Wednesday 8th May 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy mild start to the day but once again dry containing the long spell of 40 days plus with little or no rain.

Temp 9.9C

Wind F1 SE

Rainfall the normal nil

[johnholmes]

a cloudy dry calm start with a low of 9.7C

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy night with light rain moving in towards the early hours, feeling much cooler than of late. An overnight low of 8.9c.

 

Currently, overcast with light rain with some moderate burst's.

 

Temp 10c

Dp 8.2c

Wind Chill 9.4c, E/S/E 6mph

[Coast]

12.5°C

1006.8 mb steady

Wind 7.8 mph gusting 11.7 mph max NW

DP 11.1°C

Humidity 91%

9.0 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 589ft

 

Dark and overcast, heavy rain first thing

[Summer Sun]

24 hours ago wall to wall sunshine today cloudy with light rain

[Cloudwatcher]

Gorgeous day yesterday, today back down to Earth with a crash! Overcast and windy, but feeling mild. Rain earlier now cleared.

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 15C...

[Terminal Moraine]

The first hill fog of the month this morning!

A dry and cloudy night with intermittent rain arriving from the south west by 0430 g.m.t.

Currently; thick fog with continuous light rain and drizzle.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.8c

24 hr max; 19.9c

24 hr min; 9.0c

Grass min; 7.2c

Rainfall from in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 1.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 14 mph SE

Sky obcured by fog

Vis; 100 mts.

[Polar Maritime]

The first hill fog of the month this morning!

A dry and cloudy night with intermittent rain arriving from the south west by 0430 g.m.t.

Currently; thick fog with continuous light rain and drizzle.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.8c

24 hr max; 19.9c

24 hr min; 9.0c

Grass min; 7.2c

Rainfall from in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 1.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 14 mph SE

Sky obcured by fog

Vis; 100 mts.

Yes TM, thick fog rolled in here around an hour ago, dull with heavy drizzle now. 

Edited May 8, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Methuselah]

It's raining...

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 08th May 2013:

 

Cloudy and mild overnight. The morning so far has been overcast with a little intermittent light rain and drizzle.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 22.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight  11.9°C

24-hour maximum 22.4°C

24-hour minimum: 11.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 10.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 24.0 mph SE

Rainfall total: 0.7mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

8 Oktas: Stratus.

Visibility: poor about 1 mile.

Temperature: 12.6°C

Humidity: 94.0%

Dew point  11.7°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 SE

Barometer 1002.6mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Fine and clear overnight. Sunny to observation, warming up rapidly. The remained dry with warm sunny spells, though more cloud built up by afternoon hiding the sun at times. The evening turned cloudy.

 

May so far:

 

Mean temperature: 11.0c  (-0.4c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 22.4 on the 7th

Minimum temperature: -1.2c on the 1st

Grass Minimum:  -4.2c on the 1st

Rainfall 4.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 3.3mm on the 4th.

Maximum wind gust: 26.0 mph WSW on the 4th.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 22.4c on the 7th May.

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th March.

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 180.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3.mm on the 15th March.

Maximum wind gust: 43.5 mph WSW on the 30th Jan

[Kent Snow]

17.1C, scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1006hPa.

[Methuselah]

Dry with good sunny spells, about 3 spots of rain so far, 20C...

[The PIT]

A few light showers early this morning then dry but mostly cloudy with an increasing breeze

Max Temp 17.4C

Wind F3 WSW

Rainfall 0.8mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Light rain or light-moderate drizzle, accompanied by thick hill fog, until around 0945 g.m.t. It became dry by 1030 g.m.t and the afternoon was dry with sunny intervals; light showers arrived from the west after 1730 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 10.6c

Max' today; 15.6c

Min' last night; 9.0c

Grass min; 7.2c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.9 mm

Sunshine today; 0.922 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph SW

Highest gust today; 40 mph SW at 1232 g.m.t

8 oktas As, Ns and Cu

Light showers

Vis; 25 km.

[Polar Maritime]

The fog this morning cleared around mid morning, leaving the heavy drizzle/light rain to clear before lunch. The afternoon was pleasant with sunny intervals and light winds. A high today of 14.8c.

 

Currently,  Clear spells with patchy cloud.

 

Temp 8.9c

Dp 5.8c

Wind Chill 7.2c, S/S/W 8mph

Rain 0.7mm

[TonyH]

Mainly light rain and drizzle at times from the early hours to mid morning.

Mainly cloudy, bright intervals to 1600, a few light showers, sunny spells after 1600. Fresh SE to SSW wind, strong gusts.

Very mild early last night, mild all night, rather cool by day though.

 

Min: 10.7c @ 10am

Max: 13.7c @ 1700 (although it was above 15c early hours)

Rain yesterday: 3.0mm

Rain since10am today: 0.2mm

 

Currently: Clear spells, rather windy.

Temp: 7.5c

RH: 84%

Pressure: 1007mbar, steady

Edited May 8, 2013 by TonyH

[reef]

Mostly cloudy today with a few bright spells during the afternoon. It then turned overcast in the evening with a single moderate shower passing over, the first rain this month. Rather warm again with the maximum more akin to mid-June.

 

Max Temp: 18.9C

Min Temp: 7.9C

Min Humidity: 59%

Mean Wind: 10mph S

Max Gust: 22mph

Sunshine: 0.6hrs

Rainfall: 0.4mm

 

Currently mostly cloudy but dry with a temp of 11.0C. Much milder than previous nights at this point.