Daily weather observations - October 16th to October 22nd

[Summer Sun]

A calm and chilly night with variable cloud and calm

Temp 4.4c

[The PIT]

Dry rather cold with clear spells

Temp 3.4C, Barometer 1023mb falling slowly, Wind F1 S, Rainfal Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry with quite a lot of cloud, a low of 1.9 C, so ? if there has been any ground frost, now on 2.3 C

[Turnedoutniceagain]

+1c @6am - frost on the car - that's more like it !!!!

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with quite a lot of high cloud. No change to that so far this morning but with the occasional bright intervals through the cloud. The valleys filled with fog up to about the 180 m level.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 4.8c

24 hr max; 9.5c

24 hr min; 2.1c

Overnight min; 4.0c

Grass min; -0.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

 Mean wind speed; 1 mph E

6 oktas Ci and Cs

 Vis; 30 miles

Valley fog

[Polar Continental]

Monday 16th October 2023

 

Clear spells last evening before large amounts of high cloud moved in over the area. Ground frost forming before mid midnight. Ground frost melting quickly this morning, extensive high and medium level cloud, bright spells.

 

24-hour maximum 11.1c

24-hour minimum 0.6c

Minimum temperature on grass -1.7c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 9.2 mph NW

Rainfall total = 0.3mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

6 Oktas Cirrostratus, Altostratus.

Visibility 5 miles.

Temperature: 4.3c

Humidity 95.0%

Wind Direction NW force 2

Barometer 1022.6mb falling

 

Yesterday. 

 

A few showers last evening cleared away leaving clear periods, allowing the first ground frost of the season to develop during the early hours. A day of unbroken bright sunshine, feeling quite pleasant.

[The PIT]

A dry rather cold day with sunny spells

Max temp 12.4C, now 9.6C, Barometer 1019mb steady, Wind F1 ENE, Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with extensive high cloud and sunny intervals, most of the sunshine during the afternoon.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 6.4c

Max today; 9.8c

Min last night; 4.0c

Grass min; -0.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

 Sunshine today; 2.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 6 mph E

Highest gust today; 15 mph E at 1344 g.m.t

5 oktas Ci and Ac

 Vis' 50 miles

[The PIT]

A dry start to the day

Temp 5.3C, low 3.1C, Barometer 1018mb falling slowly, Wind Calm, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry with a mainly clear sky and a low of 3.3 C at the moment

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with plenty of high cloud and an increasing E breeze. Hill fog at times between 0430 and 0630 g.m.t but this has cleared and at the moment there are spells of weak sunshine.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 6.4c

24 hr max; 9.8c

24 hr min; 4.6c

Overnight min; 5.0c

Grass min; 1.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

 Mean wind speed; 13 mph E

3 oktas Ci

 Vis; 6 miles

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 17th October 2023

 

Variable cloud overnight, dry. Bright and hazy sunny spells this morning.

 

24-hour maximum 11.0c

24-hour minimum 4.3c

Night low 5.1c

Minimum temperature on grass 1.4c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 9.2 mph E

Rainfall total = 0.0mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

5 Oktas Cirrostratus.

Visibility >10 miles.

Temperature: 9.5c

Humidity 90.7%

Wind Direction E force 3

Barometer 1016.8mb falling

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells last evening before large amounts of high cloud moved in over the area. Ground frost forming before mid midnight. Ground frost melting quickly this morning, extensive high and medium level cloud, bright spells. Continuing bright with a few hazy sunny spells.

[The PIT]

A dry day with sunny spells after morning mist lifted

Max temp 15.1C, now 11.2C, Barometer 1013mb falling slowly, Wind F3 ENE, Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and breezy day with almost continuous sunshine from late morning onward.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 9.8c

Max today; 12.3c

Min last night; 5.0c

Grass min; 1.7c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

 Sunshine today. 4.6 hrs

Mean wind speed; 20 mph E

Highest gust today; 39 mph E at 1352 g.m.t

2 oktas Ci, Ac and Cu humilis

Vis' more than 50 miles

[The PIT]

A dry breginning to day with variable amounts of cloud

Temp 8.7C, Low 8.1C, Barometer 1006mb falling rapidly, Wind F1 ENE, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry and mostly cloudy, much milder with a low of 8.2 C

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild, dry and breezy night with large amounts of high cloud. Dry with spells of hazy sunshine so far this morning.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 8.6c

24 hr max; 12.3c

24 hr min; 6.4c

Overnight min; 7.9c

Grass min; 5.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

 Mean wind speed; 22 mph E

6  oktas Ci, Ac and St

 Vis; 20 miles

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 18th October 2023

 

Variable amounts of high and medium level cloud overnight. Hazy sunny spells this morning, breezy.

 

24-hour maximum 14.5c

24-hour minimum 8.5c

Minimum temperature on grass 7.1c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 17.9 mph E

Rainfall total = 0.0mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

5 Oktas Altocumulus, Cirrus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility >10 miles.

Temperature: 11.9c

Humidity 84.3%

Wind Direction SE force 4-5

Barometer 999.2mb falling

 

Yesterday. 

 

Variable cloud overnight, dry. Bright and hazy sunny spells this morning. Sunny spells for the rest of the day, milder.

[The PIT]

A day of sunny spells and increasing cloud with some light showers

Max temp 16.3C, now 12.8C, Barometer 991mb falling rapidly, Wind F3 ENE, Rainfall Trace

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry with sunny periods until early afternoon,then rapidly increasing cloud brought intermittent light rain by 1330 g.m.t.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 11.3c

Max today; 13.5c

 Min last night; 7.6c

Grass min; 5.9c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; Trace

Sunshine today; 4.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 24 mph E

Highest gust today; 36 mph E at 1359 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns and St

 Vis; 12 miles

Intermittent light rain

[hillbilly]

Dry,sunny and windy becoming cloudy later with a few spots of drizzle,max 14 deg,min 8 deg

[The PIT]

Dry afte r overnight rain

Temp 12.2C, low 11.2C, Barometer 979mb steady, Wind Calm, Rainfall 11.8mm since midnight

[johnholmes]

Dry and cloudy after overnight rain; just 3.0 mm since midnight but 12.8 mm last evening; a low of 12.2 C

[Summer Sun]

20.6mm of rain overnight from Storm Babet as it moved north. Currently dry and cloudy with a light south to south easterly wind

Temp 11.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with moderate-heavy rain yesterday evening and until 0130 g.m.t. Thick fog with light rain and drizzle so far this morning.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 12.9c

24 hr max; 13.5c

24 hr min; 8.6c

Overnight min; 10.7c

Grass min; 10.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 28.0 mm

 Mean wind speed; 14 mph S/SE

8 oktas St and Ns

 Vis; 250 yds

Continuous light-moderate drizzle