Wednesday 9th January 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cooler start than of late but not a cold one despite what Carol K says

Temp 3.1C

Wind f1 Variable

Rainfall nil

[Aaron]

Clear, ground frost, 1.4C

Low 0.7C, recent breeze has picked temperature up

[Ninman]

Clear, 1.6c with a very light breeze. A lot cooler than yesterday morning.

[Jan]

Morning all, I could feel the difference in temp when I got up definitely chilly. Clear skies and 1.4c here

[johnholmes]

clear skies and no wind, brilliant sliver of moon showing, a low of 2.4C currently, so I assume a touch of ground frost on cars etc?

[Methuselah]

Dry, cloudy and damp, 7.8C...

[Coast]

9.9°C

1020,4 mb rising 0,2 mb/hr

Wind 2,3 mph gusting 14,4 mph max W/NW

DP 8.9°C

Humidity 93%

4.2mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 445 ft

Damp and drizzly

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 09th January 2013:

Light rain cleared away after midnight followed by a clearing sky and a sharp fall in temperature. Low -0.2c with –5.3c on the grass, producing a widespread slight frost. At observation, sunny, frost.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight: -0.2°C

24-hour maximum 10.5°C

24-hour minimum: -0.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -5.3°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 13.9 mph S

Rainfall total: 3.5 mm.

Current Conditions:

0 Oktas: Clear.

Visibility: poor about 2 miles..

Temperature: 0.1°C

Humidity: 98.0%

Dew point –0.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 1-2 NW

Barometer 1023.7 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Another very mild and cloudy night, dry. No change so far this morning. Remaining overcast through the day. Light rain set in from the west around 15:00 GMT, continuing in to the evening. Very mild.

January 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 7.7c (+4.0c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.5c on the 3rd

Minimum temperature: -0.2c on the 9th

Grass Minimum: -5.3c on the 9th

Rainfall 3.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 3.5mm on the 8th

Maximum wind gust: 24.2 mph W on the 1st.

2013 so far:

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Clear and sunny.

Wind: 14mph South West.

Temp: 8c.

[ARTDEMOLE]

7.7c. Calm. Sunny.

[Summer Sun]

Wall to wall sunshine no wind

A relatively mild 7.6°C

A high of 7.9°C between 13:58 and 14:08

[Mark Neal.]

Clear Skies here and temperature is at 8.4c. Light breeze too :-)

[Kent Snow]

7.2C, broken cumulus, grey, wind light, 1020hPa.

[Stargazer]

Grey start with light drizzle soon clearing. Dry thereafter with sunny spells from late morning. Still mild today, but the temperature has been dropping this evening. Currently clear, 4.7 deg C, wind light W. Today's maximum 10.9, last night's minimum 9.2.

[The PIT]

Pleasant Sunny day with temperatures just above normal.

Max Temp 7.2C

Wind F1 NNW

Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly sunny day apart from an hour or so of thick fog between 0930 and 1030.

At 1800:

Temp'; 1.5c

Max' today; 4.5c

Min' last night; 1.5c ( Min' during the fog was 0.6c )

Grass min; -2.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.2mm

Rainfall from 0900-1800, nil

Sunshine today, 5.32 hrs

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

Highest gust today, 24 mph NW at 1706

4 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis', 50 km.

[TonyH]

Clear periods to frost and thick fog last night.

Thick fog much of the morning, then a sunny afternoon. Little wind.

Clear and frosty this evening.

Min: -1.0c @ 0900

Max: 5.9c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 5.2mm

Dry today

Currently: -2.7c

Pressure: 1019mbar, falling slowly.

[Chris W]

The fog out of town around Chester tonight is very thick and visibility is down to 10-20m in places. Otherwise a foggy start this morning, less so than now with ice, then a cold day with a relatively fog-free if overcast afternoon in Birchwood.