Wednesday 6th January 2016 - General weather discussion

[knocker]

Cloudy but dry and the next belt of rain looks like reaching her about 1500. Temp 8,5C and wind NW 15mph.

[SteveB]

Clear dry start

Temp 6.2c

[johnholmes]

Damp and misty but dry at the moment after rain overnight, a low of 6.3C, 500m at the airport, would reckon about 1000m or so here.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 06th January 2016

 

Mostly cloudy overnight, a few cloud breaks. Mostly cloudy this morning.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight 5.5°C 

24-hour maximum 8.1°C

24-hour minimum: 5.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 1.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.0 mph SE

Rainfall total:0.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

7 Oktas Stratus.

Visibility, poor,  about 1 mile.

Temperature: 5.6°C

Humidity: 98.4%

Dew point 5.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 SW

Barometer 995.1mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Further light showers around last night, these cleared before midnight. Rather cloudy this morning, bright spells. Mostly cloudy through the day, odd light shower.

 

January 2016 so Far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.6c (1.4c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 9.9c on the 2nd.

Minimum temperature: -0.1c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -4.3c on the 1st.

Rainfall 19.2mm

Wettest 24 hours = 8.2mm on the 3rd.

Maximum wind gust: 29.9 mph SE on the 3rd.

 

2015:

 

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 693.7mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

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

[Terminal Moraine]

One or two light showers yesterday evening but most of the night was dry and cloudy.

Dry at the moment with intervals of weak sunshine through a layer of thin St.

At 0900

Temp; 4.9c

24 hr max; 6.1c

24 hr min; 4.6c

Grass min; 2.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900: 2.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 6 mph N/NW

7 oktas St, Cu and Ac

Vis: 5 km.

[Summer Sun]

Dry and cloudy

Temp 6.4c

[johnholmes]

foggy here now, sky obscured and 3-400m visibility

[Stargazer]

Overcast, dry and quiet with mist slowly clearing.  A hint of brightness at times in the afternoon.  Maximum 8.4, minimum 5.3.  Wind calm.

[johnholmes]

As some might say, 'it's been a funny sort of day'.

Cloud, brief sun, fog, rain and drizzle, a high of 8.6C now on 7.3C

[The PIT]

Some drizzle this morning and light rain. Then cloudy odd brighter spell day temps just below average

Max temp 6.9C,  Barometer 997mb steady,  Wind F1 SSE Rainfall 1.4mm

[Rob Heselwood]

A dry start with a touch of brightness mid morning. Rain and drizzle soon followed and continued throughout the day.

Max Temp 7.1C

Min Temp 6.5C

Wind Gust 8.1mph Easterly

Wind Average 3.6mph East Sou' Easterly

Rainfall 4.2mm

Barometer 993mb Falling

[SteveB]

Mostly dry day with good sunny spells

Temp 7.7c

Max Temp 8.9c

Min Temp 6.0c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with sunny intervals, the first sunshine of 2016.

At 1800

Temp; 4.4c

Max today; 6.5c

Min last night; 4.6c

Grass min; 2.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 1.07 hrs

Mean wind speed; 8 mph S/SE

Highest gust today; 15 mph S/SE at 1736

8 oktas Ac and St

Vis: 8 km.

[Polar Maritime]

A dry day with patchy cloud and sunny spells, A max of 6.8c, A low last night of 4.2c.

Currently; Dry/cloudy with lights winds.

Temp 4.5c

Wind S/S/W Avg 3mph

Rain 0.0mm

[hillbilly]

A drizzly wet start becoming drier,very dull,max 8 deg,min 6 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Showers to begin the day, some sunny spells thereafter. Fog around this evening, rainband edging in from W. 

High- 7.8c. Low- 4.8c. Rainfall- 1.2mm Wind- Light 5mph.