Tuesday October 8th General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A warm clear start with an increasing breeze

Temp 14.3C

Barometer 1020mb steady

Rainfall Nil

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy night with the odd clear patch with an overnight low of 12.5c.

 

Currently; Cloudy, with heavy dew.

Temp 12.9c

Wind S/W

Humidity 87%

Rain since midnight 0.0mm

 

Edit 7.33, Very light rain, hardly wetting the ground.

Edited October 8, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[SteveB]

Cloudy damp start,

 

Temp 14.6c

[johnholmes]

fairly clear with patchy Sc and a slight S'ly breeze, mild overnight again with a low of 13.6C

[Coast]

15.7°C

1021.1 mb rising 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 1.0 mph gusting 5.3 mph max NW

DP 14.5°C

Humidity 93%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 465ft

Dull, dark and mild 

[GulberwickWeather]

Overcast with light rain, mist and low cloud.

 

Temp: 11.9C

Dew: 11.6

Overnight min: 11.8C @ 0630 UTC

Wind: SSW @ 10kts

Max gust: SW @ 17kts @ 0244 UTC

Pressure: 1009.1hPa (falling slowly)

Humdity: 98%

Rainfall: 7.0mm

Cloud: 8 oktas

Visibility: Moderate to poor

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Quite muggy today, or am I at 'that age' ?? 12c at 5am, that'll change very soon

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

13.6c here in benfleet, feeling nice and fresh in the air!

 

No doubt that's going to change come Thursday  Time to get the fleece out!

Edited October 8, 2013 by Essex Easterly.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mostly clear night but cloud increased towards dawn and brought light-moderate drizzly showers from 0645 until a few minutes ago. There was simultaneous sunshine with the showers and a persistent rainbow to the west as a result.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 13.9c

24 hr max; 16.5c

24 hr min; 11.4c

Grass min; 9.5c

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

Mean wind speed; 17 mph W

6 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis; 50 km.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 08th October 2013:

 

Dry, a few clear spells developed for a time overnight, turning more cloudy after midnight. The day dawned cloudy. Dry with sunny spells developing this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 18.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight 11.2°C

24-hour maximum 18.3°C

24-hour minimum: 11.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 8.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 14.7 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.0m

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 15.0°C

Humidity: 93.4%

Dew point 13.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 WSW

Barometer 1022.5mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry, mild, clear spells for a time, turning cloudy towards midnight. Cloudy to observation with the odd brighter spell, feeling warm. A mainly overcast day followed, just a few bright spells.

 

October 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 14.5c  (+ 4.3c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 19.5c on the 6th

Minimum temperature: 6.8c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: 4.1c on the 6th

Rainfall 6.4 mm

Wettest 24 hours 5.3mm on the 3rd.

Maximum wind gust: 26.1 mph SW on the 4th.

 

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 541.3mm

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

Maximum wind gust: .5 mph WSW on the 30th Jan

[Methuselah]

Brilliantly sunny and 18C...

[Bottesford]

Sunny with max so far of 20.7c - spot on birthday weather for me!

[johnholmes]

a beautiful day here, sitting in the garden for about 1 hour this afternoon TRYING to read and understand the latest IPCC-for some reason I fell asleep!

[Jax]

Sunny with max so far of 20.7c - spot on birthday weather for me!

no idea on today's max here but currently 20.2oC and 'was' sunny but the cloud has moved in now.

 

congrats on surviving another trip round the sun

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

Todays top temp in benfleet (south essex) was 21.3c

 

19.4c as of 4:30pm

[The PIT]

Another pleasant warm sunny late summers day. Hold it's October. Still warm though.

Max temp 18.3C now 15.6C

Barometer 1022mb rising

Wind (Working at the moment) F2 W

Rainfall Trace

[reef]

Sunny with occasional cloudier spells. Very warm for the time of year and a day that wouldn't feel out of place in high summer. The cold front last night produced no rain at all, so our total for the month remains at 2.8mm.

 

Max Temp: 20.4C

Min Temp: 13.7C

Mean Wind: 9mph W

Max Gust: 21mph

Sunshine: 8.4hrs

Rainfall: None

 

Currently partly cloudy with a temp of 17.4C and 70% humidity.

[SteveB]

Cloudy damp day

 

Temp 16.8c

Max Temp 18.0c

Min Temp 13.6c

[Polar Maritime]

The cloud during the morning broke to leave long periods of warm sunshine, during mid afternoon the cloud rolled back in again and has turned breezy. A high of 16.9c.

 

Currently; Dry with milky sky's.

Temp 12.8c

Wind N/W 8mph

Rain today 0.1mm

 

Edit;Skys have now cleared leaving a lovely orange tinge.

Edited October 8, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Kent Snow]

17.8C, broken cumulus, wind from the W, 1024hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

The early morning drizzly showers died out by 0830 g.m.t and the cloud broke and dispersed during the morning to allow long sunny periods from late morning through to mid-afternoon. From about 1430 g.m.t cloud increased again but since sunset it's begun to disperse.

The warmest day of the month by a margin of 0.1c despite a moderate-fresh W breeze for much of the day.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 12.4c

Max' today; 17.7c

Min' last night; 11.4c

Grass min; 9.5c

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

Sunshine today; 4.94 hrs

Mean wind speed; 8 mph W

Highest gust today 34 mph W at 1240 g.m.t

4 oktas Cu, Sc and Ci

Vis; 55 km.

[TonyH]

Very mild last night, light rain and drizzle from 0300, moderate SW breeze. Light rain to 1030, sunny periods 1130 to 1530 then rather cloudy. Mild with a moderate NW breeze afternoon.

 

Min: 14.6c @ 0500

Max : 18.2c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 3.4mm

Rain since 10am today: Trace

Est sun: 3 hours

Max wind: SW 14mph @ 0100

 

Currently: Cloudy, mild

13.4c/ 94%/ 1026mbar rising slowly

[Isolated Frost]

11c after a maximum temperature of 17c, cloud, sun and pretty breezy. Mild for the time of year, though that's all likely to change...

[Stargazer]

Dry with sunny intervals in the morning, cloudier in the afternoon with a couple of light showers.  Maximum 19.1, minimum 12.3.  Wind light W.

[Mark Neal.]

A sunny start to the day, but increasing cloud, some patchy light rain through the afternoon, before a sunny end to the day. A high of 18.8c. Wind 12mph W