Wednesday 20th May General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A clear breezy Sunny start to the day

Temp 6.7C

Barometer 1006mb rising

Wind F3 WNW

Rainfall Nil

[knocker]

Partly cloudy with some large Cu. Temp 8.6C and wind WNW 13mph

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

 

Temp 7.9c

[Summer Sun]

Glorious start here in central London not a cloud in the sky currently though some showers are possible later on for a time

 

8c currently

[johnholmes]

About 5/8 CuSc, dry with some breeze, and a low in the early hours of 4.2C, up to 9.0C now

[Terminal Moraine]

Variable cloud cover overnight and a few light showers although, like yesterday, the focus of the showers was on the north western side of the Peak.

One or two brief, light showers earlier this morning but at the moment it's dry with sunny spells and a cool and fresh W/NW breeze.

 

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp: 8.5c

24 hr max: 9.4c

24 hr min: 4.4c

Grass min: 1.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t: 5.2 mm

Mean wind speed: 26 mph W/NW

3 oktas Cu humilis and mediocris

Vis: over 80 km.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Terminal Moraine

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 20th May 2015

 

Clear spells overnight, turning cloudy well before dawn. Mostly cloudy so far this morning with a couple of light showers.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.7°C

24-hour maximum 12.0°C

24-hour minimum: 4.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.6°C

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

Rainfall total: 1.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Cumulus congestus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.6°C

Humidity: 79.0%

Dew point 6.1°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 W

Barometer 1015.3 mb: Trend:rising.

 

Yesterday.

 

Further moderate showers last night cleared just after midnight leaving clear spells. Bright and sunny spells this morning and a couple of light showers. The day saw moderate and heavy showers of rain and hail, thunder heard early afternoon. The showers cleared away by evening.

 

May 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.6c (-1.3c) (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 56.0mm

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 242.7mm

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

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

[Stargazer]

Clear cold start but soon clouded over to give a rather cloudy and dry day (so far) with sunny intervals.  Maximum 15.8, minimum 4.6. Wind light WNW.

[The PIT]

Ended up a pleasant enough day one brief shower and that was it. Breezy still though pleasant walking home in the sun.

Max temp 14.2C now 12.8C

Barometer 1014mb rising

Wind F3 W

Rainfall Trace

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light showers this morning but the afternoon was dry and increasingly sunny as most of the cloud dispersed.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 9.5c

Max today: 11.1c

Min last night: 4.4c

Grass min: 1.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t: 0.2 mm

Sunshine today so far: 6.95 hrs

Mean wind speed: 23 mph W/NW

2 oktas Cu and Ci

Vis: over 80 km.

[SteveB]

Dry day with long sunny spells

 

Temp 11.4c

Max Temp 16.0c

Min Temp 5.8c