Tuesday 12th May General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dull mild start to the day odd spot of drizzle in the wind

Temp 9.7C

Barometer 1008mb steady

Wind F3 SSW

Rainfall Trace

[knocker]

Blimey I've lost two days!

 

Slight rain just ceased and a clearance from the west in progress I assume marking the passage of the occlusion. Temp 9C wind WNW 11mph

 

Edited May 12, 2015 by knocker

[SteveB]

Damp cloudy start

 

Temp 10.1c

[johnholmes]

dry with the sun shining through cloud cover, quite mild with a low of 11.1C

[Summer Sun]

Thursday 12th? I could have sworn its Tuesday

 

Anyway dry and sunny though still breezy

 

Currently 12.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

Intermittent light rain early this morning after a dry first half of the night. The rain has cleared to the south and at the moment it's sunny and breezy.

 

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp: 9.5c

24 hr max: 17.9c

24 hr min: 7.6c

Grass min: 6.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t: 0.1 mm

Mean wind speed: 21 mph W/SW

7 oktas Cs, Ci and Cu humilis

Vis: over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 12th May 2015

 

Cloudy and mild overnight. A few spots of rain first thing before a clearance arrived from the west around 08:00 GMT. At observation, sunny spells, breezy.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 20.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight 10.4°C

24-hour maximum 20.3°C

24-hour minimum: 10.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 9.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.3mph W

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

3 Oktas Cumulus fractus, Altostratus, Cirrus.

Visibility: very good >10 miles.

Temperature: 12.0°C

Humidity: 63.6%

Dew point 5.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 WSW

Barometer 1015.7 mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday.

 

Dry mild and cloudy overnight. Clear spells developing towards dawn allowing a bright start with sunny spells. Clouding over quickly from the west to overcast by 08:00 GMT Dry. The cloud began to break again around 11:00 GMT allowing sunny spells, good sunny spells through the afternoon.

 

May 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.1c (-1.8c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 20.3c on the 11th.

Minimum temperature: 0.3c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -3.5c on the 1st

Rainfall 37.3mm

Wettest 24 hours = 13.8mm on the 2nd.

Maximum wind gust: 36.9 mph WSW on the 5th.

 

2015 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 20.3c on the 11th May.

Minimum temperature: -3.7c on the 19th January

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 19th January.

Rainfall 224.0mm

Wettest 24 hours = 19.9mm on the 12th March.

Maximum wind gust: 43.8 mph W on the 31st March.

[The PIT]

 A day of isolated showers some briefly heavy. Breezy at times as well

Max temp 15.1C now 13.1C

Barometer 1013mb steady

Wind F3 WSw

Rainfall 2mm

[SteveB]

Cloudy start, clearing to bright sunny breezy conditions

 

Temp 15.0c

Max Temp 16.3c

Min Temp 10.1c

[Terminal Moraine]

A few spots of showery rain at times but otherwise a dry and windy day with sunny periods.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 11.7c

 Max today: 13.4c

Min last night: 7.6c

Grass min: 6.9c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t: Trace

Sunshine today so far: 5.94 hrs

Mean wind speed: 18 mph W

Highes gust today: 48 mph W at 1118 g.m.t

3 oktas Cu humilis

Vis: over 80 km.

[Stargazer]

An hour or so of light rain cleared around 9.30am, then dry and breezy with sunny spells for the rest of the day. Maximum 16.6, minimum 10.9.  Wind moderate W.

[hillbilly]

A  showery morning,dry afternoon with sunshine but windy,max 13deg,min 8 deg

[J10]

First good day from this spell, A sharp shower around 9, then apart from a few sprinkles around 12, dry with increasingly long sunny spells into the afternoon and evening.