Friday 14th of Feb General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy but dry start to the day.

Temp 2.8C

Barometer 994mb rising

Wind F3 S

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Wet start

 

Temp 5.1c

[johnholmes]

Upper cloud already largely covering the sky, a light S'ly wind and a low of 2.9C, no ground frost

[martk1972]

Cloudy

 

Temperature: 3.2°CTemperature change in the last hour: +0.2°CHumidity: 83%Dew point: 1.0°CRain today: 0.0mmPressure: 992.0mb - FallingWind speed: 2.0mphWind direction: SSW

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear intervals. Cloudy since before dawn with hill fog at times though this has now cleared.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 0.6c

24 hr max; 5.1c

24 hr min; 0.2c

Grass min; -1.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 14 mph SE/S

8 oktas As and St fractus

Vis; 20 km.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 14th February 2014:

 

Variable cloud overnight, breezy, becoming more generally cloudy through the early hours, dry. At observation, overcast, dull, though still dry.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight 1.7°C

24-hour maximum 7.1°C

24-hour minimum: 1.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 29.9 mph WSW

Rainfall total: 0.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Okta, Altostratus, Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 2.5°C

Humidity: 91.0%

Dew point 1.2°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 SE

Barometer 992.1mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Very windy until after midnight, slowly becoming less windy through the early hours. Sunny spells so far this morning. Sunny spells through the morning and in to the afternoon. Showers scattered around with a short blustery hail shower here around 14:00 GMT The evening saw clear spells.

 

February 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.1  (0.9c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.9c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -0.8c on the 10th

Grass Minimum: -4.4c on the 10th

Rainfall 47.0mm

Wettest 24 hours 9.9mm on the 11th.

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th.

 

Winter 2013-2014 Dec-Jan-Feb:

 

Days sleet/Snow Falling 2

Air frosts 11

Ground frosts 38

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 11.3c on the 6th Jan

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 180.6mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th Feb.

[The PIT]

Duul grey day cool but warming up quickly. Light rain or drizzle at times.

Max temp 5.2C and rising

barometer 974mb falling

Wind F3 ESE

Rainfall 6mm

[SteveB]

Windy day with patchy rain

 

Temp 10.8c

Max Temp 12.3c

Min Temp 3.4c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold morning with wet snow, sleet and small hail. The afternoon began with a short heavy shower of sleet and hail but from 1400 it was milder with intermittent light rain. A heavy shower of rain at 1800.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 6.9c

Max' today; 6.9c

Min' last night; 0.2c

Grass min; -1.7c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 7.5 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 27 mph SE/S

Highest gust today; 61 mph SE/S at 1349

8 oktas Ns

Heavy rain shower

Vis; 3 km.

[The PIT]

Temps may have peaked just after six. Two brief heavy showers which brought some livelier winds gusting to 45 mph. Now fairly quiet and dry again.

Max temp 7.7C

Barometer 989mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 8.6mm

[TonyH]

Clear spells and ground frost to 0400, then clouded over with increasing SE breeze.

Cloudy and windy today, the fresh to strong SE gusting severe gale force afternoon and veering SSW. Mostly light rain at times 0800 to midday,with a little sleet after which spells of rain and squally showers, heavy to very heavy at times, and became prolonged. Became mild pm.

Min 0.4c @ 0245

Max 9.7c @ 1434

Rain yesterday: 0.6mm

Rain since 0900 today: 23mm

Est sun: Nil

Max gust: SSW 49mph @ 1545

963mbar currently is the lowest pressure reading for quite a few years.

 

Currently: Light showers, very windy

8.2c/ 94%/ 963mbar falling slowly

Edited February 14, 2014 by TonyH

[Stargazer]

Wet and windy all day, with gale force gusts from late afternoon onwards. Maximum 11.0, minimum 1.4. Wind strong SW.

[hillbilly]

Cold and increasingly windy with showers and heavy showers at times

max 7 this evening

min 3 deg