Daily weather observations - October 16th to October 22nd

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 19th October 2023

 

Further moderate rain last night and in to the early hours. Turning light and intermittent after 01:00 BST. Outbreaks of light rain this morning, very humid, a few brighter spells developing towards reading time.

 

24-hour maximum 15.1c

24-hour minimum 11.9c

Minimum temperature on grass 11.5c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 25.3 mph SSE

Rainfall total = 15.20mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

7 Oktas Stratus.

Visibility >10 miles.

Temperature: 15.1c

Humidity 97.8%

Wind Direction S force 4

Barometer 981.1mb falling slowly

 

Yesterday. 

 

Variable amounts of high and medium level cloud overnight. Hazy sunny spells this morning, breezy. Continued sunny spells in to early afternoon before cloud thickened bringing intermittent light rain mid afternoon. The rain became more continuous and moderate by evening. 

Edited October 19, 2023 by Polar Continental

[The PIT]

A day of well scattered showers and sunny spells

Max temp 17.6C, now 16.4C, Barometer 980mb steady, Wind F1 SE, rainfall 13mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and mainly cloudy day with one or two brief showers during the afternoon.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 14.6c

Max today; 16.0c

Min last night; 10.7c

Grass min; 10.5c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 1.0 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.1 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mph SE

Highest gust today; 37 mph S at 0754 g.m.t

7 oktas St and Cu

 Vis; 30 miles

[hillbilly]

Mainly dry and cloudy with an odd shower and some sunny spells before rain arrived at tea with some very heavy bursts.,max 17 deg,min 11 deg

[The PIT]

A very wet start to the day

Temp 13.4C, low 13.3C, Barometer 978mb falling rapidly, Wind F3 NE, Rainfall 12.4mm

[johnholmes]

Overnight wet and windy and still raining; rainfall from last evening to now=28.6 mm, overnight gust max=24 mph and a low of 12.7 C (currently)

Looks like my Davis has packed up with the rain, 0.2 mm in past 45 mins and only brief spells of not raining. For sure I'm not going out in this to try and rectify it!

Looking at the data output, probably suspect from around 0830 at a quick inspection.

Edited October 20, 2023 by johnholmes

[johnholmes]

1 hour ago, johnholmes said:

Overnight wet and windy and still raining; rainfall from last evening to now=28.6 mm, overnight gust max=24 mph and a low of 12.7 C (currently)

Still raining another 2.2 mm and the wind stronger, gusting to 37 mph, almost unheard of in my very sheltered back garden. the wx station is only 12-15 feet above the ground as well.

[Summer Sun]

A very windy start to the day but so far only 0.3mm of rain

Temp 10.4c

[Polar Continental]

Friday 20th October 2023

 

Light rain last night turned moderate/heavy during the early hours. Continuous moderate to heavy rain this morning, windy.

 

24-hour maximum 18.9c

24-hour minimum 12.4c

Minimum temperature on grass 12.5c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 18.2 mph SSE

Rainfall total = 29.1mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

8 Oktas Nimbostratus.

Visibility <1 mile.

Temperature: 12.6c

Humidity 97.6%

Wind Direction E force 4-5

Barometer 975.2mb falling

 

Yesterday. 

 

Further moderate rain last night and in to the early hours. Turning light and intermittent after 01:00 BST. Outbreaks of light rain this morning, very humid, a few brighter spells developing towards reading time. Bright and a few brief sunny spells, odd light shower during the rest of the day, warm for mid October. Light rain set in before mid evening.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and windy night with continuous moderate-heavy rain from late evening onward. No change to that so far this morning.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 11.1c

24 hr max; 16.0c

24 hr min; 11.1c

Grass min; 11.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 36.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 26 mph E

8 oktas Ns

 Vis; 5 miles

Continuous heavy rain

[johnholmes]

2 hours ago, johnholmes said:

Still raining another 2.2 mm and the wind stronger, gusting to 37 mph, almost unheard of in my very sheltered back garden. the wx station is only 12-15 feet above the ground as well.

Davis Rainguage seems to have packed up around 0830, showing 27.0 mm+ 3.6 before midnight. Chucking it down currently is my technical term, certainly not going to go out and try to clear the Davis!

[The PIT]

A day of heavy rain and a cold day

Max temp 12.5C, now 10.3C, Barometer 977mb steady, Wind F3 ENE, Rainfall 67.6mm

[johnholmes]

Still chucking it down here, with the ocnl short spell of almost no rain, no idea how much, see above post, but never seen my main pond so high.

[The PIT]

Now up to 77.4mm and still raining although eased back again

[reef]

Up to 32.0mm here and coming down at quite a rate. If it goes above 37.4mm then it'll be our wettest day since August 2017.

[hillbilly]

A very wet and windy day,max 12 deg,min 10 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous moderate to heavy rain all day with 86.4 mm in the 24 hrs to 1700 g.m.t.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 9.0c

Max today; 11.4c

Min last night; 11.0c.Grass min; 11.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 50.3mm

Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph ED

Highest gust today; 44 mph E at 0846 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns

 Vis; 7 miles

Continuous moderate rain

Edited October 20, 2023 by Terminal Moraine

[The PIT]

1 hour ago, reef said:

Up to 32.0mm here and coming down at quite a rate. If it goes above 37.4mm then it'll be our wettest day since August 2017.

Quite dry then lol.

[reef]

39 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Quite dry then lol.

High rainfall totals are pretty unusual here as its flat with no real hills nearby apart from the Wolds, but they're only about 150-200m.

We have just actually passed that 37.4mm mark now, so it is indeed the wettest day since August 2017.

It shows how exceptional 2007 was when we had almost 100mm in a day. Above 50mm in a 24 hour period is exceptionally rare here.

[The PIT]

A cloudy start light rain at times

Temp 7.9C, Barometer 979 rising, Wind F1 NNW, Rainfsall since midnight 5.2mm

[johnholmes]

Cloudy with ocnl slight rain, still not got rainfall ; a low of 8.7 C currently

[johnholmes]

1 hour ago, johnholmes said:

Cloudy with ocnl slight rain, still not got rainfall ; a low of 8.7 C currently

Had about half an hour of moderate rain, see radar, once it stops I'll get the steps and have a look in the rain gauge, not sure if I will be able to sort it, just hoping its got something stopping the water draining out

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with continuous light-moderate rain. The fresh to strong E/NE wind yesterday evening decreased to a light breeze during the early hours and backed NW. Yesterday was the 5th wettest day on record here, and the wettest October day by a large margin.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 7.1c

24 hr max; 11.4c

24 hr min; 6.9c

Grass min; 6.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 65.1 mm

 Mean wind speed; 6 mph NW

7 oktas Ns

 Vis; 15 miles

Continuous moderate rain

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 21st October 2023

 

The rain turned light last night before midnight, further light rain through the early hours and this morning.

 

24-hour maximum 12.6c

24-hour minimum 8.5c

Minimum temperature on grass 8.5c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 27.6 mph E

Rainfall total = 25.2mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

8 Oktas Nimbostratus, stratus

Visibility 8 miles

Temperature: 9.2c

Humidity 98.6%

Wind Direction W force 2

Barometer 982.4mb rising

 

Yesterday. 

 

Light rain last night turned moderate/heavy during the early hours. Continuous moderate to heavy rain this morning, windy. Moderate to heavy rain continued throughout. Temperature falling slowly through the day.

[The PIT]

A dry afternoon with somelate sunny spells

Max temp 10.9C, now 10.6C, Barometer 985mb rising quickly, Wind F1 WNWE, Rainfall 8.6mm