Friday 20th December General Weather chat

[The PIT]

Try again with the correct day and date.

A breezy frosty clear start to the day.

Temp 3.2C

Barometer 1010mb rising

Wind F4 SW

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry start

 

Temp 6.0c

[Coast]

Try again with the correct day and date.

 

:lol:

 

5.3°C

1015.4 hPa rising 0.6 hPa/hr

Wind 7.0 mph gusting 16.0 mph max W

DP 3.6°C

Humidity 89%

3.9mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 687 ft

 

Chilly but looks clear (it's still dark!)

[johnholmes]

cloudless with frost on cars, roofs etc although T=4.5C now with a breeze. Ground frost by late evening with a low of 1.2C 2 hours ago

[Terminal Moraine]

Yesetday evening's snow cleared to the east by 1830 and the rest of the night was dry, breezy, clear and cold with the first air frost of the month recorded.

Currently it's dry with weak sunshine and 1.5cm of frozen snow lying. At 350 mts there's 2cm of snow and the snow line is around 250 mts.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 0.9c

24 hr max; 4.6c

24 hr min; -0.5c

Grass min; -3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 3.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 22 mph W/SW

2 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis; 80 km

Ground 98% covered with 1.5cm of frozen snow.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 20th December 2013:

 

Clear spells following the rain last night, widespread ground frost and a touch of air frost, low -0.1c with -4.0c on the grass. Currently mostly clear and feeling cold with a force 4 westerly wind. Untreated roads and pavements very icy this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 6.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.1°C

24-hour maximum 6.9°C

24-hour minimum: -0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -4.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 30.1 mph WSW

Rainfall total: 2.1mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

3 Oktas Cirrostratus, Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 2.7°C

Humidity: 92.9%

Dew point 1.7°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 WSW

Barometer 1016.7mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Moderate to heavy rain accompanied with strong SE winds and gale force gusts veered SW by mid evening and moderated with a clearance following. Temperatures dropped to around 1.3c with -2.3c on the grass by dawn. At observation, sun rising, clear, ground frost. Sunny spells through the morning and in to the afternoon. Before mid afternoon the sun was turning hazy as cloud increased from the SW. The early evening saw a short spells of light to moderate rain with clearance following through around 19:00 GMT.

 

December 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 6.1c  (1.8c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 13.1c on the 15th

Minimum temperature: -0.1c on the 19th

Grass Minimum: -4.9c on the 11th

Rainfall 26.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 9.3mm on the 18th.

Maximum wind gust: 56.7 mph WSW on the 5th.

 

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 736.9mm

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

Maximum wind gust: 56.7 mph WSW on the 5th Dec

[The PIT]

A day with normal temps after a frosty breezy start. Sunny spells until late afternnon

Max Temp 7.2C

Barometer 1012mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall trace

[TonyH]

Clear periods with a slight air frost last night, light WSW.

Sunny intervals to 1100 then cloudy with light rain and drizzle at times. Strengthening SSW wind which has been gusting gale force since 1500. Mild pm.

 

Min -2.1c @ 2320 yesterday

Max 9.3c @ 1647

Rain yesterday 7.6mm

Rain since 0900 today 2.8mm

Est sun 1 hour

Max wind gust SSW 46mph @ 1643

 

Currently Light rain, very windy

9.2c/ 93%/ 1012mbar falling rapidly

Edited December 20, 2013 by TonyH

[SteveB]

Dry day but cloudy

 

Temp 11.1c

Max Temp 11.1c

Min Temp 5.3c

[Terminal Moraine]

Apart from the occasional spot of showery rain this morning it's been a dry day. There were sunny periods this morning but from midday it became increasingly cloudy and breezy. All the lying snow had gone by mid-afternoon.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 6.2c

Max' today; 6.2c

Min' last night; -0.5c

Grass min; -3.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 1.53 hrs

Mean wind speed; 32 mph S/SW

Highest gust today; 41 mph SW at 1157

8 oktas As and Sc

Vis; 50 km.

[Stargazer]

Clear start with an air frost. Clouded over during the afternoon, then patchy light rain after dark. Maximum 8.8, minimum -0.3. Wind light S.

[Cakie]

Bit flipping windy here.