Sunday 20th October 2013 - Weather And Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A mild cloudy night with blustery winds and the odd light shower, an overnight low of 10.5c.

 

Currently; Mild and cloudy with the odd clear patch.

Temp 11c

Wind  South 12 mph

Gusting 26mph at 7.54am

Rain since midnight 0.8mm

Edited October 20, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Mark Neal.]

Heavy Rain currently falling here. Temperature of 11.9c. Wind 12mph S. Rainfall since 12am- 3.6mm 

[iand61]

11.3c with a bit of a breeze and light showers on and off.

Not a lot more to say other than, hope it improves a bit later to make the day usable.

[SteveB]

Cloudy with light showers

 

Temp 14.1c

[johnholmes]

dry with variable cloud at various levels and some sunshine, a low of 11.3C

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 20th October 2013:

 

Showers cleared away last night to leave clear spells. Further showery rain arrived through the early hours, again followed by clear spells. The day dawned partly cloudy, damp underfoot. Further moderate showers here this morning, a few brighter spells. At observation, shower clearing north, bright spells developing once more.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 10.2°C

24-hour maximum 16.9°C

24-hour minimum: 10.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 8.9°C

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

Rainfall total: 8.7 mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

7 Oktas Nimbostratus, Altostratus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 12.1°C

Humidity: 98.8%

Dew point 11.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 S

Barometer 999.8mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Light rain continued last night through to the early hours, dying out around  01:00 GMT, breezy. Overcast and damp so far this morning, mild. The morning remained cloudy with a few brighter spells. The afternoon saw bright conditions with sunny spells spread from the SW, with showers developing by early evening, this station saw a heavy one around 16:45 GMT

 

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 68.6 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 603.5mm

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

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

[The PIT]

A mild mostly cloudy start to the day after light overnight showers.

Temp 13.2C

Barometer 1000mb rising

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall 1.4mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Most of the night was dry but there was a short heavy shower around 0400 g.m.t. Foggy for a time during the late evening and into the early hours but also some clear intervals during the evening.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 10.7c

24 hr max; 14.4c

24 hr min; 9.7c

Grass min; 7.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 3.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph S

6 oktas Cu, Sc and St fractus

Vis; over 80 km.

[Richard2901]

11.8C, damp,gloomy,overcast,SE'ly wind. Just the same every single day

[Methuselah]

Dry, sunny and a wee bit muggy, 17.5C...

[ukpaul]

Heaviest rain I've seen for quite a while here just now, was also woken in the early hours by a sustained downpour. Having seen it get pushed to our west time and time again it's good to see.

Edited October 20, 2013 by ukpaul

[SteveB]

Breezy day with a few light showers

 

Temp 15.0c

Max Temp 16.9c

Min Temp 13.4c

[The PIT]

A mostly dry day with sunny spells and isolated light showers. Mild once again.

Max temp 16C now 13.1C

Barometer 1000 rising

Wind F2 SW

Rainfall 1.6mm

[johnholmes]

a shower just before I got back from walking, storm in the Gt Longstone area with briefly heavy rain and a very brief burst of hail around 3.30pm

[J10]

A decent day, only a few showers in the morning, then dry this afternoon with some sunny spells, Temps around 16c but breezy.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals then showers last night, windy.

Windy and mild today, sunny intervals and occasional showers, heavy at times, especially afternoon. Fresh to strong south then SW wind, gusting close to gale force.

 

Min 11.4c @ 0600

Max 16.4c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 2.7mm

Rain since 10am today 5.5mm

Est sun: 2 hours

Max wind SW 36mph @ 1200

 

Currently: Clear intervals, windy

12c/ 91%/ 1001mbar rising slowly

 

[Terminal Moraine]

A mostly dry and cloudy morning, just one brief light shower around 0940. The first part of the afternoon was also dry and mainly cloudy but during mid-afternoon there was a brief spell of fairly heavy rain as a thunderstorm passed a few miles to the north west of here. The storm was followed by more dry and cloudy weather.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 11.2c

Max' today; 14.3c

Min' last night; 9.7c

Grass min; 7.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 1.2 mm

Sunshine today; 0.13 hrs

Mean wind speed; 13 mph S

Highest gust today; 37 mph S at 1407 g.m.t

8 oktas St and Cu

Vis; 25 km.

[lmp4]

Being the clever* budding meteorologist I am, *sadly not  I can not understand why there were so many intense storms throughout today.

Was it simply the fact that cells were forming along the through due to convergence, eventually passing the UK? Any help would be greatly appreciated =) 

[Stargazer]

Sunny intervals and frequent heavy thundery showers, was woken up around 7am by the first thunderstorm with hail as well.  Still mild.  Maximum 18.0, minimum 11.9.  Wind moderate S.

[Mark Neal.]

A wet start with heavy downpours, drier late morning before torrential rain mid afternoon, cleared away now to leave clear skies, temperature now 11.2c. High of 16.3c today, Wind 18mph S, Rainfall since 12am- 18.2mm