Saturday 25th May 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A sunny cold start with light winds

Temp 6.4C

Wind f2 NNE

Rainfall nil

[marky810]

A clear calm start after an overnight low of 4.1c.

[johnholmes]

sunny with a bit of Ci about and a low of 5.1C

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright, 9C.

[SteveB]

Lovely dry bright start,

 

Temp 9.4c

Overnight low of 5.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy night with the moderate-fresh NE/N wind decreasing to light-moderate.

The cloud thinned and cleared around 0530 g.m.t and since then it's been sunny.

Yesterday's low maximum of 6.9c already comfortably exceeded this morning.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Tmep; 8.6c

24 hr max; 8.9c

24 hr min; 3.4c

Grass min; 1.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 1.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph N/NE

1 okta Ci and Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 25th May 2013:

 

Clear spells after midnight allowed the temperature to drop low enough for a ground frost. Low 1.6c with -1.5c on the grass. Cloud increased around dawn making for a cloudy start. The cloud broke up quickly through the morning, so by observation it is mostly sunny with just a few scattered Cumulus.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight 1.6°C

24-hour maximum 11.3°C

24-hour minimum: 1.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 24.7 mph N

Rainfall total: 0.7mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

2 Oktas: Cumulus humilis, Cirrus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 11.3°C

Humidity: 70.8%

Dew point 4.6°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 5-6 NNW

Barometer 1007.8mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

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. Staying cold and mostly cloudy throughout the day with showers, some briefly moderate. There were a few bright and brief sunny spells, these occurring around mid afternoon and in to the early evening. Windy. Max temp to 18:00 GMT, just 10.2c.

 

May so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.5c  (-0.9c) 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 55.0 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 230.6 mm

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

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

[Kent Snow]

10.2C, scattered cumulus, wind from the N, 1020hPa.

[laserguy]

All good things must come to an end, and the fabulous weather of the last few days is no exception. Time to dig out the blackout curtains.

[Dusk1983]

12 degrees, 70% cloud cover with some heavy and looking like light rain is very possible (East London)

Laughable that at midnight the MO was showing unbroken sunshine, 17 degrees with no rain until at least 1pm, in fact their app still shows that despite the reality. Effectively, in terms of prevailing conditions they haven't managed to issue a forecast for today.

Echoing what another new poster said on the day thread yesterday, nobody really has a clue with regards to the weather, do they? Sorry, it's kind of funny to watch the model discussion threads and talk of T120, T180, T240 and seasonal long term forecasts... We can't even accurately and reliably predict the next day's weather!

[Rustynailer]

lovely full sun and temp 12C and rising quick I will be cooking in the garden today.

[The PIT]

A Lovely early summers day almost unbroken sunshine all day

Max temp 17.4C

Wind F2 Var

Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly sunny day with less than 4 oktas Cu for much of the time.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 13.0c

Max' today; 15.1c

Min' last night; 3.4c

Grass min; 1.5c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; Nil

Sunshine today so far; 12.72 hrs

Mean wind speed; 12 mph NW

Highest gust today; 26 mph NW at 0935 g.m.t

3 oktas Cu humilis and Ci

Vis; over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Clear and frost last night!

Sunny periods and warmer today, breezy afternoon, light to moderate notth/ variable breezes.

 

Min: -1.8c @ 0600 I think this is the lowest reading I have made so late in Spring

Max: 16.2c @ 1500

Dry yesterday and today

 

Currently: Sunny and cooling quickly

8.4c / 76% / 1023mbar steady