Friday 9th January General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A mild cloudy start with decreasing winds after a very windy spell around midnight

Temp 9.8C

Barometer 1009mb rising

Wind F4 SW Max gust 65 mph

Rainfall 0.2mm

[SteveB]

Dry breezy start

 

Temp 10.6c

[Mark Neal.]

9.6c, Clear Spells. 22mph, Gusting 35mph.

[Mesosphere]

After a wild night with strong gusty winds, a squall line, hail and thunder and lightning, it's a considerably quieter morning.

6.7C

1003.3mb rising

F4 W

8/8 Sc

Edited January 9, 2015 by Mesosphere

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and breezy night after a clear start with a slight ground frost. Occasional light rain during the late evening and into the early hours but this had cleared well before dawn.

Dry and windy at present with very weak sunshine.

 

At 0900.

Temp; 7.7c

24 hr max; 8.6c

24 hr min; 2.4c

Grass min; -0.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 39 mph W ( gusting to 56 mph )

7 oktas Cs and Ac

Vis; 25 km.

[Summer Sun]

A windy morning here in Darlington nothing unusual for the time of year

 

relatively mild at 8.7c though feeling cooler given the wind

[speyweather]

24 hrs to 0900:

0.9c Min.Temp

5.8c Max.Temp

1.9 mm rainfall

3.60 hrs sun

Currently 3.9c

1000 Mb. rising rapidly

Wind 10 mph WNW (Max gust 54 mph)

OVercast

Edited January 9, 2015 by speyweather

[Polar Continental]

Friday 09th January 2015

 

 Turning more cloudy last night, becoming windy too through the early hours, accompanied by a rising temperature, so very mild by morning. At observation, windy, mild, bright.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 3.9°C

24-hour maximum 10.5°C

24-hour minimum:3.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.9 mph WSW

Rainfall total: 0.4mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

4 Oktas  Cirrostratus, Altostratus, Altocumulus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, around 10m

Temperature: 10.0°C

Humidity: 75.6%

Dew point 5.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 5-6 W

Barometer 1014.4mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday.

 

Some light rain through the early hours, mild. Overcast, further light to moderate rain this morning. Showery rain cleared around 10:30GMT followed by brighter conditions by around lunch time, sunny spells through the afternoon.

[Summer Sun]

The wind has died right down now not even a breeze currently

 

Some sunshine earlier for a time but cloudy now with some rain to the west

 

Temp 8.1c

[Evening thunder]

Remarkably mild.. 16.2c. Max 16.3c so far. Not sure what the record is for this area.

[TonyH]

Rain and drizzle early last night,  a decreasing SW wind and mild overnight.

Bright intervals first thing, soon cloudy/ dull and drizzly. Light to moderate SW wind increased fresh to strong this afternoon. Very mild indeed.

 

Min 7.4c @ 0636

Max 12.7c @ 1524

Rain yesterday 5.4mm

Rain since 0900 today 1mm

Est sun 0.1 hour

Max gust SSW 36mph @ 1425

 

Currently Windy drizzly.

12.6c/ 96%/ 1017mbar steady

Edited January 9, 2015 by TonyH

[TonyH]

Remarkably mild.. 16.2c. Max 16.3c so far. Not sure what the record is for this area.

Incredible for the coldest period of the year! Several spots close on 16c including Exeter Airport and Yeovilton.

[The PIT]

Now very windy again matching midnights gust of 65mph

Max temp 13.7C

Barometer 1002mb falling

Wind F6 SW Gusting 65 mph

Rainfall 1.2mm

[reef]

Briefly sunny this morning before turning overcast this afternoon. Temperatures have generally been 9-10C since the early hours but there has been a rapid increase in the last half an hour or so. Exceptionally mild for January.

 

Max Temp: 13.2C (so far)

Min Last Night: 4.9C

Mean Wind: 15mph SW

Max Gust: 38mph

Rainfall: None
Sunshine: 1.8hrs

 

Currently 13.2C and 87% humidity.

[Summer of 95]

15C here after dark, must be close to a record for early January. Higher max today than some days last August....

[Hotspur62]

Temp gone from 11.2 at 3.45 to 13.9 as at 6.45pm.Not often that happens in early Jan lol!!

[SteveB]

Dry day but windy

 

Temp 12.6c

Max Temp 13.8c

Min Temp 8.4c

[reef]

The January record has just gone here, previously 14.3C set in 1993.

Its currently 14.5C so the warmest in at least 36 years!

[Stargazer]

Dry, breezy and mild start with sunny spells; clouded over in the afternoon with occasional spots of rain in the wind.  Currently windy and exceptionally mild at 15.4 deg C.  Maximum 15.5 (possibly a January record here), minimum 5.9.  Wind strong SW.

[GulberwickWeather]

Calm before the storm!

 

Gulberwick, Shetland @ 1917 UTC

 

Temp: 4.1C

Dew: 1.3C

Wind: WNW @ 1kt

Rainfall today: 4mm

Pressure: 990.1hPa (rising slowly)

Humidity: 82%

[h2005__uk__]

Temp here currently 14.8C. Considering it's now 3.5 hours after sunset, it's the equivalent of being 1am in mid-June. It'd be a mild night even for summer!

[Potent Gust]

Currently 15C here! Feels very strange. I think the highest ever January temperature was recorded in North Wales and it got to 18.3C

[Terminal Moraine]

Early morning high cloud moved away to leave sunny periods from 1000. Thin and fragmented cloud began to move in from the west by midday, bringing intermittent light rain. The rain became more persistent by mid-afternoon but cleared by 1600.

It became exceptionally mild and very windy with a W gale.

 

 

At 1800.

Temp; 12.1c

Max' today; 12.2c

Min' last night; 2.4c

Grass min; -0.9c.

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.4 mm

Sunshine today; 2.41 hrs

Mean wind speed; 50 mph W

Highest gust today; 74 mph W at 1544 and 1829

6 oktas Ac, Sc and Cu fractus

Vis; over 80 km.

Edited January 9, 2015 by Terminal Moraine

[Zenarcher]

Greenock 9th January Summary

 

Highest Temperature 12c

Lowest Temperature 5c

 

Top Wind Speed 61mph

Average Humidity 88%

Pressure 1006mb

Visibilty Fairly good

Weather Conditions Cloudy with heavy showers all day. Severe gales during the early morning that went down to gale force for the rest of the day.

[hillbilly]

A cloudy start with light rain later in the morning becoming heavier with strong winds and fierce gusts the rain baiting later,very mild max 12 deg,min 5 deg