I haven't been paying much attention to the weather forecasts over the
last day or two so you can imagine my surprise when checking
yesterday's and the overnight rainfall (20mm) when I noted the current
atmospheric pressure - 966 mB.

I record pressure only once a day (unless something interesting is
going on) and this is the lowest I have ever seen at this location (20
years). I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast and yet, in the eye of the
depression, winds outside are very light indeed; the moderate to
heavy rain earlier in the night has stopped for now.

--
Dave
Fareham

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
I haven't been paying much attention to the weather forecasts over the
last day or two so you can imagine my surprise when checking
yesterday's and the overnight rainfall (20mm) when I noted the current
atmospheric pressure - 966 mB.

I record pressure only once a day (unless something interesting is
going on) and this is the lowest I have ever seen at this location (20
years). I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast and yet, in the eye of the
depression, winds outside are very light indeed; the moderate to
heavy rain earlier in the night has stopped for now.


Dave,

I recorded a lower pressure of 961.4mb last March (2008).

Phil
Guildford.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:42:00 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

I haven't been paying much attention to the weather forecasts over the
last day or two so you can imagine my surprise when checking
yesterday's and the overnight rainfall (20mm) when I noted the current
atmospheric pressure - 966 mB.

967.5mB at 0327 here at Hilton. Very quiet during the night and about
8mm from this event-very little and I am quite suprised with all the
warnings. I hope to hear an explanation.
R

On 23 Jan, 05:42, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
... *I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast ...

--
Dave
Fareham

A little way to go yet, Dave - 25 Feb 1989 saw 948.8 mbar at Portland
in Dorset, you would have been around 950-951 on that occasion.

--
Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire

wrote:
On 23 Jan, 05:42, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
... I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast ...

--
Dave
Fareham

A little way to go yet, Dave - 25 Feb 1989 saw 948.8 mbar at Portland
in Dorset, you would have been around 950-951 on that occasion.

--
Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire

You beat me to it Stephen 964.4mb here atm at Southend-on-Sea, calm and
not raining, expect some wind later ;-) Bottomed at 963.9mb half an hour
ago. 15mm of rain overnight.

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:42:00 +0000, Dave Ludlow wrote:

I haven't been paying much attention to the weather forecasts over the
last day or two so you can imagine my surprise when checking
yesterday's and the overnight rainfall (20mm) when I noted the current
atmospheric pressure - 966 mB.

I record pressure only once a day (unless something interesting is
going on) and this is the lowest I have ever seen at this location (20
years). I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast and yet, in the eye of the
depression, winds outside are very light indeed; the moderate to
heavy rain earlier in the night has stopped for now.

966.6hPa in St Albans at 5:21.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
23/01/2009 08:01:07

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:56:33 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On 23 Jan, 05:42, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
... *I suspect that it is not far off the lowest pressure ever
recorded on this part of the South Coast ...

A little way to go yet, Dave - 25 Feb 1989 saw 948.8 mbar at Portland
in Dorset, you would have been around 950-951 on that occasion.

Thanks Stephen, I jumped the gun in my early morning excitement!

I should have said, of course, one of the lowest in January... oops!

--
Dave