Christmas Eve, Monday 24th December 2012 - Weather and General Chat

[Coast]

Please put you Christmas eve observations and daily weather chat in here!

[Andy Bown]

A beautiful morning!

Not!

Drizzle and getting slowly cooler at 7.2c after heavy rain earlier.

[Coast]

A beautiful morning!

Not!

Same here Andy!

11.8°C

997.7 mb falling 0.6 mb/hr

Wind 16.5 mph gusting 26.5 mph max W/SW

DP 10.8°C

Humidity 93%

6.0mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 452 ft

Damp and drizzly

[The PIT]

Morning folks. Santa's sledge is stuck in the mud and isnt likely to get moving for some days yet.

A dull mild start temps at 5.7C

Winds light F2 SSW

Rainfall nil

[GulberwickWeather]

Much calmer up here today!

Temp: 3.3C

Dew: 2.4C

Overnight min: 2.7C

Wind: ENE @ 6.2kts

Pressure: 991.2hPa (rising slowly)

Humidity: 94%

Rainfall: 0.8mm

[carinthian]

Good Morning ,

Blilliant sunny morning after a overnight frost. You will be able to see fog in the valley and likely to stay there for most of the day with temperatures reaching only 3c. Higher valleys could reach 13c with hair dryer conditions and 9c at 2000m level.

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[sunny scunny]

Cloudy with rain once again, and a current temp of 7c.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear intervals during the early evening. Cloud thickened steadily from late evening and light rain arrived by 0700, thick hill fog developed around 0500.

Currently overcast and foggy with continuous light-moderate rain.

At 0900;

Temp', 5.0c

24 hr max', 7.5c

24 hr min', 3.4c

Grass min', 0.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 1.0 mm

Mean wind speed, 8 mph SE

Sky obscured by fog

Continuous light rain

Vis', 90 mts.

[Kent Snow]

10.7C, overcast, grey, wind from the S/SW, 1001hPa.

[Bottesford]

About as unfestive as it could get - been raining moderately for hours. Temperature sensor has stopped working but certainly not going out there while its like this to fix it!

[Polar Continental]

Monday 24^th December 2012:

Clouding over after a few clear spells early in the night. Light rain spread in to the area from the south around 06:00 GMT. At observation, continuous light to moderate rain.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 9.5°C

24-hour maximum 9.9°C

24-hour minimum: 5.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 32.8 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 1.7 mm.

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: poor < 1 mile.

Temperature: 6.4°C

Humidity: 98.5%

Dew point 6.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 E

Barometer 996.4 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Moderate to heavy rain cleared away east after midnight. Very mild with the temperature climbing to 12.1c before falling back to 9.5c at observation. Now, Windy with westerly gusts to 33mph. Windy and dry, broken cloud. The day saw bright and sunny spells, though with a good deal of cloud at times, enough to produce a light shower around dusk.

December 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.0c (-1.3c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.4c on the 15th

Minimum temperature: -5.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -10.0c on the 13th

Rainfall 98.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 18.3 mm on the 19th

Maximum wind gust: 34.8 mph E on the 14th.

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 = 956.2 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 30.7mm on the 24th November

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Peter H]

Same here, as predicted by the met office.

It's supposed to brighen up later.

[The PIT]

Another awful day. Light to moderate rain

Temps not moving much 6.2C

Wind F1

Rainfall 3.8mm

[sunny scunny]

yet more heavy rain for the last hour, with lots more to come aswell. Definitely a much wetter day than forecast around here.

[Grimsby Snow Lover]

Well its been raining here for the past 3 hours. Temperature a little over 6 degrees. I cant remember the last time it actually rained over the Christmas period.

[Summer Sun]

An overnight high of 8.6°C here and a low this morning of 5.6°C its now drizzling and the temperature is once again rising now up to 6.3°C

Pressure is 990.7hPa and steady

Wind is very light

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Sunny spells.

Wind: 15mph South.

Temp: 8.5c.

[ARTDEMOLE]

8c.Calm.Cloudy..

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog and moderate rain throughout the morning, the rain becoming lighter after midday and clearing by 1400. Dry for a time but a few moderate showers by early evening and further thick fog.

At 1800;

Temp', 4.0c

Max' today, 5.0c

Min' last night, 3.4c

Grass min', 0.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, 8.2 mm

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed, 12 mph SW

Highest gust today, 16 mph SE at 1108

7 oktas As, Ac, Cu and St

Vis', 200 mts

Shower in past hour.

[TonyH]

Llanwnnen:

Mainly cloudy today. Spells of light rain to early afternoon. Heavy showers mid afternoon. Light to moderate SE to SW breeze.

Min: 6.4c @ 10am

Max: 7.9c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 2.7mm

Rain since 0900 today: 6mm

Currently: 5.6c

RH: 98%

Pressure: 994mbar, rising slowly.

Drove to MIdlands this afternoon, encountered floods in the Leamington Spa area, just passable. Also the Wye and Severn were badly flooded at Ross on Wye and Tewkesbury, both rivers at least half mile wide!

Here at Rugby this evening:

Coudy, recent heavy shower. Local park flooded.

Church Lawford readings today (2 miles from here):

Min: 5c

Max 7c

Rain 24 hours to 1800: 15.6mm

Currently: 7c

Church Lawford was the fourth wettest place in the UK according to weatheronline

[Stargazer]

Very mild again, and wet too, with persistent light to moderate rain from mid morning finally clearing by mid afternoon. More showery rain this evening. Maximum 12.5, minimum 7.4. Wind moderate S.