Monday 24th August General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cold start to day cloudy as well but dry

Temp 9.8C

Barometer 1003mb falling

wind Calm

Rainfall 0.2mm

[johnholmes]

The coolest morning since Sunday 16th, low overnight of 11.7C, dry with almost total cloud cover, various thick middle level layers it looks like

[knocker]

Cloudy with Ns and Sc. Slight rain, temp 14C and wind NE 16mph.

[Polar Maritime]

The night started clear, But cloud soon built with thick fog forming and drizzle during the early hours. A low of 8.8c at 4.30am.

 

Currently; Thick Fog and damp with little wind.

Temp 10.1c

Wind W/N/W Avg 2.8mph

Rain 0.3mm

Rain 24hrs 2mm

[SteveB]

Wet cloudy start

 

Temp 13.8c

[Summer Sun]

Dry and cloudy start with only limited brighter intervals

 

temp 13.5c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear intervals and large areas of Ac. Fog developed around dawn and became thick at times but has cleared in the last half hour.

 

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp: 11.9c

24 hr max: 23.2c

24 hr min: 9.6c

Grass min: 6.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t: 2.3 mm

Mean wind speed: 3 mph NE

7 oktas Ac and St

Vis: 150 mts but the sky visible above the fog

[Polar Continental]

Monday 24th August 2015

 

Variable cloud overnight, less warm than recently. Bright spells, dry so far this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 24.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 10.4°C

24-hour maximum 24.0°C

24-hour minimum: 10.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 6.1°C

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

Rainfall total: 2.4mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Stratocumulus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 14.3°C

Humidity: 95.5%

Dew point 13.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 2-3 NE

Barometer 1001.0mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday.

 

Thunderstorms cleared away early last evening to leave broken cloud, turning breezy through the early hours, though still warm. Sunny spells so far this morning. High cloud increasing. Sun turning increasingly hazy through the morning, very warm. The afternoon turned cloudy with rain by mid afternoon, moderate at times. By early evening the rain stopped with bright spells following. Turning much cooler as the wind turned fresh SW.

 

August 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 16.9c (0.3c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 26.7c on the 22nd.

Minimum temperature: 5.1c on the 16th

Grass Minimum: 2.6c on the 16th

Rainfall 52.3m

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm on the 13th.

Maximum wind gust: 28.9 mph W on the 4th.

 

2015 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 33.1c on the 01st July.

Minimum temperature: -3.7c on the 19th January

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

Rainfall 411.4mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

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

[stormforce 10]

cloudy, scattered showers, windy and cool.

[Stargazer]

Cold, overcast and wet most of the day, with the rain particularly heavy and persistent in the morning.  We were lucky to be right in the 'eye of the storm' at lunchtime, giving us a half hour dry and calm spell.  Maximum 16.2, minimum 13.1.  Wind light N.

[The PIT]

A cool dry day some hazy sun but plenty of cloud about.

Max temp 18.1C now 17.7C

Barometer 1002mb falling

Wind F3 NNE

Rainfall 0.2mm

[cheese]

Better day than expected - mostly cloudy but some afternoon sunshine pushed temps above 20C and it's been dry.

Similar all week I suspect.

[Rob Heselwood]

A cloudy but dry day with some hazy sunshine from time to time. No rain as was forecast, but was cooler than of late.

 

Max Temp 20.1C @ 17.00

Min Temp 10.9C @ 5.00

 

Wind Gust 6mph Easterly

Wind Average 3.3mph Westerly

 

Barometer 998mb Rising

[SteveB]

Cloudy wet day, which has only just stopped raining & I believe the sun is appearing

 

Temp 15.5c

Max Temp 15.8c

Min Temp 13.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly cloudy and a mainly dry day. A few brief sunny intervals during the first half of this morning and one brief shower at 1600 g.m.t.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 15.2c

Max today: 16.9c

Min last night: 9.6c

Grass min: 6.4c

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

Sunshine today: 0.57 hrs

Mean wind speed: 5 mph N

Highest gust today: 17 mph NE at 1018 g.m.t

8 oktas As and Cu

Vis: 20 km.

[J10]

Mostly dry and cloudy and quite cool for the time of year, some rain for around 2 hours lunchtime, mostly drizzly, with some late afternoon/evening sunshine.

[hillbilly]

Some fog to start,cloudy and brighter as the day went on ,sunny spells later ,calm,feeling warmer than the reading,max 17 deg,min 10 deg

[Relativistic]

A maximum of 16.1C at a local station today, very low for August. My own station recorded a maximum of 16.9C and a minimum of 13.0C, so a range of just 3.9C. Very unusual in my (perhaps relatively short) experience for two days like this in August (we had a similar day last week).