20th August General Weather Chat

[SteveB]

Good morning

 

 

Dry cool clear start

 

Temp 10.9c

[johnholmes]

Sunny with just 1 small patch of thin Sc, no wind and a low of 7.6C, the lowest since 6 June this year

[Radiating Dendrite]

Dry and very cool here this morning.

 

Was down as low as 4.7c at 6am.

 

5.7c when I left the house at 7am.

[Evening thunder]

Down to 3.4c here last night in balmy Devon. 

 

Even a touch of frost on a flat felt type garage roof across the road.

 

Now 8.2 with patchy cloud and some showers off to the west.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night and a sunny start to the morning.

Cloud has spread in from the north west in the last hour or so and it's now cloudy and dry.

 

At 0800 g.m.t.

Temp; 10.0c

24 hr max; 15.4c

24 hr min; 6.9c

Grass min; 3.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 9 mph W/NW

7 oktas Sc, Cu and Ac

Vis; over 80 km.

[Summer Sun]

Wall to wall sunshine no breeze

 

12.2c should get to around 18c by this afternoon if we can keep the sunshine

[Polar Continental]

 Wednesday 20th August 201

 

Clear and chilly overnight, low 5.2c with 1.0c on the grass, so not far off a ground frost. Sunny spells, cloud increasing towards observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 5.2°C

24-hour maximum 16.2°C

24-hour minimum: 5.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 1.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.3 mph NW

Rainfall total: 0.2mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Stratocumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 13.6°C

Humidity: 74.2%

Dew point 9.1°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 W

Barometer 1017.3.mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry, clear spells overnight. Sunny spells this morning, cloud bubbling up quickly with showers breaking out locally, currently, light shower, feeling cool. Sunny spells through the day, some showers locally though staying dry here.

 

August 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 15.8c  (-0.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 24.5c on the 8th

Minimum temperature: 5.1c on the 19th

Grass Minimum: 1.0c on the 19th

Rainfall 60.1mm

Wettest 24 hours 18.9mm on the 9th.

Maximum wind gust: 30.2 mph WSW on the 10th.

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 18th July.

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 552.8mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[The PIT]

A cold start to day just missing an ground frost as well. The day was cool with a shower late afternoon.

Max temp 16.3C now 15.1C

Barometer 1015mb falling

Wind F2 NNW

Rainfall 0.8mm

[Stargazer]

Cold sunny start, generally cloudier from mid-morning onwards with sunny intervals.  Maximum 17.6, minimum 8.3.  Wind light NW.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry day with sunny intervals then one short and quite heavy shower around 1615 g.m.t.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 11.8c

Max' today; 15.9c

Min' last night; 6.9c

Grass min; 3.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 1.1 mm

Sunshine today; 4.06 hrs

Mean wind speed; 10 mph W

Highest gust today; 28 mph W/NW at 1620 g.m.t

5 oktas Cu, Ci, Cs and Ac

Vis; over 80 km.

[SteveB]

Dry day with sunny spells

 

Temp 16.7c

Max Temp 19.4c

Min Temp 10.1c

[TonyH]

Clear spells  and a few light showers last night, light SW breeze.

Sunny spells and dry today, mostly cloudy though 10 to 1330. Sunny after 1700.  Very cool, moderate NW breeze.

Clear and notably cool for August this evening.

 

Min 6.6c yesterday evening @ 2226

Max 15.2c @ 1658

Rain yesterday 2.3mm approx

Dry today

Est sun 7 hours

Max gust NNW 17mph @ 1113

 

Currently clear, calm very cool indeed.

4.7c/ 93%/ 1019mbar steady