Friday 24th May 2013 - Weather and Genreal Chat

[The PIT]

A dry cold Breezy start with patchy cloud and sunny spells. Light Showers to North should soon reach us though.

Temp 5.2C

Wind F4 WNW

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start, with a stiff breeze.

 

Temp 7.8c

[Coast]

6.4°C

1008.6 mb falling 0.2 mb/hr

Wind 9.8 mph gusting 15.3 mph max NW

DP 2.8°C

Humidity 78%

1.0 mm rain ;last 24 hours

Cloud base 1466 ft

Still no better as we head towards June

[Methuselah]

Cold and wet, 6C.

[Cloudwatcher]

Same old. Grey, overcast and blustery. No rain. 6c. Horrible.

[marky810]

Cloudy with heavy showers and feeling cold.

Looking very autumnal too with many leaves and small branches stripped from trees in an almost gale force northerly.

[laserguy]

Cloudy with heavy showers and feeling cold.

Looking very autumnal too with many leaves and small branches stripped from trees in an almost gale force northerly.

 

Yep same here, another truly gorgeous morning. Botte will never let me live this down but I actually fired up the radiators so that the missus and kid won't wake up to a cold gaffe, sensitive souls that they are.

[Radiating Dendrite]

4.8c with light rain when I left for work at 7am this morning.

I thought it was January! Christmas day was 8c warmer!

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and windy night with a little light rain during the early hours.

A few very brief sunny intervals to start the morning but cloud has increased and thickened since 0600 g.m.t and there have been a few light showers in the past hour.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 4.6c

24 hr max; 8.7c

24 hr min; 2.6c

Overnight min; 2.8c

Grass min; 2.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 2.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 23 mph NW, gusting to 51 mph

8 oktas Cu and St fractus

Light showers

Vis; 20 km.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 24th May 2013:

 

Variable cloud overnight with the odd light shower and a continued force 3-4 NW wind. The morning has been overcast with the north wind increasing force 5-6. At observation, feeling cold with light rain, windy.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.6°C

24-hour maximum 11.5°C

24-hour minimum: 4.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 3.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.2 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 0.8mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: moderate to good around 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 7.6°C

Humidity: 81.5%

Dew point 4.6°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 5-6 NNW

Barometer 1007.8mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

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. Staying cloudy through the morning with the odd spit of rain. The afternoon saw brighter conditions with sunny spells spread in from the NW, though showers quickly followed with heavy ones locally with hail, though this station only saw a few light and blustery showers. Feeling very cool in the fresh and blustery NW wind.

 

May so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.6c  (-0.8c) 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 54.3 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 229.9 mm

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

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

[The PIT]

Cold with light showers and a strong breeze.

Temp now 6.7C

Wind F5 NNE

Rainfall 0.8mm

[ARTDEMOLE]

Cloudy. Did see  the sun earlier..

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Current data for WH1081
24 May 2013 12:06:29

Temperature (°C):
Current          8.8
Trend (per hour) +0.6
Average today    6.2
Wind chill       8.1
Heat Index       8.8
Dew Point        2.8
Rel Humidity     66%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust     22.0 NW
Average Speed    6.1 NW

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate     0.0
Last hour        0.0
Total today      0.0
Total yesterday  1.5
Total this month 39.0
Total this year  75.0

Pressure (hPa):
Current          1005.5
Trend (per hour) -0.4

[Kent Snow]

7.4C, broken cumulus, altostratus, light rain, wind from the SW, 1006hPa.

[Stargazer]

Cold and blustery with rain at times.  Maximum 10.5, minimum 4.0.  Wind fresh NW.

[The PIT]

A cold day with light showers and a strong wind at times. Now mostly cloudy with the odd spot of rain

Max temp 10.3C now 8.2C

Wind F4 ENE

Rainfall 1.8mm

[SteveB]

Dry windy day,

 

Temp 11.4c

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly cloudy and very windy day with frequent but brief light-moderate showers. The wind decreased considerably after 1700 g.m.t but this morning, during a rather squally shower, there was a gust of 64 mph; the highest on record in May.

The local roads are littered with leaves ( which have only just come out ) and twigs.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.5c

Max' today; 6.9c

Min' last night; 2.8c

Grass min; 2.5c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 1.4 mm

Sunshine today; 1.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 26 mph NE

Highest gust today; 64 mph N at 0919 g.m.t

7 oktas Cu

Light shower falling

Vis; 65 km.

[TonyH]

Occasional mainly light rain and hail showers last night and early morning.

Fresh to strong northerly gusting gale force this afternoon, very cool but became mainly dry. Rather cloudy morning with sunny spells pm.

 

Min: 4.9c @ 0630

Max: 12.8c @ 1600

Rain yesterday: 3.1mm

Trace rain today since 10am

 

Currently: Clear and very cold.

Temp: 4.2c

RH: 79%

Pressure: 1021mbar, rising