Thursday 9th May 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Mostly clear skies and cool but once again dry start

Temp 5.7C

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall since midnight nil

[Polar Maritime]

A dry clear night with patchy cloud, an overnight low of 4.1c

 

Currently, The morning started clear and sunny but cloud starting to build from the South over TM's area.

 

Temp 4.6c

Dp 3.1c

Wind Chill 1.8c, South 7 mph

[johnholmes]

cloudless with a bit of a breeze developing, low of 6.4C

[Coast]

10.4°C

1011.4 mb steady

Wind 12.3 mph gusting 19.3 mph max SW

DP 6.7°C

Humidity 78%

2.0 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1514 ft

 

A bright and sunny start with some cloud already moving in

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night but cloud increasing from the south west by 0430 g.m.t.

Currently dry with one or two brief sunny intervals and an increasing S breeze.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 7.6c

24 hr max; 15.6c

24 hr min; 3.6c

Grass min; 0.1c

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

Mean wind speed; 22 mph S

7 oktas Ac, Cu and Sc

Vis; 80 km.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 13C...Still waiting for rain!

[Cloudwatcher]

Bright start but horrible out there now, with a gusty south-westerly wind and intermittent squally showers. Currently dry and 13c but feeling colder in this wind!

[Tamara]

There is no doubt that it is going to be very windy and with gales around western and south westernmost coasts especially, but reading the regional forecast here from the METO the talk of severe gales around the south and south east coast looks exaggerated to me. These look only likely in small pockets in the channel itself

 

 

The windspeed gusts indicated on their website always seem to be overdone to the reality. On this occasion I'm struggling to see 60mph + gusts materialising away from those western coasts.

 

The METO advisory area looks too large for windspeeds

 

None of the models suggest much more than a strong to gale force wind with gusts maybe towards 50mph, and whilst this is blustery, it is hardly disruptive, and the descriptions of 'squally' winds and possibly thundery showers looks OTT when the models suggest that rainfall further east and south east actually looks relatively patchy with only a short period of heavier rain giving less than 5mm in most places 

 

 

 

 

Or am i missing something?

[Methuselah]

Another fine and sunny day, today; 15C but a wee bit breezy...

[Kent Snow]

14.4C, scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1011hPa.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 09th May 2013:

 

Clear spells overnight, though with enough of a SW wind to prevent the temperature falling below 5.7c. Bright and sunny spells to observation, cloud increasing, windy.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 18.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight  5.6°C

24-hour maximum 18.6°C

24-hour minimum: 5.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 3.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 22.0 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.4mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

6 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris, congestus.

Visibility: good about 10 miles.

Temperature: 12.0°C

Humidity: 69.3%

Dew point  6.6°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 5-6 S

Barometer 1002.8mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Cloudy and mild overnight. The morning so far has been overcast with a little intermittent light rain and drizzle. The light rain and drizzle died out by late morning with some brighter spells. The afternoon saw a few sunny spells, though with showers scattered around the area. A clearance reached the area towards mid evening. 

[CongletonHeat]

Been raining for the last 4 hours, quite heavy recently.

[The PIT]

A pleasant day until just around two O'clock then light rain and an increasing breeze.

Max Temp 12.9C now 8.9C

Wind F4 SW

Rainfall 2.2 mm the heaviest of the month.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Current data for WH1081
09 May 2013 17:50:55

Temperature (°C):
Current          9.6
Trend (per hour) -0.4
Average today    8.7
Wind chill       9.0
Heat Index       9.6
Dew Point        8.5
Rel Humidity     93%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust     14.8 NE
Average Speed    6.1 E

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate     0.0
Last hour        0.6
Total today      1.5
Total yesterday  6.6
Total this month 8.4
Total this year  44.4

Pressure (hPa):
Current          998.3
Trend (per hour) -0.5

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals this morning but also a few brief light-moderate showers. The afternoon was cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain at first giving way to a period of continuous light-moderate rain from around 1400 g.m.t. A windy day with the mean speed getting very close to gale force during the late morning and early afternoon.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 7.6c

Max' today; 11.1c

Min' last night; 3/6c

Grass min; 0.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 5.6mm

Sunshine today; 1.05 hrs

Mean wind speed; 29 mph S/SW

Highest gust today; 55 mph S at 1406 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns and St fractus

Continuous light rain

Vis; 8 km.

[Stargazer]

Dry most of the day with sunny intervals, then cloudy with showery rain from mid-afternoon.  Windy.  Maximum 16.4, minimum 5.8.  Wind fresh S.

[TonyH]

Occasional showers last night and to 10am, a little hail, also a few early sunny intervals.

Mostly cloudy/ dull today, periods of rain, heavy at times 10-1600. Fresh to strong southerly wind, severe gale force gusts late morning/ early afternoon. A few late sunny intervals.

 

Min: 6.3c @ 0400

Max: 11.8c @ 1600

Rain yesterday: 2.3mm

Rain since 10am today: 12mm

 

Currently: Clear intervals, less windy.

Temp: 9c

RH: 82%

Pressure: 1003mbar, rising.