Thursday 23rd May 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cold clear breezy start to the day with long sunny spells

Temp 4.8C

Wind F3 WNW

Rainfall Nil

[Coast]

8.3°C

1012.4 mb falling 0.2 mb/hr

Wind 11.3 mph gusting 16.0 mph max NW

DP 2.8°C

Humidity 68%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2293 ft

Started out with lovely sunshine, now clouding over

[Mountain Snow]

back to winter today, temp 3.8c, snow down to 500m on the fells.

[marky810]

Any early brightness was quickly replaced by cloud and rain from the north.

Feeling very cold with a significant wind chill for (allegedly) May.

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright, 8C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear, dry and breezy night leading into a sunny start to the morning.

Cloud has increased rapidly since 0600 g.m.t and light rain has arrived from the north in the last few minutes.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 4.6c

24 hr max; 12.2c

24 hr min; 3.0c

Grass min; 0.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 21 mph NW

8 oktas As and Cu

Vis; 25 km.

[Cloudwatcher]

Overcast, windy with sleety rain. Feeling very cold currently 7c.................

[Carl46Wrexham]

Sleety rain. 4.2c

 

Absolutely rank! Vile.

[Cloudwatcher]

We are under a hail shower now, and the wind has whipped up. Temp dropped to 6c. Absolutely horrible conditions at any time of the year....but Late May...?!

[Carl46Wrexham]

Can't shake the feeling it's gonna be another rotten summer. Mediterraenean summers Bill? My Arsenal!

[trickydicky]

Walked across the car park into work and thought 'that winds icy', I'm sure you're not meant to think that on 23rd May. Fresh snow as low as Glenmore (300m or so) in the Cairngorms apparantly.

[Cloudwatcher]

Can't shake the feeling it's gonna be another rotten summer. Mediterraenean summers Bill? My Arsenal!

 

Pessimistic maybe, but my gut feeling is that it's going to be worse than last years. Wouldn't be surprised if we don't top 18-20c in June on current form. Wind has eased now and drier but still unseasonally cold. 9c

[laserguy]

Beautiful morning - wet,windy and wild and redolent of the best that March could offer. I love this global warming - long may it continue.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 23rd May 2013:

 

Clear overnight with a continued force 4 west to NW wind. Low 4.9c. The morning began sunny, but high and mid level cloud quickly spread in from the north-west. At observation overcast with a light shower. Feeling cold in the brisk NW wind.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.5°C

24-hour maximum 13.1°C

24-hour minimum: 4.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.2 mph NW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

8 Oktas: Altostratus, Cumulus congestus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 7.4°C

Humidity: 73%

Dew point 2.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 NW

Barometer 1015mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Cloudy and dry overnight. No change this morning. Another mostly cloudy and cool day followed with just a few brief glimpse of the sun. The early evening saw brighter skies spread in from the NW with some evening sunshine.

 

May so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.7c  (-0.7c) 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 53.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.9mm on the 14th.

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 229.1 mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.9.mm on the 14th May.

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

[Skeggy Winter Storm]

Beautiful morning - wet,windy and wild and redolent of the best that March could offer. I love this global warming - long may it continue.

I for one hope it dont continue am walking outside and theres def a wind chill (in late may ??) feels more like early march horrible weather need some warmth asap

[Terminal Moraine]

10 minutes of sleet this morning between 0820 and 0830 as a shower passed through and the temp' fell to 3.0c. This is the latest date for sleet or snow falling here since June 1975.

Current temp' is 4.2c after a recent shower of rain and small hail.

[reef]

Currently clear and sunny here in Lanzarote at 22.4c and 54% humidity. Min temp last night was 15.1c.

Meanwhile at home its 10.8c after a min of 3.8c. I picked a good week to go away!

[skifreak]

CairnGorm Summit AWS at 1pm: Storm Force 10 North Westerly at 63 gusting 78mph with an air temperature of -3.5°c. Wind Chill on the mean speed around -25°c!

[marky810]

Heavy showers and brief sunny intervals with a chilly northerly.

Well below average for May 1971-2000 but probably an above average late May day for the 2011-2040 period!

[Harve]

10 minutes of sleet this morning between 0820 and 0830 as a shower passed through and the temp' fell to 3.0c. This is the latest date for sleet or snow falling here since June 1975.

Current temp' is 4.2c after a recent shower of rain and small hail.

Leek Thorncliffe reported a temperature of 2.0c at 14:00.

[Harve]

Snow now seems to be settling at Flash, Staffordshire/Derbyshire border, though I imagine accumulations will be very temporary.

http://www.flashbarstores.co.uk/

[The PIT]

After a sunny start cloud soon rolled in with light rain. This later gave way to showers of hail and Sunny Spells

Max temp 10.4C

Wind F4 WNW

Rainfall 3.4mm

[Polar Maritime]

Not got my weather station up as relocating soon, but there have been a few sharp showers here this afternoon with sleet/hail/ and the odd snowflake mixed in at times on a biting North wind . Temp currently 5.8c. 

[Kent Snow]

8.2C, few cumulus, cumulonimbus to the north, wind from the NW, 1012hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals and showers of sleet, hail and rain this afternoon. The heaviest shower, between 1450 and 1515 g.m.t saw the temperature temporarily fall to 2.6c.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 4.5c

Max' today; 8.7c

Min' last night; 3.0c

Grass min; 0.6c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 2.2 mm

Sunshine today so far; 5.29 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph NW

Highest gust today; 44 mph NW at 1230 g.m.t

7 oktas Cb, Cu and Ac

Light rain shower

Vis; over 80 km.