Friday 31st May 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A mild start Sunny start on what looks like a glorious end to May.

Temp 12.8C

Wind F2

Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

Dull but dry with low St, airport height gives 300ft, overnight low of 10.8C

[Mountain Snow]

Wall to wall sunshine, a real rarity! Temperature already up to 12.8C, going to be a peach of a day. 

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start,

 

Temp 13.9c

[Methuselah]

Dry with thinnish low cloud, 12C.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mild night. Low cloud throughout the evening but this cleared during the early hours to allow a clear and sunny start to the day.

Currently dry and sunny with the temperature already 1.8c higher than the daytime maximum yesterday.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 14.1c

24 hr maax; 14.4c

24 hr min;8.6c

Overnight min; 8.8c

Grass min; 7.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 6 mph N

1 okta Cu humilis

Vis; 30 km.

Edit; The first Lilac flowers have opened this morning, the latest date since 1986 when the first ones (on the same bush ) opened on June 6th.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[Polar Continental]

Friday 31st May 2013:

 

Cloudy and mild overnight. The morning began cloudy, cloud breaks began appearing around 06:00 GMT and a clearance arrived shortly afterwards. At observation, already feeling warm in sunny spells.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 15.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 11.2°C

24-hour maximum 16.3°C

24-hour minimum: 11.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 10.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 9.9 mph NE

Rainfall total: 0.6mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

3 Oktas: Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: moderate to good, about 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 16.3°C

Humidity: 80.3%

Dew point 12.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 2 NE

Barometer 1020.8mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Intermittent light rain stopped after midnight for a time before more continuous light to moderate rain arrived during the early hours. The day dawned overcast and wet with light rain and drizzle. There was further light rain and drizzle through the morning, the early afternoon saw a short brighter interlude before the cloud returned to overcast with a few light showers. The showers died away by evening, staying cloudy.

 

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 92.6 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 268.2 mm

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

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

Edited May 31, 2013 by Polar Continental

[hillbilly]

nice and sunny 21 deg ,i believe it is the warmest day so far this year!

[The PIT]

Wall to Wall Sunshine earlier but cloud is now building.

Max temp 19.3C

Wind F2 NNE

Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

lovely day, light breeze, a few bits of shallow Cu maybe 3/8 and T=20.7C and Td 12.2C, the Td does really make a difference as to how warm it feels out of the sun.

[BornFromTheVoid]

After a cloudy start, it's brightened up a lot and we're now onto the 3rd consecutive day of sunshine and relative warmth. Currently 16C with clear skies and a light north-westerly breeze

[Kent Snow]

18.1C, Scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the NW, 1018hPa.

[TonyH]

Clear to mist and fog last night.

Fog cleared 0800, sunny from 0900 feeling quite warm, clouded over 1630 with a considerable cool down. Moderate NNW breeze.

 

Min: 5.3c @ 0230

Max: 17.3c @ 1400

Rain yesterday and today: Nil

 

Currently: Rather cloudy and cool

Temp: 13c

RH: 85%

Pressure: 1023mbar, steady.

 

 

[J10]

Largely wall to wall sunshine for much for today for the morning and largely sunny this afternoon, however around 5pm, the sunshine turned much hazier/ a bit cloudy when a cloud bank edged in from the NW, back to hazy sunshine now. Max Temps 20c.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Jackone

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly sunny day although during the late afternoon there was an increase in thick patches of Ci, also an increase in the NW breeze, and a drop in temperature of several degrees. The Ci has now cleared and it's sunny again.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 13.6c

Max' today; 18.9c

Min' last night; 8.8c

Grass min; 7.6c

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

Sunshine today so far; 12.86 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph NW

Highest gust today; 37 mph NW at 1720 and 1812 g.m.t

5 oktas Ci and distant Cu, the latter on the eastern and south eastern horizon.

Vis; over 80 km.

[SteveB]

Mostly sunny with the odd cloudy period.

 

Max Temp 21.9c

Current Temp 15.9c

[Stargazer]

Warm and humid with sunny spells after a cloudy start.  Maximum 22.4, minimum 9.9.  Wind light N.