26th August General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dull but rare mild start to the day

Temp 12.3C

Barometer 1005mb rising

Wind F3 NE

Rainfall 3.8mm

[SteveB]

Cloudy wet start

 

Temp 16.1c

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy blustery night here with spells of moderate rain, And an overnight low of 10.9c.

 

Currently, Dull, Moderate rain, low cloud and blustery

Temp 11.1c

Wind 14.8mph E/N/E, Gusting 22.6mph

Rain 8.1mm

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 26th August 2014

 

Further intermittent mainly light rain and drizzle overnight. Dawning overcast, breezy, drizzle. The morning overcast with further drizzle which stopped around 08:00 GMT. At observation, mainly cloudy, breezy.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 13.7°C

24-hour maximum 14.6°C

24-hour minimum:12.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 11.9°C

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

Rainfall total: 13.5.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

7 Oktas Stratus.

Visibility: moderate, 5-6 miles.

Temperature: 14.1°C

Humidity: 95.4%

Dew point 13.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 ENE

Barometer 1007.3mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Cloudy overnight, staying dry here. Light rain commenced around 05:00 GMT. At observation, continuous drizzle. Cloudy throughout with light rain, at times moderate. Cool.

 

August 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 14.8c  (-1.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 24.5c on the 8th

Minimum temperature: 5.0c on the 21st

Grass Minimum: 1.0c on the 19th

Rainfall 78.2mm

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 570.9mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog with rain and drizzle overnight, the fog eventually lifting at 0545 g.m.t but the drizzle continuing intermittently until now.

 

At 0800 g.m.t.

Temp; 11.6c

24 hr max; 12.7c

24 hr min; 9.0c

Overnight min; 11.2c

Grass min; 11.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 21.6 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NE

8 oktas St

Intermittent light-moderate drizzle

Vis; 4 km.

[The PIT]

A bit of drizzle during the morning before the sun came out in the afternoon leading to a dry pleasant afternoon but chilly in the breeze

Max temp 16.9C now 15.6C

Barometer 1011mb rising

Wind F3 NE

Rainfall 3.8mm

[SteveB]

Wet morning drier afternoon

 

Temp 18.6c

Max Temp 18.7c

Min Temp 15.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate drizzle until late morning followed by a dry and mainly cloudy afternoon. The cloud broke and dispersed from about 1530 g.m.t to allow sunny spells.

 

At 1800 g.m.t.

Temp; 12.5c

Max' today; 14.4c

Min' last night; 11.2c

Grass min; 9.8c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.4 mm

Sunshine today; 1.34 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mph E

Highest gust today; 36 mph NE/E at 1134 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km.

Edited August 26, 2014 by Terminal Moraine

[TonyH]

Heavy to very heavy showers last night, especially 0130 to 0230 (8mm). MIld night, light ENE.

Mostly cloudy, dry today, sunny intervals late on. Rather cool, light to moderate ease to NE breeze.

 

Min 13.9c @ 0604

Max 17.9c @ 1324

Rain yesterday 17.7mm

Dry so far today

Est sun 1 hour

Max gust ENE 19mph @ 10am

 

Currently Clearing

14c/ 85%/ 1010mbar rising

Edited August 26, 2014 by TonyH

[hillbilly]

A cloudy start becoming sunny with patchy cloud for much of the day,max 16 deg,min 11 deg

[Stargazer]

Cloudy and cold with patchy rain, lighter in the afternoon and finally clearing around 5pm.  Maximum 15.9, minimum 11.2.  Wind light SE.

 

Yesterday: I believe it rained all day here - I was in Ayrshire in near wall-to-wall sunshine