Summary for August 2005

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HEADLINE: ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL. WARM/MAINLY DRY SECOND & LAST WEEKS

(last updated: 01/1500 SEPTEMBER)

 

Location:   Tawfield/Wooden Hill area of SW Bracknell, Berkshire, UK

Altitude 80 m (other location details see elsewhere on web site.)

(temperatures [standard screen] degC; rainfall/melted snowfall mm; snow depths cm; )

Readings taken at 0900 and 1800 UTC. Where the NIGHT maximum

or DAY minimum are significantly different from figures hereunder, this will be noted in the accompanying text summary. There are now two mean daily temperatures shown: the first is the mean of the average day maximum and average night minimum (A), and the second is the average of the 24hr maximum and 24hr minimum (B .. as kept formerly) .. the anomalies are shown for this latter figure from 1971-2000 estimated Long Term Averages. Rainfall is credited to the 24hr day beginning 0900 UTC.

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TEMPERATURES ETC.

Highest day maximum (date):... 29.0(31)

Highest 24hr maximum (date):.. 29.0(31)

 

Lowest night minimum  (date):... 08.6(07,08)

Lowest 24hr minimum   (date):... 08.6(07,08)

 

Lowest overnight grass minimum (date):... 06.9(07)

[ number of days grass minimum < 0degC: ... 00 ]

 

[ Lowest day maximum  (date):...   16.3(24)]

[ Highest night minimum (date):... 15.3(31)]

 

A. Mean Day (09-18Z) maximum:   ... 22.5

A. Mean Night (18-09Z) minimum: ... 11.8

A. Mean of Day Max & Night min: ... 17.1

 

B. Mean 24hr maximum:... 22.5

B. Mean 24hr minimum:... 11.8

B. Mean of 24hr max & min:... 17.1 [-0.1 anomaly on eLTA of 17.2degC]

 

(data below relate to 24 hr day beginning 09Z on date given)

Nr of days minimum at 09UTC <0.0degC:00

Nr of days maximum at 09UTC >=21degC:22

Nr of days maximum at 09UTC >=25degC:07

Nr of days maximum at 09UTC >=30degC:00

(Notes relating to temperature & allied observations:

25th: temperature fell from day max. 17.4 to day min. 12.0 associated with thunderstorm (see details below);

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PRECIPITATION (PPN/mm)

Total rainfall/melted snow etc:... 61.2  [113% of eLTA of 54mm]

Highest 24hr total:............... 10.9(22)

No. days PPN total >= 0.2:10

No. days PPN total >= 1.0:10

No. days PPN total >=10.0:02

No. days PPN total >=25.0:00

(Notes relating to precipitation & allied observations:

1st: r(slight)/r early hours to ~07Z [credited to July's rainfall total]; pr(slight) 1710-1730Z;

3rd: r(slight), tempo r 02-03Z;

4th: r(slight) began 1840Z, continuing as ocnl r/dr through night 4th/5th,

ceased by about 05/0830Z;

5th: further dr(slight/moderate) 09-0915Z;

11th: pr(slight/moderate), tempo pR/h(small) 1825-1850Z;

13th: r(slight)/r from 1245Z, with dr(slight/moderate) by 18Z, csd by ~1820;

13th/14th: pr(slight)/pr overnight & morning;

14th: pr(very light) PM;

19th: r(slight)/r from ~02Z, bec mainly r(R) from 0510Z (with distant t 0420-0525Z) until 1210Z, then slight until 1430Z, when ceased; pr(slight) evening;

22nd: dr(slight) 05-06Z; r/R from ~0820Z to 09Z, then dr/r, ocnl dr/r(slight) much of day – ceased by 1630Z, but idr(slight) 1745Z, dying out slowly early evening;

24th: ir(slight) from 0840Z, bec r(R) soon after 0905Z, remaining mainly moderate until becoming dr(slight)/r(slight) by~ 16Z, csd ~ 1715Z;

25th: pr(very light) ~05Z; pr(slight) from early afternoon, with thunderstorm / rain / hail 1440Z-1530Z (see Remarks below for details);

26th: pr(very light) 1330-16Z;

31st: r(slight) from ~1750Z; first t heard 1840Z, with tl(slight), ocnl tl between 1910Z & 2000Z, accompanied by short-period of r/R 1930-1945Z, otherwise r(slight), ocnl r with the storm (see notes below)

 

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OTHER TOTALS

Number of days thunder heard: (dates).. 03 (19,25,31)

Number of days hail < 0.5cm diameter:.. 01

Number of days hail >=0.5cm diameter:.. 01

Number of days snow/rain & snow:....... 00

Number of days snow lying at 09UTC:.... 00

Deepest snow cover (date,s):........... -

Number of days fog (visibility < 1km @ 09UTC).. 00

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Additional comments on the weather in August, 2005

[2nd]: fog (thick/wet) early hours, cleared by ~06Z – produced a measured 'trace' in rain gauge;

[11th]: just a few small, opaque hailstones ~1830-1835Z;

[19th]: thunder heard (distant and/or medium-level), infrequent, 0420-0525Z;

 

[25th]: (notes re: thunderstorm/hail)

1440Z .. tl(slight)

1450Z .. tl r(slight) h(slight)

1455Z .. tlrh [see below]

1500Z .. tl r(slight) h (slight)

1504Z .. tl(slight), precipitation ceased

1530Z .. thunder last heard 10 mins previously.

Hail: 6-8 mm initially, becoming 8-15mm for a short time ~1455Z (maximum irregular diameter) 20mm. Hail white/opaque/soft-coated – mostly spherical, but largest stones conical.

 

[31st]: (notes re: thunderstorm during evening)

1840Z .. t heard (NO lightning seen/probably medium-level at this time)

1910Z .. tl(slight) from southwest (sharp trough line)

1920Z .. tl (lightning CC or IC from here)

1930Z .. tl(slight) r(slight), soon r with CC lightning

1940Z .. tlR (with two local CG discharges)

1945Z .. tl(slight)r, becoming mainly r(slight), ocnl r

2000Z .. thunderstorm effectively ceased (passed well to N), light rain continues, total rainfall this storm not great at 2.2mm

2100Z .. very distant (to N/NNE) 'sheet' lightning still visible

 

... these data can also be viewed at:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/metinfo/wxdata/climintro.htm

    Tn    Tx    Tg    RR      Tn    Tx    RR       RR24hr  Remark code (below)

    (09Z) (09Z) (09Z)(18-09Z) (18Z) (18Z) (09-18Z) (from 09Z today)

01  13.7  19.5  13.4  08.8    15.3  21.1  tr       tr       -

02  12.2  18.3  10.6  tr(fe)  18.3  24.6  -        00.1     A

03  14.5  22.0  13.2  00.1    19.4  23.3  -        -   

04  12.0  21.6  10.9  -       18.6  22.4  -        08.2

05  13.6  20.7  13.2  08.2    17.3  22.0  tr       tr  

 

06  09.7  20.2  07.9  -       16.3  19.9  -        -  

07  08.6  18.7  06.9  -       15.6  21.6  -        -   

08  08.6  21.0  07.2  -       16.2  22.7  -        -   

09  10.4  22.4  08.6  -       17.1  25.2  -        -   

10  12.1  24.1  10.4  -       18.1  24.3  -        -   

 

11  12.5  21.9  10.7  -       19.6  25.7  -        02.3

12  12.6  23.7  11.3  02.3    17.1  22.0  -        -   

13  10.5  20.2  08.8  -       16.7  20.8  05.4     07.6

14  11.6  17.0  10.2  02.2    15.7  20.8  tr       tr  

15  09.6  19.0  07.4  -       16.1  23.8  -        -   

 

16  09.9  22.5  07.9  -       17.2  24.7  -        -  

17  10.8  23.8  08.5  -       18.5  25.6  -        -   

18  12.6  24.8  10.0  -       20.1  26.9  -        06.0

19  14.8  25.6  14.4  06.0    15.1  17.9  04.3     04.5

20  12.7  17.7  11.5  00.2    15.9  20.0  -        -   

 

21  13.4  19.1  10.6  -       17.0  24.2  -        02.7

22  13.6  23.1  11.7  02.7    16.2  18.7  10.5     10.9

23  10.3  16.4  08.3  00.4    15.4  21.6  -        tr  

24  12.8  19.4  12.0  tr      14.6  16.3  10.4     10.4

25  11.1  16.1  09.8  tr      12.0  17.4  06.3     06.3

 

26  09.2  14.4  08.1  -       14.1  18.7  tr       tr 

27  12.5  16.3  11.0  -       16.3  21.1  -        -        B

28  11.5  19.3  10.0  -       16.6  23.4  -        -   

29  12.0  21.8  10.4  -       17.3  25.0  -        -   

30  12.4  23.5  10.4  -       19.8  25.9  -        -   

 

31  15.3  24.5  12.7  -       22.0  29.0  tr       02.2

 

Remarks:

A. night max.(18.3) occurred 02/0900Z

B. night max.(16.3) occurred 27/0900Z

 

Number of occasions (24hr periods) THIS YEAR (2005)

maximum temperature >= 21degC (70degF) = 60

minimum temperature >= 16degC (61degF) = 08

 

[MONTHLY NOTES]

TEMPERATURE:

> With an anomaly (on the 24hr max/min dataset) of –0.1degC, August 2005 was the first month since December 2004 with a negative anomaly, though the figure is not exactly significant. It does hide the fact that for a large portion of the month, the anomaly was running two or three tenths of a degC below average, and only the two hot days at the end dragged it up near-average.

The reason for the deficit was the preponderance of colder-than-average nights, with the all-month anomaly (on min) of –0.7degC, against the 24hr maximum anomaly of +0.6degC.

 

> Of more significance, it was the first August locally since 1998 with the mean-monthly temperature around, or just below average (1971-2000) value.

 

> As an aside, one of the most notable features of the month just gone was the high number of occasions when the sky was notably clear of pollution and visibility 'good' to 'excellent'; this presumably betraying a high incidence of polar air-mass intrusions, rather than continental or sub-tropical.

 

> Running 12 month temperature anomaly: +0.8 degC (down from +0.9degC last)

 

RAINFALL:

 

> As often happens in this late summer month, much of the rainfall was concentrated on just a few high-yield events:

 

> 7 out of the last 10 Augusts had rainfall more than 10% above the eLTA (1971-2000).

 

>Running 12 month rainfall anomaly: 79% (was 80% end last month)

 

 

[SEASONAL NOTES]

 

            MnTx  MnTn  Mn24  HiTx  LoTn  TotRR

JUNE:       22.2  12.0  17.1  31.8  3.5   29.9       

          [+2.1] [+1.4][+1.8]             [54%]

JULY:       22.8  13.3  18.1              50.3

          [+0.2] [+0.6][+0.5]             [112%]

AUGUST:     22.5  11.8  17.1              61.2                   

          [+0.6] [-0.7][-0.1]             [113%]

 

OVERALL:    22.5  12.4  17.4              141.4

          [+1.0] [+0.5][+0.7]             [92%]

 

 

TEMPERATURE:

 

> The warmth of the summer was concentrated in June, with the 'high-summer' months rather indifferent. 

 

RAINFALL:

 

> Two out of the three summer months had above average rainfall.

 

Martin.