Sunday May 12th 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Terminal Moraine]

Occasional showers continued until around midnight, accompanied by gusty winds at times with a maximum gust of 46 mph at 0158 g.m.t. The rest of the night was cloudy with one or two more very brief and light showers and the wind decreasing a little.

Currently dry with sunny intervals.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.1c

24 hr max; 9.0c

24 hr min; 3.6c

Grass min; 2.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 6.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph W

6 oktas Ci, Cu and Sc

Vis; 65 km.

[Methuselah]

Dry and mostly cloudy, 10C.

[Coast]

11.4°C

1016.1 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 7.6 mph gusting 14.8 mph max W/NW

DP 4.6°C

Humidity 63%

1.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2899ft

 

Bright and sunny!

[johnholmes]

dry and bright with 6/8 Ci and patchy Ac with bits of shallow Cu beneath, a low of 7.4C

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 12th May 2013:

 

Clear spells and the odd light shower overnight. Breezy. The morning so far has been bright and dry with hazy sunny spells and variable cloud.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight  5.6°C

24-hour maximum 11.8°C

24-hour minimum: 5.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 28.9 mph W

Rainfall total: 5.3mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

5 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: good about 10 miles.

Temperature: 10.6°C

Humidity: 76.1%

Dew point  6.6°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 W

Barometer 1016mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Showers cleared away last evening leaving variable cloud overnight, low 4.7c with –0.1c on the grass, so a touch of ground frost detected. After a bright start cloud increased rapidly producing a light shower. At observation, overcast, feeling cool. A mostly cloudy and cold morning followed with a few showery bursts of moderate rain. The afternoon gradually turned brighter with some brief sunny spells, heavy thundery showers with hail soon developed in the area giving the odd rumble of thunder. Cool.

 

May so far:

 

Mean temperature: 11.1c  (-0.3c) 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 16.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours 5.3mm on the 11th.

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 192.4 mm

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

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

[marky810]

Cloudy but dry so far with a light/moderate westerly.

Temp is a whopping 9.9c.

[Oakwell]

Cloudy bit of a breeze 9.5C

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright, 13C.

[Kent Snow]

14.1C, Scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the W, 1016hPa.

[The PIT]

Mostly cloudy very light rain has moved into area around 12:00

Cool at 10.6C

Wind F4 SW

Rainfall trace

[Wynn D Woo]

Pouring with rain and cold, BBC forecast for the weekend yet again a load of rubbish, one day I will learn not to bother with it!

11C

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals during the first half of the morning but cloudy from about 0945, though remaining dry until midday. Intermittent light rain arrived from the west shortly after midday and became more persistent and moderate at times during mid-afternoon before diminishing to intermittent light rain and drizzle by early evening.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 9.4c

24 hr max; 9.4c

24 hr min; 3.8c

Grass min; 2.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 3.0 mm

Sunshine today; 1.23 hrs

Mean wind speed; 13 mph SW/W

Highest gust today; 46 mph W at 0158 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns and St fractus

Intermittent light rain

Vis; 6 km.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals last night.

Bright start then cloudy with light rain and drizzle on and off to evening. Cool with a moderate to fresh SSW wind.

 

 

Min: 3.6c @ 0530

Max: 11.7c @ 1700

Rain yesterday: 2.2mm

Rain since 10am today: 4mm

 

Currently: Cloudy

Temp: 10c

RH: 93%

Pressure: 1013mbar, rising slowly

 

And Saturday: