Thursday 31st December- General weather discussion

[knocker]

Partly cloudy with some Cu. Temp 7C and wind WSW 11mph

[The PIT]

A mild start to day odd light shower increasing winds

Temp 4.4C, Barometer 1005mb rising,  Wind F5 SW,  Rainfall 0.4mm

 

[Mark Neal.]

Heavy Hail Shower now passed after dumping 1.7mm in a few minutes. Now clear spells and 4.4c 15mph 

[Summer Sun]

A dry and mostly cloudy start

Chillier than of late current temp 4.5c

[michael meadows]

when will winter start for the uk... all i want is some snow please

 

[Terminal Moraine]

Rain, heavy at times, continued well into yesterday evening before clearing. A few sharp showers followed during the early hours but there were also lengthy clear spells.

Dry and sunnny at the moment after light showers earlier this morning.

At 0900

Temp; 4.0c

24 hr max; 10.4c

24 hr min; 2.8c

Grass min; -0.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900: 21.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 25 mph SW

2 oktas Cu

Vis: over 80km.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 31st December 2015

 

A very wet 24 hours with 22.2 mm of rain. Further rain last night, moderate and heavy at times, turning windy again. The early hours saw another spell of heavy rain accompanied by squally winds. Clearance arrived before dawn. Sunny so far this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.9°C 

24-hour maximum 13.0°C

24-hour minimum: 4.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 34.2 mph S

Rainfall total: 22.2mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

2 Oktas Stratus fractus.

Visibility, good 10 miles.

Temperature: 5.4°C

Humidity: 90.6%

Dew point 4.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 W

Barometer 1007.9mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Very mild and cloudy overnight, windy. This morning, overcast, intermittent light drizzle, very windy with southerly gusts near gale force. Rain set in by late morning, moderate at times, continuing through the afternoon, very windy. Rain, moderate and heavy at times continued in to the evening and night, though less windy by then, Mild.

 

December 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 9.3c (5.2c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 15.0c on the 18th.

Minimum temperature: 0.7c on the 11th

Grass Minimum: -4.4c on the 11th.

Rainfall 90.0mm

Wettest 24 hours = 22.2mm on the 30th.

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 688.7mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

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

[SteveB]

Dry start, but heavy showers  through the night with a rumble of thunder thrown in.

Temp 7.3c

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate sometimes heavy rain cleared before midnight to leave just a few showers with long clear intervals towards dawn. A low of 3.2c

Currently; Dry with clear sky's, Bright and sunny..

Temp 5.8c

Wind West Avg 9mph

Rain 1.2mm

Yesterday 16mm

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny ahead of the rain which is currently moving in from the west it shouldn't hang around for long an hour or 2 of rain at the most before the skies clear tonight and temps tumble towards 0c for many parts

Current temp 6.4c

[Norrona2015]

What a difference a day makes.

Crisp winters day, partially cloudy, light wind.

Temp 2*C

Looks like the residents over at Braemar will see a white end to 2015.

Just noticed the Met has yellow weather warnings (snow) out for most areas of Scotland, NE, NW England and NI.

[The PIT]

A mild day once again no surprises there with temperatures higher than forecast. A sunny morning gave way to a cloudy afternoon and a brief heavy shower. Breezy at times once again

Max temp 8.1C now 4.9C,  Barometer 1009mb rising,  Wind F5 SSW,  Rainfall 3.8mm

[Summer Sun]

Some rain a short time ago didn't last long as expected a chilly old wind today

Temp 6.0c

[Rob Heselwood]

A dry morning, with a brisk SW wind. The afternoon was mainly dry, but a heavy shower developed late afternoon

Max Temp 8.6C

Windchill Temp 6C

Min Temp 3.6C

Wind Gust 20mph

Rainfall1.4mm

Barometer 1004mb Falling

[Stargazer]

A day of comparative calm back in Reading after a few days in Ireland including an interesting drive back to Cork airport dodging the floods in the wake of Storm Frank.  Dry and breezy with sunny spells, showery rain after dark.  Maximum 10.9, minimum 7.0.  Wind moderate S.

[SteveB]

Sunshine and showers

Temp 6.7c

Max Temp 11.8c

Min Temp 6.7c

[hillbilly]

A dry sunny start with a showery afternoon,windy at times,max 7 deg,min 4 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and sunny morning and early afternoon. Cloud increased from about 1400 and there was a heavy and very squally shower of rain, then hail and sleet, between 1545 and 1615. Further showers of sleet followed by early evening.

At 1800

Temp; 4.1c

Max today; 6.7c

Min last night; 2.8c

Grass min: -0.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 4.2 mm

Sunshine today; 3.09 hrs

Mean wind speed; 17 mph S/SW

Highest gust today; 65 mph S/SW at 1547

7 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis: over 80 km.

[Summer Sun]

Clear skies this evening as expected a clam end to a very wet month for parts of the UK

Temp 4.0c

[Mark Neal.]

Hail shower early hours, with clear spells either side. Sunny morning, before heavy downpour early afternoon. Front passed through 4:30pm. Clear skies since. Wind has now eased. Currently 2.9c, Wind 8mph SE 

High- 8.9c. Low- 2.9c. 

Rainfall- 5.6mm