

Currently: Light rain.

Temp: 7.7c

RH: 97%

Pressure: 1010mbar, steady.