Friday 18th October 2013- General Weather Chat

[Mark Neal.]

A cloudy start here with mist patches. Temperature 12c. Wind 5mph SSE.

[The PIT]

Cloudy mild strat once again

Temp 9.5C

Barometer 1014mb falling

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry mild start

 

Temp 12.9c

[Polar Maritime]

A mainly dry and cloudy night with just the odd spot of rain, with Fog forming and light winds, An overnight low of 7.7c.

 

Currently; Dry with Fog.

Temp 9.3c

Wind 3mph E/S/E

Rain since midnight 0.2mm

[Coast]

13.0°C

1011.8 Pa falling 0.2 Pa/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 3.2 mph max N

DP 12.4°C

Humidity 96%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 257 ft

 

Foggy and very damp

[johnholmes]

overcast and dry with no wind, a low of 6.8C

[Terminal Moraine]

One or two light showers overnight but also some clear intervals. Hill fog developed by 0530 g.m.t and currently, although it's dry overhead, there's thick fog causing everything to drip with moisture.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 9.7c

24 hr max; 14.5c

24 hr min; 9.3c

Grass min; 5.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 3 mph E

Sky obscured by fog

Vis; 60 mts.

[Methuselah]

Mist clearing to sunshine,12C.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 18th October 2013:

 

Turning rather cloudy overnight, dry. The day dawned cloudy and misty, the mist thickening in to fog through the morning to observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 15.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 8.9°C

24-hour maximum 15.7°C

24-hour minimum: 8.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 5.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.7 mph SW

Rainfall total: 1.7 mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Fog.

Visibility: very poor, <250 yards.

Temperature: 11.1°C

Humidity: 98.7%

Dew point 10.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 2 SE

Barometer 1013.7mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday:

 

Variable cloud overnight, turning clear an hour or so before dawn. The morning to observation has been fine and sunny. Clouds began to bubble up by late morning with showers breaking out in the vicinity. The afternoon saw several showers, briefly heavy over this station, further sunny spells too, milder than recent days.

 

October 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 12.2c  (+ 2.0c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 20.6c on the 8th

Minimum temperature: 4.2c on the 10th

Grass Minimum: 1.1c on the 16th

Rainfall 56.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 17.4mm on the 12th.

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 591.8mm

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

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

[The PIT]

Despite the mild start Temperatures never really got going peaking at the norm for daytime October. A dull day with odd spot of rain later

Max Temp 13.6C now 13C

Barometer 1011mb falling

Wind F1 ESE

Rainfall Trace

[Stargazer]

Another mild day - misty and murky in the morning, brighter intervals in the afternoon.  Maximum 16.8, minimum 9.7.  Wind light SE.

[SteveB]

Mostly dry day

 

Temp 15.6c

Max Temp 17.5c

Min Temp 12.4c

[TonyH]

^{Mostly cloudy today, bright intervals midday. A little light rain and drizzle at times, since 1700 the rain has been heavy at times. Rather mild with a fresh SE wind.}

 

^{Min 10.5c @ midnight}

^{Max 14.9c @ 1630}

^{Rain yesterday 0.7mm}

^{Rain since 10am today 4mm}

Est sun 0.1 hours

Max wind SE 27mph @ 1400

 

 

Currently: Rain

12c/ 93%/ 1005mbar steady

Edited October 18, 2013 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

Apart from a short spell of moderate drizzle between 0830 and 0900 g.m.t it's been a dry and foggy day with an increasing SE wind. The fog lifted to around 300 m this afternoon but never cleared above that level.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 11.6c

Max' today; 11.6c

Min' last night; 9.3c

Grass min; 5.4c

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

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mph SE

Highest gust today; 29 mph SE at 1708 g.m.t

Sky obscured by fog

Vis; 110 mts.

[Kent Snow]

13.2C, broken cumulus, wind from the SE, 1012hPa.

[Mark Neal.]

A sunny start clouded over late morning. Brighter pm with a SE flow. Thick higher level cloud by sunset and odd sporadic outbreaks of rain since. Top Temp- 16.3c. Wind- 14mph SE. Rain- Trace