Tuesday 23rd July 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

After a mild dry night not as warm as predicted a storm has dared to wander through the Sheffield shield.

Temp 16.3C

Barometer 1013mb rising

Wind F1 N

Rainfall trace

[SteveB]

Cloudy start after some overnight storms

 

Temp 17.8c

[Polar Maritime]

A dry night with thunder storms during the early hours, An overnight low of 13.7c.

 

Currently.

 

Thunder storms with heavy/terentiol rain have now cleared to leave patchy cloud.

 

Temp 17,5c

Dp 17c

Wind 3mph S/E

Humidity 97%

Rainfall since Midnight 10.2mm

[The PIT]

Thundery shower rather than a Thunderstorm and a weak one at that. Now moderate rain no lightning.

Interesting the temp has managed to sneak up 17.3C so the air is warm.

[Coast]

20.8°C

1011.7 mb steady

Wind 2.0 mph gusting 12.8 mph max E/SE

DP 16.8°C

Humidity 78%

No rain last 24 hoursCloud base 1639ft

 

Warm and muggy again

[Stargazer]

Generally cloudy with intervals of hazy sunshine after a very warm night.  The bands of showers have bypassed us so far.  Currently 22.7 deg C after an overnight minimum of 19.0.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Stargazer

[Terminal Moraine]

A rather weak thunderstorm yesterday evening around 20 hr g.m.t accompanied by a short spell of heavy rain. More thunder, though mostly quite muffled and several miles distant, by 0345 g.m.t today, this was accompanied by short spells of torrential rain and longer spells of moderate rain. This moved away to the north by 0530 g.m.t but another rather weak cell has arrived from the south in the last half hour.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 17.1c

24 hr max; 25.6c

24 hr min; 13.0c

Overnight min; 15.5c

Grass min; 13.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 19.9 mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph S

Vis; 1 km

Weak thunderstorm with moderate-heavy rain.

[Methuselah]

Dry, bright and muggy, 22C...

[cloudscapes]

Current data for Bracebridge Heath Weather

23 July 2013 9:22:55 AM

 

Temperature (°C):

Current   18.8

Trend (per hour) +0.5

Average today   21.7

Wind chill 18.8

Heat Index 18.8

Dew Point   17.5

Rel Humidity 92%

Wind (mph):

Current Gust 1 E

Average Speed   0 ---

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour   0.3

Total today   5.7

Total yesterday  0.0

Total this month 9.0

Pressure (hPa):

Current   1016.4

Trend (per hour) -0.1

 

 

 

[Stargazer]

Just had our first shower, with a rumble of thunder - the first rain here since 3 July.  Only lasted a couple of minutes but no doubt more to come.  Yesterday's maximum (31.6) and last night's minimum (19.0) were the highest recorded here since 2006.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 23rd July 2013:

 

Very warm and humid overnight, the temperature falling no lower than 17.9c. Thunderstorms moved in to the area from the south during the early hours giving a couple of hours of  heavy rain. The morning dawned wet with thunder. Several heavy thunderstorms through the morning giving torrential rain, 22.9mm by reading time. Another 10mm fell in 15 minutes after 09:00 GMT.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 29.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 17.9°C

24-hour maximum 29.9°C

24-hour minimum: 14.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 14.7°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.0 mph ENE

Rainfall total: 22.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Nimbostratus, Cumulonimbus.

Visibility: very poor,  < 500yds.

Temperature: 18.5°C

Humidity: 96.0%

Dew point 17.9°C[

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 NE

Barometer 1015.6mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Apart from a few brief small holes in the cloud cover last night, another cloudy night. The morning so far has been overcast with fog, visibility < 200 yards at times. At reading, overcast misty, cloud lifting somewhat. By 10:00 GMT the low cloud and mist had lifted enough to allow some hazy sunshine, warming rapidly. Hot by afternoon, feeling humid too with continuing sunshine. Much Atocumulus castellanus by late afternoon. The evening saw cumulonimbus cloud building with thunderstorms in the area, these mainly towards Leicestershire. Lightening seen, distant thunder heard. Very warm. No rain here before midnight.

 

July so far 2013:

 

Mean temperature: 18.3c  ( + 1.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 29.9 on the 13th

Minimum temperature: 7.9c on the 2nd

Grass Minimum: 5.1c on the 2nd

Rainfall 26.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.6mm on the 2nd.

Maximum wind gust: 25.4 mph W on the 4th.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 29.9c on the 13th July.

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th March.

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 351.4 mm

Wettest 24 hours 22.9.mm on the 22nd July.

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

[The PIT]

A disappointing day storm wise a weak thundery shower just after five O'clock a heavier rain shower and dry until now with another shower trying to make into Sheffield.

Max temp 23.8C

Barometer 1012mb

Wind F2 SE

Rainfall 11mm

[Snowshine]

Fair amount of thunderstorms this morning, some very loud rumbles with some IC lightning, never saw any CG lightning, I still feel that I missed the worst of the storms. This morning was very humid and fairly warm. Last night was disappointing with thunderstorms in my area, only a couple of flashes and distant thunder, a huge amount of the strikes were hitting London or Leicester. Looks like Derby is getting some lightning flashes at the moment. Some forecasts are predicting more thundery showers tonight though.

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy day after early thunderstorm

 

Temp 25.5c

Max Temp 26.0c

Min Temp 17.8c

[Stargazer]

No measurable rain here - just continuing hot and humid after the warmest day and night since 2006, with temperatures significantly higher than generally forecast (we may be close to the UK hotspot for today, I think).  Just a 2-minute light shower around 10am, and a few rumbles of thunder.  Otherwise dry and often cloudy, with sunny spells around the middle of the day.  Current conditions: broken cloud, 26.1 deg C, wind light S.  Today's maximum 29.1, last night's minimum 19.0.

[cloudscapes]

Current data for Bracebridge Heath Weather

23 July 2013 6:48:00 PM

 

Temperature (°C):

Current   22.0

Trend (per hour) -0.7

Average today   21.9

Wind chill 22.0

Heat Index 22.0

Dew Point   16.7

Rel Humidity 72%

Wind (mph):

Current Gust 8 E

Average Speed   2 NE

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour   0.0

Total today   5.1

Total yesterday  6.3

Total this month 14.7

Pressure (hPa):

Current   1013.4

Trend (per hour) -0.3

 

 

 

 

[marky810]

Torrential rain and a thunderstorm between 0700 - 0800 with a fair amount of lightning which then drifted away to the North to leave moderate rain showers which lasted until approx lunchtime. The afternoon was then dry and increasingly sunny helping temps to rise to 22.7c. 

Feeling muggy in a light/moderate south easterly.

There currently looks to be some very heavy rain/storms to the east of York heading North.

[Kent Snow]

21.1C, light rain shower, overcast, wind light, 1013hPa.

[hillbilly]

heavy thunderstorm with very heavy downpour,clearing to leave a nice afternoon with some sun.more steady rain this evening 24deg max

[sundog]

Mostly cloudy for the first half of the day,some bright spells during the second half. Dry at my location although there was a heavy shower not far from me during the afternoon. Max temp 25.4c recorded during the early evening.Currently mostly clear,temp 18.8c.

Edited July 23, 2013 by sundog

[Terminal Moraine]

A warm, cloudy and humid day with heavy showers early this morning and again later this afternoon accompanied by, mostly, high level thunder. Some short spells of torrential rain but mostly moderate-heavy rain during the showers.

It became dry from 1730 g.m.t but remained cloudy with distant thunder still audible to the north east at 1930 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 19.0c

Max' today; 21.4c

Min' last night; 15.5c

Grass min; 13.9c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 13.3 mm

Sunshine today ( to sunset ); 0.49 hrs

Mean wind speed; 2 mph S

7 oktas Cu,Cb, As and St fractus

Vis; 25 km.

Thunder audible to the north east.

[TonyH]

Warm cloudy night.

Rather cloudy some sunny intervals to mid afternoon then sunny spells, warm, moderate SSW breeze.

 

Min: 16.1c @ 0600

Max: 24.2c @ 1600

Dry yesterday and today

Est sun: 6 hours

Max wind: 22mph @ 1600

 

Currently: 16.5c

RH: 85%

Pressure: 1014mbar, steady

Edited July 23, 2013 by TonyH

[reef]

Dry and cloudy overnight before an area of light rain moved in this morning at around 9am. Sunny after this moved through before turning cloudy during the evening again.

 

Max Temp: 23.1C

Min Temp: 15.5C

Mean Wind: 7mph SE

Max Gust: 14mph

Rainfall: 1.4mm

Sunshine: 2.6hrs

 

Currently overcast and dry with a temp of 17.8C, but thunder can be heard from the cell 20 miles to the south-east.

Edited July 23, 2013 by reef