Saturday 26th December weather observations

[Summer Sun]

Another dry but mild night with a light to moderate breeze ahead of storm Bella moving in later

Temp 511c

[The PIT]

Dry mild and cloudy

Temp 7.1C, low 3.7C, Barometer 1013mb falling, Wind F2 WSW, rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[Summer Sun]

A dry and cloudy start with a moderate south-westerly ahead of Storm Bella

Temp 6.5c

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry before midnight with gradually increasing high and medium level cloud. The cloud thickened and lowered during the early hours to bring hill fog and light rain or drizzle. It was dry and fog-free by 0630 and has been dry and cloudy since dawn.

At 0900

Temp; 5.2c

24 hr max; 5.3c

24 hr min; -1.2c

Overnight min; 1.0c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.5 mm

Mean wind speed; 22 mph W

7 oktas Ci, Ac, Sc and St fractus

Vis; 15 km

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 26th December 2020
 

Turning cloudy overnight, frost lifting before dawn. Mainly cloudy this morning, a few brighter spells, dry.

 
24-hour maximum 6.1c
24-hour minimum –1.3c
Minimum temperature on grass  -2.3c
Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 11.0mph WNW
Rainfall total: 0.0mm
 
Conditions at 09:00 GMT
 
7 Okta Stratocumulus.
Visibility >10 miles.
Temperature: 6.1c
Humidity 73.9%
Wind Direction W force 3
Barometer 1015.0mb Trend falling.
 
Yesterday.
 
Clear and cold overnight, dispite a force 2-3 NW wind there has been a widespread frost. Clear and frosty this morning, wind dropped to calm. High and medium level cloud increasing through the day, hazy sunny spells, cold, frost lingering in the shade all day.

[The PIT]

Some drizzle for a time from mid morning then dry but fairly cloudy winds now picking up

Temp 7.6C, Barometer 1005mb falling, Wind F3 SW, Rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[The PIT]

A dry afternoon although mostly cloudy. Winds briefly picked up but have dropped again.

Max temp so far 8.1C, Barometer 1000mb falling rapidly, Wind F3 SW, Rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Apart from a brief, light shower around 1730 it's been a dry, cloudy and breezy day.

At 1800

Temp'; 6.3c

Max today; 7.1c

Min last night; 1.0c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph SW

Highest gust today; 44 mph SW at 1234

7 oktas As, Ac and St fractus

Vis; over 80 km

Shower in past hour

[Stargazer]

Mild and cloudy with occasional drizzle in the afternoon. Windy this evening. Maximum 10.9, minimum 1.7. Wind fresh SW.