Saturday 14th December General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dry start to day with clear skies. Although above normal temps will feel cold due to the recent mildness.

Temp 3.4C

Barometer 1019mb falling

Wind F2 SSW

Rainfall nil

[johnholmes]

dry with another lovely sunrise, orange to pink, mostly Sc but some Ac patches above this, a low of 3.3C

more like a normal value that the 9.7C yesterday!

[Coast]

8.8°c

1022.8 Pa rising 0.9 Pa/hr

Wind 4.9 mph gusting 21.1 mph max W/SW

DP 6.6°c

Humidity 86%

1.8mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 912 ft

Some cloud but mainly bright ans sunny

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 14th December 2013:

 

Clear spells developed after the rain last evening allowing a touch of ground frost to develop. The morning so far, cloud increasing, bright spells, ground frost lifted.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight 2.3°C

24-hour maximum 12.2°C

24-hour minimum: 2.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.7 mph SE

Rainfall total: 1.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas Altocumulus, Cirrostratus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 4.5°C

Humidity: 86.9%

Dew point 2.5°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 S

Barometer 1021.6mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Light to moderate rain cleared away after midnight. Cloudy mild and damp so far this morning. Cloudy very mild and damp through the morning and in to the afternoon. By mid afternoon, light rain commenced, continuing intermittently in to the evening before clearing towards mid evening.

[SteveB]

Dry bright start

 

Temp 8.6c

[Kent Snow]

6.2C, clear blue skies, sunny, wind from the SW, 1027hPa.

[The PIT]

A mild day temps still rising 9.7C. Winds still rising slowly as well. Early sun has gone replaced mostly by mid to high level cloud.

Temp 9.7C

Barometer 1012mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall Nil

[GulberwickWeather]

Rather wet and windy!

 

Temp: 7.2C

Dew: 6.3C

Wind: SSE @ 26kts

Max gust last hr & today: SSE @ 46 kts = 53 mph = Severe Gale 9

Pressure: 989.9hPa (falling rapidly)

Humidity: 94%

Rainfall last hr: 1.4mm

Today: 4.8mm

Cloud: 8/8

Visibility: Poor

[SteveB]

Windy day with rain later

 

Temp 11.4

Max Temp 12.5c

Min Temp 5.6c

[reef]

Clear overnight before cloud moved in by sunrise. The daylight hours were then mostly cloudy with occasional bright spells before turning overcast during the last couple of hours. Slightly above average temperatures overnight but turning very mild during the afternoon and evening.

 

Max Temp: 11.0C

Min Temp: 3.9C

Mean Wind: 12mph S

Max Gust: 29mph

Rainfall: None

Sunshine: None

 

Currently overcast and becoming increasingly windy with a temp of 10.9C.

[TonyH]

Clear periods and a frost lifted before dawn by cloud and breeze.

Cloudy and windy (SSW) today, spells of rain since 1400, some heavy. Severe gale gusts this afternoon.

 

Min -0.1c @ 0300

Max 10.9c @ 1400

Rain yesterday 6.5mm

Rain since 0900 today 10mm

Est sun Nil

Max wind SSW 51mph @ 1452

 

Currently Drizzle, wind easing

9.8c/ 96%/ 1012mbar falling slowly

Edited December 14, 2013 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

Last night was dry with long clear periods but cloud increased from the south west towards dawn only to break and disperse again by 0930 to allow sunny spells during mid-morning. High and medium level cloud increased steadily from the south west during the late morning and the afternoon was dry but cloudy with light rain eventually arriving around 1630.

The wind increased steadily during the day and was close to gale force by late afternoon.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 7.6c

Max' today; 8.5c

Min' last night; 1.5c

Grass min; -1.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.0 mm

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.5 mm

Sunshine today; 1.15 hrs

Mean wind speed; 36 mph S/SW

Highest gust today; 50 mph S/SW at 1549

8 oktas Ns

Continuous light rain

Vis; 15 km. 

[The PIT]

Well there goes 50mph. Nothing strange as TM says though.

[Jax]

Hell of a storm in SA right now (BBC2) where they are broadcasting live from a studio in the middle of a storm.