Tuesday 16th October 2012 - Weather And General Chat

[The PIT]

Not a cold start to the day with temps just above normal. Cloudy and breezy.

Temp 7.6C

Wind f3 SW

Rainfall since midnight 5mm

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 8.8 °C

Windchill 8 °C

Dew Point 6.8 °C

Wind

Wind Speed (avg) 3.0 mph

Wind Speed (gust) 8.0 mph

Wind Bearing 159° SSE

Conditions

Pressure 995.87 mb (Rising 0.41 mb/hr)

Clouds Clear

Moisture

Humidity 87%

Rainfall 1 mm

[Coast]

12.3°C

998.8 mb rising 1.0 mb/hr

Wind 14.7 mph gusting 28.3 mph max (45.0 mph max overnight) W

DP 6.8°C

Humidity 69%

2.2mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2278ft

Windy overnight with some broken branches on country roads

[Methuselah]

Dry, cloudy and windy, 9C...

[fUnKy]

Plymouth sound looks clear.. get some washing out before the next lot roll in. Was pretty horrible (in a nice wet and windy way) yesterday evening.

[Gibby]

Bright and breezy this morning, though we've already had an odd shower. 9 C currently in a brisk West wind.

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

[Terminal Moraine]

A period of moderate rain, accompanied by thick hill fog, overnight. The bulk of the rain cleared to the north by 0500 g.m.t and since then there have been just a few drizzly showers.

At 0900 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.6c

24 hr max', 10.3c

24 h min', 4.6c

Overnight min', 5.9c

Grass min', 3.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 9.9 mm

Mean wind speed, 23 mph SW

8 oktas St

Intermittent light drizzle

Vis', 50 km.

[sunsetter]

a brief light shower before dawn but it is now sunny and clear with a fresh westerly drying things up nicely

temp 11.3°C

pressure 1000.8mb

RH 77%

dewpoint 7.4°C

wind 5mph W gusting 21.8mph

rain 0.5mm

cloudbase 1590ft

outlook fairly fine possible showers

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 16th October 2012:

Further rain overnight with a gusty westerly wind. A clearance arrived around dawn, so a bright and blustery start with a few light showers scattered around.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 8.1°C

24-hour maximum 12.1°C

24-hour minimum: 6.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 5.6c°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.1mph SSW

Rainfall total: 7.8mm.

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.5°C

Humidity: 84.1%

Dew point 7.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 6 WSW

Barometer 995.7 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Variable cloud overnight, low 2.0c with –1.6c on the grass, this makes the 9^th ground frost this season. Cloudy to start this morning, though turning bright and sunny by observation. Sunny spells through the morning though with a good deal of cloud at times. The afternoon saw the cloud become sufficiently thick enough to produce prolonged light to moderate showers. These continued in to the early evening.

October 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 9.3c (-0.9c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 15.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -0.6c on the 14th

Grass Minimum: -3.5c on the 14th

Rainfall 38.6mm

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 4^th Feb

Rainfall = 721.4 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 20.4mm on the 28th June

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[marky810]

A foul morning so far, stop start rain and a strong westerly bringing down many leaves and small branches.

[Andy Bown]

Mostly sunny with a few fast moving light/sharp showers as large Cumulus form over the Bristol Channel and race ESE.

A gusty wind, 12.3c and humidity at 84%.

[Kent Snow]

11.8C. few cumulus, wind from the SW, 1004hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

Apart from a few brief, light showers around midday it was a dry and breezy/ windy day with sunny intervals during the morning and sunny periods from mid-afternoon.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.3c

Max' today, 10.0c

Min' last night, 5.9c

Grass min', 3.9c

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

Sunshine today, 2.88 hrs

Mean wind speed, 12 mph W

Highest gust today, 50 mph W at 0943 g.m.t

1 okta Ci

Vis', over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals last night, a few brief light showers, strong wind later.

Sunny periods today, dry, fresh to strong SW wind.

Min: 6.3c @ 0200

Max: 12.7c @ 1600

Rain yesterday: 10.3mm

Dry so far today

Currently: Clouding over, clear intervals.

Temp: 5.6c

RH: 87%

Pressure: 1000mbar, falling slowly.

Edited October 16, 2012 by TonyH