31st August General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Clear skies with mist.

 

temp 13C

 

Wind a westerly zephyr

 

Pressure 1020mb falling.

 

I note with some interest that this morning Cristobal is smack bang over the position that used to be Ocean Weather Station Alpha. Storms in the Denmark strait do not bring back fond memories.

[johnholmes]

Cloudless with hardly any breeze with a low of 11.0C

[The PIT]

Warm Sunny Start with a westerly breeze

Temp 14.9C

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny

 

15.3c

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 31st August 2014

 

Variable cloud overnight with the odd light shower around early this morning. Sunny spells developing after a rather cloudy start.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 18.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight 10.6°C

24-hour maximum 18.1°C

24-hour minimum: 10.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 20.6 mph W

Rainfall total: 0.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

4 Oktas Stratus fractus, Altostratus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 15.8°C

Humidity: 88.3%

Dew point 13.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 WNW

Barometer 1017.9mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Variable cloud overnight, dry. A good deal of medium and high cloud this morning, bright. A good deal of cloud again with just the odd sunny spell. A light shower occurred during the early evening.

 

August 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 14.9c  (-1.5c) 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 80.3mm

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 573.0mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Terminal Moraine]

Variable cloud cover overnight with a few light showers alternating with clearer spells.

Dry with sunny intervals since 0600 g.m.t.

 

At 0800 g.m.t.

Temp; 14.3c

24 hr max; 16.3c

24 hr min; 10.4c

Grass min; 7.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.6 mm

Mean wind speed; 19 mph W/NW

6 oktas Cu and Ci

Vis; over 80 km.

[The PIT]

A dry day with long sunny spells.

Max temp 19.6C now 18.3C

Barometer 1017mb falling

Wind F2 W

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry sunny day, breezy.

 

Temp 18.2c

Max Temp 19.7c

Min Temp 12.3c

[hillbilly]

A sunny morning,some cloud  at times this afternoon and a sunny clear evening,breezy but feeling warmer,max 19 deg,min 10 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with short sunny intervals this morning and increasing amounts of sunshine this afternoon as the Cu and Sc gradually dispersed.

 

At 1800 g.m.t.

Temp; 14.1c

Max' today; 17.7c

Min' last night; 10.4c

Grass min; 7.8c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 5.12 hrs

Mean wind speed; 3 mph W

Highest gust today; 29 mph W/NW at 0829 g.m.t

1 okta Cu humilis and Ci

Vis; over 80 km.

[johnholmes]

What a lovely end to meteorological summer, a light breeze, plenty of warm sunshine with a high of 23.5C the highest since

9 August.

[TonyH]

Clear spells last night.

Sunny intervals to 11, then sunny to 1500, then sunny spells, Quite warm, light to moderate breezes varying between SW and NW. Clouded over by 1900.

 

Min 9.5c @ 0730

Max 20.2c @ 1428 = warmest for 3 weeks

Rain yesterday Trace

Nil so far today

Est sun 8 hours

Max gust WNW 13mph @ 1712

 

Currently Cloudy, mild

15c/ 92%/ 1020mbar steady

 

[Stargazer]

Dry and pleasant with sunny spells and temperatures finally back to near the seasonal average. Maximum 21.7, minimum 11.9. Wind light W.