Daily weather observations - December 18th to December 23rd

[Terminal Moraine]

 A cloudy day with continuous light-heavy drizzle.

At 1800

 Temp; 8.8c

Max today; 8.8c

Min last night; 5.1c

Grass min; 2.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.2mm

 Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 28 mph W

Highest gust today; 49 mph W at 1531

8 oktas St

 Vis; 15 miles

Continuous light drizzle

[matt111]

Dry and cloudy all day although the sun did briefly appear through the cloud a couple of times

Current Temp: 10.4°C

Max Temp: 10.8°C

Min Temp: 4.8°C

Rainfall: 0.2mm
 

[The PIT]

A dry start winds picking up. Mild and cloudy gusts to 51mph

Temp 11.4C, Low 10.2C, Barometer 997mb falling, Wind F5 W, Rainfall 0.2mm since midnight.

[johnholmes]

Dry, mostly cloudy, windy with max gust 39 mph, very rare for my garden, very mild with the low showing 11.5 C; almost 9C above normal!

[The PIT]

Missed the worst gust driving to work 77mph

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with intermittent light-moderate drizzle or rain. The rain became showery by dawn but accompanied by a westerly gale.

At 0900

 Temp; 9.9c

24 hr max; 10.3c

24 hr min; 6.7c

Overnight min; 8.5c

Grass min; 7.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 5.8 mm

 Mean wind speed; 47 mph W  gusting to 82 mph

7 oktas Cu and St fractus

Vis; 35 miles

Brief moderate showers

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 21st December 2023

 

Further moderate drizzle last evening. Turning very windy through the early hours, frequent gale force westerly gusts this morning, bright spells, dry.

 

24-hour maximum 12.9c

24-hour minimum 8.3c

Minimum temperature on grass 8.6c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 18.4 mph WNW

Maximum gust this morning 57.8 mph

Rainfall total = 1.2mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

5 Oktas Stratus

Visibility >10 Miles

Temperature: 12.9c

Humidity 74.7%

Wind Direction WNW force 7-8

Barometer 1001.4mb falling slowly

 

Yesterday. 

 

A few cloud breaks last night soon gave way to overcast. Cloudy throughout, intermittent drizzle.

[The PIT]

A very windy day here much worse than forecast. A mild windy start then temperatures return close to normal.

max temp 11.6C, now 9C, Barometer 1003mb riisng rapidly, Wind F5 W Max gist 77mph. Rainfall 3.4mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A Westerly gale for most of the day with numerous trees and branches down and some roads blocked for a time. Sunny intervals and frequent brief showers throughout the day. The gust of 82 mph this morning was the highest at any time of year since Dec' 5th 2013.

At 1800

 Temp; 7.9c

Max today; 10.0c

Min last night; 8.5c

Grass min; 7.9c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 2.1 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.5 hrs

Mean wind speed; 36 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 82 mph W at 0846

7 oktas Cu

 Vis; 30 miles

Light showers

[matt111]

Cloudy all day and fairly windy with occasional patchy rain. Very mild, especially during the middle part of the day. 

Current Temp: 11.2°C

Max Temp: 13.6°C

Min Temp: 10.8°C

Rainfall: 0.4mm

[hillbilly]

Showers and spells of rain and very strong winds for much of the day,max11 deg,min 9 deg

[The PIT]

Mild windy but dry

Temp 9.6C, low 8.2C, Barometer 1004mb falling slowly, Wind F5 W, Rainfall 0.4mm

[johnholmes]

Dry and cloudy it seems, bit breezy with a low of 8.3 C, less mild than yesterday

 

[Polar Continental]

Friday 22nd December 2023

 

Another cloudy night, still quite windy. some showery rain. Conditions the same this morning.

 

24-hour maximum 12.9c

24-hour minimum 7.7c

Minimum temperature on grass 7.5c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 57.6 mph W

Rainfall total = 4.0mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

7 Oktas Stratus

Visibility >10 Miles

Temperature: 9.9c

Humidity 89.5%

Wind Direction WNW force 5

Barometer 1009.3mb rising slowly

 

Yesterday. 

 

Further moderate drizzle last evening. Turning very windy through the early hours, frequent gale force westerly gusts this morning, bright spells, dry. Very windy throughout, with continued westerly gusts past gale force. Squally moderate showers late afternoon and early evening.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with periods of light-moderate rain or drizzle after midnight and the westerly gale subsiding. Cloudy with light, occasionally moderate, rain today.

At 0900

 Temp; 8.1c

24 hr max; 10.0c

24 hr min; 6.9c

Grass min; 5.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 9.7 mm

 Mean wind speed; 31 mph W

8 oktas Ns and St fractus

 Vis; 7 miles

Continuous light-moderate rain

[The PIT]

A day of light showery rain windy at times max gustb 46mph

Max temp 10.3C, now 9.4C, Barometer 1008mb rising slowly, Wind F4 W, rainfall 1.8mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy day with continuous light-moderate rain. Quite windy too but nothing like yesterday.

At 1800

 Temp; 8.2c

Max today; 8.3c

Min last night; 6.9c

Grass min; 5.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 5.7 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 29 mph W

Highest gust today; 59 mph W at 1456

7 oktas Ns and St

Vis; 25 miles

[matt111]

Dry, cloudy and breezy all day.

Current Temp: 10.2°C

Max Temp: 12.0°C

Min Temp: 10.0°C

Rainfall: 0.0mm
 

[The PIT]

Dry cloudy winds easing some overnight showers

Temp 8.9C, Barometer 1007mb falling slowly, Wind F3 W, Rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[johnholmes]

Dry so far and breezy, gust to 27 mph overnight, current low is 10.9 C very mild again

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 23rd December 2023

 

Variable cloud overnight and this morning, bright spells, mild.

 

24-hour maximum 10.7c

24-hour minimum 8.8c

Minimum temperature on grass 7.9c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 31.1 mph W

Rainfall total = 0.6mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

6 Oktas Cirrostratus, Stratus, Cirrocumulus.

Visibility >10 Miles

Temperature: 9.6c

Humidity 89.4%

Wind Direction WNW force 4-5

Barometer 1010.8mb falling slowly

 

Yesterday. 

 

Another cloudy night, still quite windy. some showery rain. Conditions much the same throughout, odd light shower, mild.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with periods of moderate-heavy drizzle or light rain. No change to that so far this morning.

At 0900

 Temp; 7.5c

24 hr max; 8.8c

24 hr min; 7.1c

Grass min; 6.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 9.6 mm

 Mean wind speed; 26 mph W

8 oktas Ns and St

 Vis; 7 miles

Continuous moderate-heavy drizzle

[The PIT]

A miserable morning with drizzle showers or longer spells of drizzle.

High temp so far 9.3C, now 9.1C, Barometer 1008mb steady, Winds F2 SW, Rainfall 0.4mm

 

[The PIT]

Drizzle showers easing anddying away in the afterenoon to a few weak sunny spells

Max temp so far 10.1C, Barometer 1006mn falling slowly, Wind F3 SW, Rainfall 1mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous drizzle and light rain during the morning and early afternoon eventually died out around 1400 to leave the rest of the day dry and cloudy.

At 1800

Temp; 8.2c

Max today; 8.9c

Min last night; 7.1c

Grass min; 6.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 1.9 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph SW

Highest gust today; 54 mph W at 0239

8 oktas Sc

 Vis' more than 50 miles