(09:00UTC 26/08/09)
15.7 C
Max 18.5 C, min 13.6 C
Dewpoint 14.3 C
RH 91%
Wind 5.0 kts S
1006.5 hPa steady
Ppn (standard gauge) 1.0mm last 24hrs
Ppn (standard gauge) 95.5mm this month
Ppn (AWS) 1.2mm last 24 hrs
Ppn (AWS) 79.4mm this month

Grey, damp, cool, blustery

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
snip
Ppn (standard gauge) 1.0mm last 24hrs
Ppn (standard gauge) 95.5mm this month
Ppn (AWS) 1.2mm last 24 hrs
Ppn (AWS) 79.4mm this month

Grey, damp, cool, blustery
www.evershot-weather.org

.... so far (as at 1030Z), just 0.1 mm here (current system) from
sporadic light rain/drizzle - breezy, cloudy.

The Hurn rainfall for the month is now up to 50% of the all-month
average.

However, in case anyone is thinking that we must be enjoying a month
with decent temperatures, think again! The running mean-maximum
anomaly has yet to touch parity with the 1971-2000 long term average
for that station, currently -0.3degC. The overall mean will of course
be above average, thanks to the night minima anomaly.

A combination of lack of sustained sunshine (often fine starts have
clouded-out), and lower theoretical maxima due to the already
mentioned lower SSTs in the source region for so much of our weather
this summer; in fact I was thinking yesterday (a fine, largely sunny
day with maximum just 20.5°C, 1.3degC *below* the long term mean),
that it was turning out to be a nice spring!

Martin.

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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

Martin Rowley wrote:
"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
snip
Ppn (standard gauge) 1.0mm last 24hrs
Ppn (standard gauge) 95.5mm this month
Ppn (AWS) 1.2mm last 24 hrs
Ppn (AWS) 79.4mm this month

Grey, damp, cool, blustery
www.evershot-weather.org

... so far (as at 1030Z), just 0.1 mm here (current system) from
sporadic light rain/drizzle - breezy, cloudy.

....

Just after 09z today the AWS gave us 0.4mm. Another 0.2mm around 11z,
but since then 11.6mm and still going on. So Bill has partly redeemed
himself. Gusty too in the showers. Atm just drizzle.

16.5C, DP 15.9C, 1006.5 hPa @ 14:16z.

Hugh

--

Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

Just after 09z today the AWS gave us 0.4mm. Another 0.2mm around 11z,
but since then 11.6mm and still going on.

Gosh- nearly half an inch. Still up in Bedford so will be interesting
to see what I recorded High

R

On Aug 26, 11:33*am, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...
snip
Ppn (standard gauge) 1.0mm last 24hrs

Ppn (standard gauge) 95.5mm this month
Ppn (AWS) 1.2mm last 24 hrs
Ppn (AWS) 79.4mm this month

Grey, damp, cool, blustery
www.evershot-weather.org

... so far (as at 1030Z), just 0.1 mm here (current system) from
sporadic light rain/drizzle - breezy, cloudy.

The Hurn rainfall for the month is now up to 50% of the all-month
average.

However, in case anyone is thinking that we must be enjoying a month
with decent temperatures, think again! The running mean-maximum
anomaly has yet to touch parity with the 1971-2000 long term average
for that station, currently -0.3degC. The overall mean will of course
be above average, thanks to the night minima anomaly.

A combination of lack of sustained sunshine (often fine starts have
clouded-out), and lower theoretical maxima due to the already
mentioned lower SSTs in the source region for so much of our weather
this summer; in fact I was thinking yesterday (a fine, largely sunny
day with maximum just 20.5°C, 1.3degC *below* the long term mean),
that it was turning out to be a nice spring!

Martin.


It doesn't seem to have been so bad for temperature just along the
coast in Southampton, most days since the 5th have been around 21 or
22C, so about average. But then again there have been virtually no
really warm days (just the 19th springs to mind) and perhaps 7 cooler
than average days (including probably today, surprising given all this
warm air supposedly moving round Bill!) so here too the day max could
be cooler than average. However the fact that almost all the average,
low 20s C days have been dry and bright, the lack of wettish days
(1st, 4th, 6th, 10th, a few showers yesterday, today and - looking
forward to the rest of the month - possibly Friday) has given the
perception of a qualitatively slightly-above-average month here.

Nick

"Hugh Newbury" wrote ...

Just after 09z today the AWS gave us 0.4mm. Another 0.2mm around
11z, but since then 11.6mm and still going on. So Bill has partly
redeemed himself. Gusty too in the showers. Atm just drizzle.


.... total rainfall 09-18Z here ~3mm, with ir(slight) this morning,
becoming continuous PPN this afternoon, mostly drizzle & rain, light
to moderate, but very short-lived bursts of moderate rain.

I think the inner cold front has just gone through; after a couple of
hours of poor visibility, it's just shot up and the wind's veered a
shade. Presumably we'll have to wait for the 'wrap-around' occlusion,
or seclusion (?) to come through before the humidity falls properly -
then wait for the next system!

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

On Aug 26, 11:33*am, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:

A combination of lack of sustained sunshine (often fine starts have
clouded-out), and lower theoretical maxima due to the already
mentioned lower SSTs in the source region for so much of our weather
this summer; in fact I was thinking yesterday (a fine, largely sunny
day with maximum just 20.5°C, 1.3degC *below* the long term mean),
that it was turning out to be a nice spring!

Martin.

Was probably slightly colder than that in the New Forest yesterday,
after the showery tendency cleared through. My own feeling was that it
was a pretty typical late Sep/early Oct day, aside from the fact that
it was still light at 8pm.

Nick

Presumably we'll have to wait for the 'wrap-around' occlusion,
or seclusion (?) to come through before the humidity falls properly -
then wait for the next system!

Martin.

From what I can interpret, for the next week, most of the activity is
going to be up in the north west. It has been a little too quiet up
here in Bedford and I am actually looking forward to returning to
Dorset for a bit more variation, next Wednesday. I was in Rugby today
and there was much more drizzle, and markedly windier
Robin