Friday 28th December 2012 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Morning folks yet another wet mild start to the day.

Temp 5.3C

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 6mm

[Methuselah]

Morning peeps...

It's dull. It's damp. It's a boring 6^oC...

[Coast]

10.0°C

1015.3 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 11.5 mph gusting 14.1 mph max S/SW

DP 9.2°C

Humidity 95%

5.6mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 315 ft

Dark and dingy

[sunsetter]

09.00GMT

Corfe Mullen Lat.50.773 Long -2.023 ASL 160ft

Observations since midnight:

Current conditions :steady light rain, relatively mild and a light westerly wind

current temp.............................10.6°C

feels like.....................................10.6°C

temp trend .................................+0.3°C/hr

min temp ....................................7.2°C

max temp....................................10.6°C

pressure....................................1016.9mb

pressure trend..........................+0.6 mb/hr

max pressure...........................1020.7 mb

min pressure............................1016.1 mb

humidity.....................................95%

dewpoint ...................................9.8°C

wind........................................... 4.3mph W

gust.............................................11.2 mph W

rain..............................................6.2 mm

rain this month.........................130.2mm

cloud cover...............................100%

cloud base................................314ft

visibility.....................................4 miles

[johnholmes]

cloudy with a breeze from the south, rain overnight after a touch of ground frost at midnight and a low of 2.5C, now on 6.6C

[Kent Snow]

8.1C, slight rain, overcast, grey, wind from the S, 1019hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

The early evening drizzle yesterday soon cleared and the rest of the evening was dry with clear intervals and increasing high cloud. Rain arrived during the early morning, around 0300, and became moderate at times and accompanied by thick hill fog.

The continuous rain cleared to the east by 0730 and was followed by persistent drizzle and thick fog.

At 0900;

Temp', 5.3c

24 hr max', 5.5c

24 hr min', 2.0c

Grass min', -0.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 6.8 mm

Mean wind speed, 19 mph S

Sky obscured by fog

Continuous light-moderate drizzle

Vis', 90 mts.

[The PIT]

Yet another miserable day

Now dull with drizzle at times.

Temp 8.6C

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 6.4mm

[Polar Continental]

Friday 28^th December 2012:

A few clear spells around mid to late evening allowed the temperature fall to –0.5c on the grass. Turning cloudy after midnight with more rain arriving from the SW through the early hours, moderate at times. The morning to observation has seen the rain die out, currently cloudy, wet underfoot.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 6.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 3.1°C

24-hour maximum 7.4°C

24-hour minimum: 3.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 14.5 mph WSW

Rainfall total: 11.8 mm.

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratus.

Visibility: moderate about 5 miles.

Temperature: 7.4°C

Humidity: 97.1%

Dew point 7.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 S

Barometer 1012.9 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Staying cloudy overnight, damp underfoot. Moderate rain set in around 07:30 GMT. At observation, continuous moderate to heavy rain. The rain continued for a short while after observation, though soon became lighter. The afternoon saw a few brighter spells and the odd shower.

December 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.4c (-0.9c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.1c on the 22nd

Minimum temperature: -5.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -10.0c on the 13th

Rainfall 128.4 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 = 985.7 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 30.7mm on the 24th November

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Bobby]

A right charming day today

Temperature: 11c

Rain: Persistent drizzle/light rain, 13mm rain since last night

Wind: Gusty westerly wind

Cloud: Thick, dark stratus will hill fog

[Summer Sun]

After a wet and windy start things have improved during the day the wind is now much light and the rain has passed through

A mild afternoon at 10.5°C

Pressure is 1002.9hPa and steady

EDIT

Brighter spells now starting to appear as the cloud clears from the south west

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Cloudy with showers.

Wind: 36mph gusting to 47mph.

Temp: 10c.

[Mark Neal.]

Weather- Cloudy, Light Showers Temp- 10.9c Wind- 19mph Gusting; 35mph Rainfall total- 3.4mm

[mistyqueen]

Blowin' a real hooley up here! Current temp is 11 degrees, last gust recorded was 53.6 mph and our power has just come back on. Not for long methinks!

[TonyH]

Llanwnnen

Periods of rain, some heavy last night.

Cloudy, mild and quite windy (SSW) with light rain and drizzle at times.

Noon pressure: 1012mbar, falling slowly.

Min: 2.8c yesterday evening

Max: 10.4c so far

Rain yesterday: 10mm

Rugby:

Light rain and drizzle at times late night to early morning. Cloudy and mild, moderate SSW breeze. Spots of drizzle at times.

Rain yesterday: 4.4mm

Church Lawford MO readings:

Min: 4c

Max: 11c so far

[Summer Sun]

Its looking like an early spring night tonight rather than a winter one with and overnight low of 10c forecast

Currently

Cloudy, mild and dry 10.0°C

[The PIT]

A miserable day but at least the drizzle has stopped. Winds increasing as are the temps.

Temp 10.9C

Wind F5 SW

Rainfall 7.2mm since midnight

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog all morning, clearing by 1230 but remaining cloudy throughout the afternoon. Intermittent light rain or moderate drizzle all day with an increasing S/SW wind by early evening.

At 1800;

Temp', 9.0c

Max' today, 9.0c

Min' last night, 2.0c

Grass min', -0.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, 1.6 mm

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed, 32 mph S/SW

Highest gust today, 41 mph SW at 1727

8 oktas Ac, Cu and St

Intermittent light rain

Vis', 55 km.

[damianslaw]

A dank, dark, dreary, dull, dismal December day. We've had many such days inbetween christmas and new year in years gone by, notably in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and last year, indeed the current spell of weather is almost a carbon copy of the mild murky mesh of last december, very unseasonal it has to be said... how I long for the conditions of 3 and 4 years ago.. 2010 cold spell incidentally ended on the 28th Dec.

2012 looks like ending on a very dissapointing note with further wet dull weather. Lets hope 2013 brings less depressing fayre.. since April in the main it has been a preety woeful year weatherwise, with far too many wet days..

[Peter H]

My mum tells me the 28th December 1955 (the day I was born) was cold here with lying snow.

Not so today. Positively mild with patches of drizzle.

The worst possible weather for winter, in my opinion.

I detest winters like this. Even my grass needs cut.

[Summer Sun]

Turning rather windy now pressure is down to 998.9hPa temperature is 10.8°C

[Peter H]

Current conditions in Jordanstown Co. Antrim:

Tempt 13.2C

Weather: Patchy light rain/drizzle.

It can't get much worse than this.

[TonyH]

Windy but very mild this evening.

Max back home 10.7c @ 1900

Currently 11c here in Warwickshire.