Friday 27th General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

Back to stormy weather. Light Rain at times overnight raining now. Two bands of strong winds. The first around 4 ish brought a gust of 50 mph then winds dropped off. Increasing again now max so far 52mph

Temp 7.9C

Barometer 970mb falling

Wind F6 SSW Max Gust 52mph Ave 31 mph

Rainfall since midnight 2.8mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and windy night with a maximum gust of 66 mph at 0109, since surpassed with one of 68 mph at 0818.

Intermittent rain from mid-evening onwards, much of it light but with a short spell of heavy rain during the early hours.

Currently it's cloudy with brief light showers and a S/SW gale.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 6.1c

24 hr max; 6.6c

24hr min' -0.5c

Overnight min; 1.3c

Grass min; 0.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 5.6mm

Mean wind speed; 45 mph S/SW

7 oktas Cu and St fractus

Light shower of rain

Vis; 15 km.

[Coast]

11.8°C

983.5 hPa steady

Wind 27.0 mph gusting 29.0 mph max S

DP 8.3°C

Humidity 79&

8.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 729 ft

 

Grey and still quite windy

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

 

Temp 9.8c

[Polar Continental]

Friday 27th December 2013:

 

Turning cloudy windy and mild overnight, spell of rain turning moderate through the early hours.. The SE close to near gale force at times. At observation, windy, partly cloudy, dry.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 4.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 3.9°C

24-hour maximum 8.1°C

24-hour minimum: 0.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 36.1mph SE

Rainfall total: 4.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6Oktas Stratus fractus

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.1°C

Humidity: 71.0%

Dew point 3.2°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 6-7 SW

Barometer 975.7mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Clear spells overnight and the odd light wintry shower, widespread ground frost. and slight air frost. Shallow fog patches forming around dawn. The fog thickened and deepened through the morning, visibility <50 yards by observation, frost and ice. The fog slowly lifted through the morning, so by early afternoon bright and sunny spells developed. Stay chilly in the fog, with temperatures around 2c, lifting to 4.7c by afternoon in sunny spells. Light winds through the day, though the SE wind increased through the evening, increasing further close to gale for before midnight accompanied by light rain.

 

December 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.9c  (1.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 13.1c on the 15th

Minimum temperature: -0.4c on the 26th

Grass Minimum: -4.9c on the 11th

Rainfall 55.1mm

Wettest 24 hours 16.8mm on the 23rd.

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 765.7mm

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

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

[The PIT]

A windy day mild as well with isolated light showers during afternoon.

Max temp 8.8C now 6.7C

Barometer 978mb rising

Wind F5 SSW Max Gust 67mph Max average 34mph

Rainfall 4mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild ( although it didn't feel it on the moors ) day with a S/SW gale until mid-afternoon. One or two light showers and a few equally brief sunny intervals but on the whole it was dry and cloudy, the cloud dispersing during the late afternoon.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 4.1c

Max' today; 7.5c

Min' last night; 1.3c

Grass min; 0.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.3 mm

Sunshine today; 0.21 hrs

Mean wind speed; 28 mph SW

Highest gust today; 68mph S/SW at 0818

1 okta Cu and Ac

Vis; 50 km.

[SteveB]

A day of sunshine & showers

 

Temp 7.7c

Max Temp 12.1c

Min Temp 7.6c

[Stargazer]

Dry and breezy with sunny spells after a stormy but not particularly wet night. Maximum 11.2, minimum 5.2. Wind fresh SW.

[TonyH]

Very windy last night, SW gusts to over 50mph, rain cleared soon after midnight thereafter just the odd brief light shower.

Rather cloudy with a few sunny intervals to 1300 then sunny periods, a few rain and hail showers. Strong SW wind this morning moderated afternoon. More in the way of rain and hail showers this evening.

 

Min 7.6c @ 1030

Max 10.6c @ 0010

Rain yesterday 15.0mm

Rain since 0900 today: 1mm

Est sun 1.8 hours

Max wind SSW 52mph @ 0005

 

Currently Recent showers

4.4c/ 88%/ 987mbar rising