Friday 2nd August General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A warm humid start with cloud moving quickly in.

Temp 17.2C

Barometer 1004mb rising

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall NIl

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start

 

Temp 18.3c

[chrcoluk]

dry and cloudy I dont know outside temp.in my room it bottomed out at 24.5C at about 5am which is about 1C higher than wednesday so todays temps I expect to be higher than wednesday but colder than yesterday due to the clouds.

[johnholmes]

another humid night with an even higher minimum of 17.6C, sunny at dawn but now cloudy

[chrcoluk]

started raining here.

leicester.

also clouds are darker, but moving fast. first rain all summer, its very light shower.

[Coast]

21.6°C

1007.9 mb rising 0.5 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 13.4 mph max S/SE

DP 16.3°C

Humidity 72%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2170 ft

 

Clear and sunny earlier, now clouding over

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and quite warm night with increasing low cloud after a clear start. A light shower in the past hour but currently dry and cloudy with ragged St occasionally lowering to around 300 m.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 16.1c

24 hr max; 27.4c

24 hr min; 14.9c

Grass min; 14.4c

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

Mean wind speed; 12 mph S

8 oktas St

Vis; between 1 and 5 km as the St lifts and lowers

[Polar Continental]

Friday 02nd August 2013:

 

Warm with clear spells last night, turning cloudy through the early hours. Cloudy for a time this morning, with a clearance arriving around 08:30 GMT. At observation sunny spells.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 30.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 16.0°C

24-hour maximum 30.6°C

24-hour minimum: 16.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 13.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 19.7 mph SW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

3 Oktas  Stratus fractus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 20°C

Humidity: 85%

Dew point 17.4°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 SE

Barometer 1006.7mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Drizzle died out last night leaving a warm and cloudy night. Cloud so far this morning, damp underfoot. Cloudy to observation with bright spells developing, feeing very warm and humid. Cloud began to break and thin by 10:00 GMT, quickly turning very hot by afternoon with the electronic weather station measuring 30.7c by 16:30. A very warm and humid evening followed.

[Bottesford]

Warm night (although nothing out of the ordinary) down to 18.7c.

Gray start but cloud has now broken up and we have sunshine. Hoping for a decent afternoon and especially evening so can get out and enjoy a Friday night in a field!

22.5c so far - hopefully 23 or 24c...

[chrcoluk]

the rain lasted probably 2-3 minutes.

 

Now clouds are light sun peakng out every now and then but more importantly its suddenly getting hot.  This is going to be way hotter than wednesday.  So another underestimated forecast.

 

Room temp yesterday hit 27C when I went bed in late afternoon (before I shut windows and door)  its now 26.3 and not even midday.  So I am not even convinced will be lower temp than yesterday now.

[Static Prevails]

Breezy with sunny intervals here after a cloudy start. It's currently 23.3°C, after an overnight low of 17.5°C. Despite it hardly being cold, it definitely feels very fresh today after a day like yesterday!

[Jan]

Currently overcast and 24.5C here..... and it's just started lashing down, phew! got my washing in just in time thanks to the radar, rain stopped now, short sharp burst

[Bottesford]

Lovely sunny day here albeit breezy. Had lunch outside in the sun - lovely!

24.8c max so far - 2c above todays BBC prediction. 

[GulberwickWeather]

Overcast with rain,fog occasional thunder.

 

Temp: 13.1C

Dew: 12.9C

Overnight min: 11.8C @ 0328 UTC

Wind: SE @ 4kts

Max gust: ENE @ 17kts @ 2332 UTC

Pressure: 999.7hPa (falling slowly)

Humidity: 99%

Rainfall last hr: 0.8mm

Rainfall today: 3.2mm

Cloud: 8 oktas with fog

Visibility: Poor

[Bottesford]

Partly cloud and 25.6c now - some 3c higher than predictions and ~2c above official stations around me. I was ~2c below official stations yesterday. Really not quite understanding the mysteries of my temperature recordings...

[ARTDEMOLE]

Current data for WH108102 August 2013 15:02:59

Temperature (°C):Current   23.9Trend (per hour) +0.9Average today   18.8Wind chill 23.9Heat Index 23.9Dew Point   16.7Rel Humidity 64%

Wind (km/h):Current Gust 15.8 SAverage Speed   3.6 ENE

Rainfall (mm):Current rate 0.0Last hour   0.0Total today   0.6Total yesterday  0.0Total this month 0.6Total this year  264.3

Pressure (hPa):Current   1010.0Trend (per hour) -0.2

[The PIT]

A much more pleasant day. Very warm but bearable. Odd spot of rain this morning but bean nice since then. Even the highly inaccurate car thermometer got close to the actual temp for once.

Max temp so far 24.6C

Barometer 1005mb rising

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall trace

[The PIT]

Partly cloud and 25.6c now - some 3c higher than predictions and ~2c above official stations around me. I was ~2c below official stations yesterday. Really not quite understanding the mysteries of my temperature recordings...

How are you measuring Stevenson screen or electronic station. Or dodgy outside thermometer on the wall?

[Bottesford]

Nothing fancy - just the wireless weather station thermometer wedged between the house wall and a drain pipe at approx 1m in height.

I think the house might influence it somewhat but not really sure...

[chrcoluk]

basically now I see clouds in distance.

 

From my window the clouds are moving from left to right, I checked using my phone's compass the bearing, so the clouds are going from south to north, which makes sense as thats the jetstream direction.

 

So frustrating, I can see clouds in distance, but I am too far east of them, and they moving north not east.  Leicester out of reach as usual, the clouds we had here were gone by midday.

 

My parents on the east coast in norfolk however say its heavy rain there.  As I was going to say with todays hot temps the jetstream is more west than predicted and the east still has hot spanish air but my parents weather doesnt back that up.  Although my mother said dispite the rain its very hot there.

 

But yeah that cloud in the distance has been there almost all day moving north I think was one short spell I seen it broken up, its thick heavy cloud.  But overhead here its clear blue sky.  So whoever is under that cloud had nice cool weather all day.

 

I dont think its quite as hot as yesterday but its defenitly a hot day.  my indoor temp is hotter than yesterday, but is more of a breeze (slight) coming through the window.

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[Bottesford]

Radar is alarming me - don't want rain now. Been in a office all day with sunshine and now about to set off for a field to have a fun evening out and last thing we need is rain now! 

26c max today now dropped to 24.7c. Been another lovely summers day!

[reef]

Mostly clear and sunny after a brief spell of very light rain this morning which wasnt measurable. Very warm now with a temperature of 25.7C.

 

Last night was exceptionally warm with a temp of 22.6C at 2am and minimum of 18.3C, making it the warmest in August since 1991 and second warmest in 34 years.

[reef]

Nothing fancy - just the wireless weather station thermometer wedged between the house wall and a drain pipe at approx 1m in height.

I think the house might influence it somewhat but not really sure...

 

Are you still using the Davis? It has a good shield but I wouldnt be suprised if your readings are being affected by the house (higher mins at night, lower maxes in shade and higher in sunshine) if it is so close. 

 

Is there anywhere it can go thats in a more open area?

[cheese]

Bottesford - do you live near Nottingham city centre? Nottingham Weather Centre reached 31C (rounded) yesterday and that's on the outskirts of the city, so I think you will have reached similar if not higher values?

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy day

 

Temp 22.7c

Max Temp 26.4c

Min Temp 17.5c