Wednesday 11th September General Weather Chat

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start

 

Temp 13.6c

[johnholmes]

dry, no wind, overcast sheet of ScAc, a low of 11.6C

[The PIT]

A mild start to the day. Mostly cloudy high level cloud with sunny spells

Temp 13.3C

Barometer 1022mb steady

Wind F2 WNW

Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with a good deal of high and medium level cloud and a f3-4 NW breeze.

Currently dry and cloudy but, as always with a sheet of Ac, there are also a few brighter intervals.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 11.4c

24 hr max; 13.0c

24 hr min; 9.5c

Grass min; 7.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.1 mm

Mean wind speed; 9mph NW

7 oktas Ac

Vis; over 80 km.

[boywonder]

New to the forum so help me out here.Do you guys take readings from met office or the BBC?..Many guys Reported Air frost in Kinbrace and Altnaharra with -2.4 and -1.7 Respectively but when I check Met office or BBC readings they do not match Any of the readings that are being said Here.

[The PIT]

New to the forum so help me out here.Do you guys take readings from met office or the BBC?..Many guys Reported Air frost in Kinbrace and Altnaharra with -2.4 and -1.7 Respectively but when I check Met office or BBC readings they do not match Any of the readings that are being said Here.

Welcome Boywonder. Our own weather stations which maybe electronic or traditional or a combination of both.

[Coast]

18.5°C

1019.6 mb steady

Wind 9.4 mph gusting 18.3 mph max N/NW

DP 8.7°C

Humidity 53%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 4023 ft

 

Cloudy and breezy 

[The PIT]

Another cool day and a rather wet late afternoon.

Max temp 15.2C Now 12.9C

Barometer 1019mb falling

Wind f2 WNW

Rainfall 2.8mm

[Kent Snow]

15.3C, overcast, grey, wind from the NW, 1019hPa.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Kent Snow

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 11th September 2013:

 

A few clear spells for a time last night, clouding over before midnight. A few brighter spells this morning before turning cloudy, light rain set in just before lunch and continued all afternoon.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 14.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight 9.7°C

24-hour maximum 14.8°C

24-hour minimum: 9.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 5.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.4 mph W

Rainfall total: 0.1mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas  Altocumulus.

Visibility:  Good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 12.3°C

Humidity: 89.2%

Dew point 10.6°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 NW

Barometer 1022.0mb: Trend: rising slowly

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry, varying amounts of cloud overnight. Hazy sunny spells for a time this morning before clouding over from the east around 10:30 GMT.  Remaining cloudy with only bright spells through the afternoon. Just a little light rain around 15:00 GMT.

 

September 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 14.1c  ( + 0.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 25.2 on the 4th

Minimum temperature: 7.2c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: 4.6c on the 1st

Rainfall 27.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 13.5mm on the 5th.

Maximum wind gust: 24.7 mph WNW on the 1st.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 30.6c on the 1st August.

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

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 509.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 52.9.mm on the 26th July.

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

Edited September 11, 2013 by Polar Continental

[Stargazer]

Bright start, clouded over during the day and the rain started around 4pm.  Cool for September.  Maximum 17.2, minimum 10.7.  Wind light NW.

 

Yesterday: Dry, cloudy and cool with occasional bright intervals.  Maximum 17.1, minimum 7.8.  Wind light W.

[Mark Neal.]

After a bright start to the day it soon clouded over. Rain from 2pm stopped not that long ago. Total Rainfall= 4.3mm; Top Temperature 15.8c.

[TonyH]

Cloudy today, mild night but cool by day. Spells of light rain and drizzle from mid afternoon. Moderate NW breeze.

 

Min: 12.0c @ 0530

Max: 15.1c @ 2230

Rain yesterday: 0.4mm

Rain since 10am today: 3mm

Est sun: Nil

Max wind: NNW 19mph @ 0130

 

Currently: Drizzle, mild

14.9c / 96%/ 1020mbar steady

Edited September 11, 2013 by TonyH