Thursday 12 October 2017

September 2017 weather log

September 2017 weather log

Fri 1st cool night (Tirabad 1.2c, Capel Curig 3.5c, Shobdon 4.0c)

Sun 3rd cool/ very cool with rain/ drizzle at times WW to W Midlands (Aberdaron 32.4mm with PWS Llyn Peninsular towards 50mm; Shobdon max 13.7c, Capel Curig 13.9c, Nottingham 16.4c, LLanwnnen 17.2c, Whitechurch 17.8c)

Tue 5th Sept warm night (min Pembrey 16.5c, Pershore & Shawbury 16.1c, Mona 13.5c)

Fri 8th showery, thunder in places (as Coventry 1530)

Sat 9th showery, some torrential downpours and scattered thunderstorms, as Coventry afternoon (Swyddfynnon 15.4mm wettest in Wales

Further unsettled and cool weather to mid month, parts of Wales especially wet, Capel Curig 105mm 11th to 13th.

Thu 14th Coventry has had 4 days thunder this month already, equalling the most for September (Steve Jackson) on 8th, 9th 13th and 14th.
Showery past few days, a deep cold pool with plentiful Cb's and thunder and hail locally. A streamer of showers affected Coventry this afternoon with some thunder, Wyken PWS had 8mm in the hour to 1420, Walsgrave just a mile or so east remained largely dry.
Teifi in slight spate today (Coop car park flooded at far end) Cambrian hills have seen copious rain upwards of 100mm past few days.

Fri 15th heavy showers merged into prolonged downpours parts of WW, flooding in places such as Newquay and Talsarn:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41279060

26.1mm at Llanwnnen for 14th much of which fell during the night, radar suggesting over 70mm locally, Teifi in spate again (Capel Curig 26mm, Aberporth 25mm)

Sat 16th more downpours and thunder about, Coventry had its fifth day of thunder this month! Parts of WW well over an inch while others escaped mostly dry, another cool one too. Capel Curig            c. 160mm past 6 days and c. 300mm so far this month! (Aberporth 31mm 24 hrs to 1800; Capel Curig max 12.5c, MH 13.8c, Mumbles 16.9c)

Sun 17th very localised ground frost (Llanwnnen air min 2.0c)

Mon 18th localised ground frost ( Swyddfynnon 1.9c,Tirabad 2.0c, Llanwnnen air min 3.3c, grass min -0.1c)

Tue 19th cool night but warmer sunnier day than of late by day for many. At Llanwnnen it was the warmest day for a fortnight as temperatures attained the average (Hereford & Mumbles 18.8c warmest in UK, Capel Curig 14.8c; Watnall 10.6 hrs, Aberdaron 9.9c)

Thu 21st rain fronts crossed from west (Whitechurch 24.2mm wettest in UK)

Fri 22nd fairly widespread rural ground frost Midlands, localised WW, although mild for most coasts (grass min Hereford, Shawbury & Shobdon -1c; air min Shobdon 0.6c, Llanwnnen 1.8c, Coleshill 5.4c, Pembrey 13.1c)

Sun 24th rather warm with some sunshine for a time much of  Midlands, some rain later; cloudy with some rain and drizzle WW and Marches with temperatures nearer average (Pershore College 21.7c, Coleshill & Pershore 21.4c, Trawsgoed 18.4c, Shobdon 17.8c, Aberdaron 15.8c; Shawbury 13.4mm)

Mon 25th heavy rain overnight into morning centrtal and E Midlands, mostly dry elsewhere (Northampton Moulton Park 26.2mm wettest in UK, CL 20.8mm)



September summary:

Dull and wet/ very wet in most places with much of WW very dull; rather cool to average temperatures.

5 days thunder at Bablake Coventry, the hoghest Sept number recorded in 125 years!
0 days thunder Llanwnnen.
Llanwnnen wettest Sept srb 2006 (previous wettest 153.0mm 2010)
Coventry wettest since Sept 2008 (111.4mm).
Coventry dullest Sept since 2008 (110.2 hrs).


Rainfall totals

Valley 84.0mm (117%)
Trawsgoed 177.0mm (177%)
Aberporth 144.8mm (205%)
Talsarn, Abermuerig 148.8mm
Llanwnnen 155.2mm (136%)
Pembrey 137.0mm (176%)
Llanelli PWS 84.6mm
Mumbles c.130mm
Milford Haven 109.8mm

Nottingham 91.8mm
Long Lawford 77.7mm (149%)
Church Lawford 77.0mm (118%)
Dunchurch PWS 66mm
Crick, Northants PWS 51mm
Daventry 74.4mm
Coventry, Longford PWS 100.8mm
Coventry, Wyken PWS 105.9mm
Coventry, Bablake School 83.8mm (141%)
Birmingham, Edgbaston 73.4mm
Birmingham, Harbourne 80mm
Shawbury 113.0mm (198%)
Pershore c. 67mm


Sunshine

Aberporth 90.2 hrs (63%)
Llanwnnen 78 hrs est (63%)

Nottingham 104.6 hrs
Coventry Bablake 113 hrs (82%)
Shawbury 98 hrs (82%)