Saturday 9th January- General Weather Discussion

[knocker]

Cloudy but mild. Temp 9.5C and wind SW 15mph gusting 30.

[The PIT]

A mild dry start to the day. Gritters out last night wasting grit so the stocks probably need using up.

Temp 5.3C,  Barometer 992mb falling,  Wind F3 SSW,  Rainfall 0.6mm

[johnholmes]

Dry but cloudy after slight rain overnight, a low of 3.8C

[Polar Maritime]

Some clear spells late evening before cloud rolled in with fog patches and some light rain in the early hours. A low of 3.7c

Currently; Overcast/damp

Temp 5.3c

WC 2.1c

Wind S/W Avg 9.7mph

Rain 0.8mm

[Summer Sun]

Cloudy and cold start with some mist / fog in the distance

Temp 3.6c

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 09th January 2016

 

A few clear spells developing for a time last night, before more cloud returned before midnight. Cloudy this morning, short moderate shower close to the observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 3.8°C 

24-hour maximum 8.0°C

24-hour minimum: 2.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.9 mph S

Rainfall total: 0.6mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Altostratus, Cirrostratus.

Visibility, moderate to good 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 6.0°C

Humidity: 93.8%

Dew point 5.1°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 SE

Barometer 989.6mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells last night, clouding increasing for a time through the early hours. Ground frost. Sunny spells this morning, feeling cold in the force 3 southerly wind. Ground frost. Quickly turning cloudy after observation, and staying so, a few light showers scatted around.

 

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 30.8mm

Wettest 24 hours = 9.6mm on the 6th.

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

[SparkleS]

Non stop rain all night and its still at it, wouldnt be suprised if lancashire is flooded again! Our garden and driveway is quite flooded

[Mark Neal.]

Cloudy, Patchy Rain on/off. Heavy Rain early hours dumped 8mm. Wind 15mph S. Temp currently 8.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

Clear for a short time early yesterday evening before more cloud moved to leave the rest of the night cloudy with a few light showers.

Light showers early this morning but for the last couple of hours it's been dry and cloudy.

At 0900

Temp; 4.3c

24 hr max: 5.3c

24 hr min; 1.5c

Overnight min; 2.9c

Grass min; -1.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph SE

8 oktas St

Vis: 5 km with fog having cleared in the last 5 minutes.

[The PIT]

A brief shower early morning then dry mostly cloudy and mild. Brief brighter spell mid morning

Temp 8C,  Barometer 989mb falling,  Wind F2 WSW,  Rainfall 0.8mm

[Stargazer]

Overcast and windy with rain on and off all day. Maximum 10.3, minimum 5.8. Wind fresh S.

[Rob Heselwood]

A dry start for a change, but then light showers around mid morning. The afternoon was mostly dry with the cloud breaking up.

Max Temp 8.3C

Wind Chill Temp 7C

Min Temp 3.3C

Wind Gust 17.3mph Easterly

Wind Average 9.1 East Sou' Easterly

Rainfall 2.8mm

Barometer 978mb Falling

[SteveB]

Dry start, rain and shower later

Temp 7.5c

Max Temp 10.4c

Min Temp 7.4c

[Terminal Moraine]

Mainly dry and cloudy until mid-afternoon when intermittent light rain arrived from the south. The rain became moderate and more persistent by 1700 but the heaviest rain was always to the west and south west.

The mildest day of the month so far.

At 1800

Temp; 6.5c

Max today; 7.0c

Min last night; 2.9c

Grass min; -1.5c.

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.5 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs.

Mean wind speed; 24 mph SE

Highest gust today; 41 mph SE at 1726

8 oktas Ns

Continuous moderate rain

[hillbilly]

Rain all morning ,drier in the afternoon then rain for most of the evening,max 7 deg,min 3 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Heavy Rain early hours, then showery rain. Brighter weather late morning, early afternoon. Then further heavy showers before squally rain moved through late afternoon. Heavy downpour early evening. 

• High- 9.6c   
• Low-  4.5c   
• Wind 24mph SE.      
• Rainfall- 12.4mm