Saturday 12th December 2015 General Weather Chat

[johnholmes]

dry, cloudy and just starting to rain with a low of 3.5C, now on 4.9C

Edited December 12, 2015 by reef

[iand61]

Raining here for the last couple of hours so this morning's' revised forecast moving the snow area further north looks a good call, even at my altitude.

current temperature of 2.8c.

 

[Summer Sun]

Dry, cloudy and cold

Temp 3.3c

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 12th December 2015

 

Clear spells for a time last night, ground frost forming. Clouding over through the early hours. Light to moderate rain commencing around dawn. At observation, continuous moderate rain.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.7°C 

24-hour maximum 7.7°C

24-hour minimum: 7.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -4.4°C

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

Rainfall total:1.1mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Nimbostratus.

Visibility, poor, around 1mile.

Temperature: 4.0°C

Humidity: 93.3%

Dew point 3.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 E

Barometer 1016.4mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

A few cloud breaks, though mostly cloudy overnight, one or two showers. Mostly cloudy this morning, damp under foot. Bright and hazy sunny spells developing, staying dry.

 

December 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 9.5c (5.4c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 14.5c on the 7th.

Minimum temperature: 0.7c on the 11th

Grass Minimum: -4.4c on the 11th.

Rainfall 21.3mm

Wettest 24 hours = 6.4mm on the 2nd.

Maximum wind gust: 38.3 mph SW on the 5th.

 

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 620.0mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

Maximum wind gust: 50.8 mph W on the 17th November.

[SteveB]

Cloudy damp start

Temp 11.8c

[knocker]

Pretty nondescript morning, cloudy with Sc and St. Temp 12C and wind SW 20mph gusting 30.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear periods until after midnight. Thickening cloud during the early hours eventually brought light rain by 0730 and half an hour of sleet around 0900 before reverting to rain again.

At the moment it's overcast with continuous moderate rain and hill fog. Current temp is 2.7c

At  0900

Temp; 2.4c

24 hr max: 5.4c

24 hr min; 1.6c

Grass min; -1.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph SE

8 oktas Ns

Vis; 15 km.

[Summer Sun]

Fairly heavy rain now after a dry start

Temperature has fallen slightly currently 3.0c

[The PIT]

Brief bit of sleet early which changed quickly to rain. Some snow at fox house but this changed to sleet within a few minutes of driving past. So cold and the expected wet rainy day

Temp 3.3C rainfall 8.4mm

[johnholmes]

rainfall, so far, is 7.0mm and the warm sector is over me at 9.9C, it changed rapidly after 1200 when it was 4.4C

 

[The PIT]

A mild day once again after a cold sleety start. Rain ever since eight o'clock moderate at times but becoming lighter during the afternoon.

Max temp so far 10.9C low 3C

Barometer 1005mb falling

Wind F5 SW

Rainfall so far 17.8mm

[Rob Heselwood]

A cloudy and wet day with rain falling moderate to heavy all day. Also feeling rather cold than of late.

Max Temp 5C @ 00.10hrs, but cooler during the daylight hours!

Windchill Temp 3C

Min Temp 1.7C

Wind Gust 13mph West Nor' Westerly

Wind Average 5.9mph South Easterly

Rainfall 22.6mm so far.

Barometer 1005mb Rising

[johnholmes]

well another dramatic change of T, 11.3C to 4.7C, correction 4.1C now since 1530, rainfall now on 10.4 mm

 

[The PIT]

Temp still rising here 11.2C

[Polar Maritime]

A cool morning with rain/sleet arriving by 7am, Rain became persistent and heavy at times through the afternoon with blustery winds and a rise in temps, A max of 11.2c and a low last night of 2.8c

Currently; Moderate sometimes heavy rain & blustery.

Temp 11.2c

Wind W/N/W Avg 15.8mph

Gusting 47mph

Rain 16.2mm

 

[knocker]

N/S split at 17Z

 

[SteveB]

Wet start, clearing to a dry day

Temp 11.6c

Max Temp 12.9c

Min Temp 10.1c

[Terminal Moraine]

An overcast and wet day which started quite cold but ended very mild. 

There was sleet for a time at first this morning but this quickly reverted to rain and there was continuous moderate, occasionally heavy, rain for the rest of daylight hours, the rain becoming light by early evening.
Thick fog between 1000 and 1230 but this lifted as the warm sector arrived.

At 1800

Temp; 8.3c

Max today; 10.5c

Min last night; 1.6c

Grass min; -1.8c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 26.6 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 18 mph W

Highest gust today; 42 mph W at 1728

8 oktas Ns

Vis; 25 km

Continuous light rain

[Summer Sun]

The snow has stopped and the temperature is rising very slowly currently 1.1c

If the skies clear overnight and the temps drop again it will be like an ice rink outside tomorrow

[Pennine Ten Foot Drifts]

Quite a nice squall line over southern England at the moment:

 

[hillbilly]

A day of rain ,heavy for long periods,cold drier after dark,the calder very high again with some localised flooding ,max 5 deg,min 3 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Cold after clear spells overnight low 2.2c just aftermidnight. Rain then through early hours, easing mid morning.Cloudy and increasingly windy thereafter. Milder also, highest wind of 25mph SW through early evening. Heavy rain arriving back through 9pm onwards as front and squall moved southwards. Total Rainfall of 3.6mm. Top temp of 11.9c.