Friday 12th Of October General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A mild breezy start.

Temp 10.2C

rainfall since midnight 9.2mm

wind f3 wsw

[Gibby]

A fine and sunny start to the day here in the West Country, though showers are banking up on the western horizon-not a good sign. Currently 8C with a moderate WNW breeze.

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

[johnholmes]

dry, breezy and fairly cloudy after a lot of rain last evening and into the early hours,19.4mm even in my very sheltered rainguage, a mild night as well with a double digit low of 10.3C

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with a spell of heavy rain around, and shortly after, midnight. This after light-moderate rain and drizzle during yesterday evening but with the heaviest rain always sitting on the western side of the Peak.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 7.3c

24 hr max', 11.3c

24 hr min', 6.9c

Overnight min', 7.2c

Grass min', 7.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 16.8 mm

Mean wind speed, 20 mph W

7 oktas St, Cu and Ac

Light, drizzly showers

Vis', 20 km.

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 9.6 °C

Windchill 9.6 °C

Dew Point 7 °C

Wind

Wind Speed (avg) 3.0 mph

Wind Speed (gust) 6.7 mph

Wind Bearing 222° SW

Conditions

Pressure 1004.41 mb (Rising Rapidly 1.06 mb/hr)

Clouds Few Scattered (Cloudbase 1063 ft)

Moisture

Humidity 84%

Rainfall 0.0mm

Overcast and damp first thing but starting to clear a bit now still cloudy and feels cooler.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 12th October 2012:

Moderate rain last evening cleared around 00:30 GMT. After a cloudy and damp and mild start, clearer and cooler conditions moved in from the west around 08:30 GMT.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 8.8°C

24-hour maximum 13.3°C

24-hour minimum: 8.8°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 6.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.4 ENE

Rainfall total: 17.2 mm.

Current Conditions:

5 Oktas: stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.8°C

Humidity: 86.4%

Dew point 6.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 W

Barometer 1004.9 mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

Dry and mostly cloudy overnight. Little change through the morning to observation. Cloudy through the day with a few spots of light rain commencing around 15:00 GMT. The rain amounted to very little by nightfall, but turned moderate and continuous my mid evening.

October 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 9.8c (-0.4c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 15.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: 2.8c on the 7th

Grass Minimum: -1.0c on the 9th

Rainfall 30.8mm

Wettest 24 hours 17.2mm on the 11th

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 = 713.6 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Andy Bown]

Finally a bright and sunny day, scattered Cumulus and some CBs to the NW as showers move in from the Bristol Channel, these are decaying before reaching this far inland just leaving some Cirrus like anvil remains.

11.3c, 79% humidity, fresh WSW breeze.

[The PIT]

A pleasant breezy day with near normal temps.

Temp max so far 12C

Rainfall Nil

Wind WNW F3

[Terminal Moraine]

A few drizzly showers early this morning but brightening up by 0900 g.m.t and then the rest of the day was dry and breezy with sunny periods.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.0c

Max' today, 11.1c

Min' last night, 7.2c

Grass min', 7.0c

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

Sunshine today, 5.02 hrs

Mean wind speed, 10 mph W

Highest gust today, 43 mph W at 0953 g.m.t

1 okta Cu humilis

Vis', over 80 km.

[reef]

Overcast, wet and windy overnight with a short spell of heavy rain around midnight which deposited 4.6mm in a couple of hours. It was then mostly cloudy but dry until mid-morning when it became sunny with long clear spells. Rather mild overnight, but slightly below average temperatures during the day, feeling cool in the wind.

Max Temp: 13.4C

Min Last Night: 11.1C

Mean Wind: 12mph W

Max Gust: 26mph

Rainfall: 4.6mm

Currently clear and breezy with a Temp of 9.4C.

[Stargazer]

Dry with sunny spells, feeling cool in the wind. Current conditions: scattered cloud, 8.5 deg C, wind light S. Today's maximum 13.8, last night's minimum 9.5.

[Kent Snow]

8.5C, few cumulus, mostly clear, wind from the SW, 1009hPa.

[TonyH]

Spells of light rain early last night, then clear spells.

Sunny spells and mainly dry today, just a few briefest of slight showers. Cool with a moderate to fresh west to SW breeze.

Min: 5.0c @ 0800

Max: 12.7c @ 1430

Rain yesterday: 24.5mm

Rain since 10am today: Below 0.3mm

Currently: Clear periods, close to a frost, possibly misty (not there atm)

Temp: 2c

RH: 96%

Pressure: 1006mbar, steady.

Here in west Carmarthenshire some very heavy showers late afternoon/ early evening, turned cold and misty this evening.

Edited October 12, 2012 by TonyH