Thursday 5th April 2012 - Weather And General Chat

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp 5.8°C

DP 3.1°C

RH 83%

Wind 6.2kts NNW

1014.5 mb STEADY

Conditions: Dry & overcast

[Polar Maritime]

Full snow cover here.

Temp -0.1c

Dew Point -12.6c

Wind Chill -2.6c

Wind 5mph E/N/E

[johnholmes]

A sunny nearly cloud free start with little wind-a ground frost with a low of 0.5C its on 1.5C now

[Coast]

8.2°C

1015.6 mb rising 0.6 mb/hr

Wind 6.4 mph gusting 14.7 mph max NE

DP 5.2°C

Humidity 81%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1264 ft

Dull and cloudy

[Osbourne One-Nil]

-3.7 after a low of -4.1. At least the wind's dropped.

[Dorsetbred]

Aaahh some welcomed rain, unforutnately it wont be enough to dampen the ground , by the look of it...

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 5...

[The PIT]

a pleasant sunny start snow disappearing fast

temp 3.6 mm

wind ave nne f3

rainfall since midnight nil

[Snowangel-North]

Temperature 5.8 °C

Windchill 5 °C

Dew Point 4 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 8.0 km/h / 2.2 m/s from NE

Wind Gust 12.9 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1019 hPa

Clouds Overcast 274 m

Moisture

Humidity 87%

Rainfall 1 mm

Grey, damp and chilly

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy night with a ground frost after the temperature reached its maximum for the day during the early evening.

Currently cloudy but the cloud is breaking and clearing from the north east.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 1.6c

24 hr max', 1.9c

24 hr min', -0.4c

Overnight min', 0.8c

Grass min', -0.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 10.6 mm

Mean wind speed, 15 mph NE

7 oktas Sc

Vis', 50 km

Mean depth of lying snow 18.2cm; 100% cover

Edit; yesterday was the coldest April day since 1989 when the max' was 1.5c on the 4th.

[Summer Sun]

A lovely start here and it will last all day,

Wall to Wall sunshine, no wind, 4.8°C, the overnight low was -1.2°C

[Airedalejoe]

Further north in OON's favorite county, overnight -1.9, currently 4.3. Sunny and calm.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 05th April 2012:

After a maximum temperature of just 3.6c to 18:00 hours yesterday, the temperature climbed a little through the early hours under cloudy skies to 4.0c. At observation, cloudy and dry, temperature 4.3c, this makes it the coldest 24 hour April period since April 2000 (2.9c)

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 3.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 2.9°C

24-hour maximum = 4.3°C

24-hour minimum: 1.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 1.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 30.8 mph NNE

Rainfall total: 8.6 mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: 5 miles.

Temperature: 4.3°C

Wind chill –1.4°C .

Humidity: 78.7%

Snow depth = 0.0cm

Dew point 0.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 NE

Barometer 1023 mb rising.

Yesterday:

Mainly cloudy overnight with drizzle fizzling out. The odd cloud break after midnight allowed the temperature to fall to 1.0c with –1.1c on the grass. Thicker cloud and rain accompanied by a fresh to strong North to north east wind arrived in the area around 06:30 GMT, this quickly changed to moderate sleet and wet snow quickly giving a covering of around 3.0cm by observation.

At observation, moderate wet snow, feeling cold and raw in a strong NNE wind. The snow continued for much of the morning, though slowly turned to sleet and then rain alternating with sleet through the afternoon. The snow cover thawed away by 14:00 GMT, though further sleet continued through to early evening when it cleared away as broken skies reached the area around dusk. Very cold for April, top temperature to 18:00 GMT was 3.6c, though feeling subzero in the at times strong NE wind.

April 2012 so Far

Mean temperature: 5.8c (-1.9c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 14.4 on the 1st

Minimum temperature: -2.7c on the 1^st

Grass Minimum: -5.0c on the 1st

Rainfall = 18.1 mm

Wettest 24 hours = 9.5 mm on the 3rd

Maximum wind gust: 30.8 mph NNE on the 4th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 21.4c on the 28th March.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4^th Feb

Rainfall = 141.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Backtrack]

Surprisingly, I've recorded a minus figure in April. Something that doesn't happen very often in my neck of the woods.

Currently very sunny with scattered clouds. 1/8oktas. The low was -0.5C and it is now 6.6C.

Going to be a lovely day with cloud always clearing from the North East. Looks like the breeze has returned, though.

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 10C...

[sunsetter]

Dull and overcast with an uneventful amount of rain around breakfast.

temp.................. 8.3°C

min overnight..... 3.9°C

pressure ............1017.2mb rising slowly

humidity...............80%

dewpoint..............5.1°C

wind.....................1 mph NE

gust......................11.7mph NE

rain today.............0.5mm

rain this month.....1mm

[reef]

Clear during the night but the wind strength meant we avoided an air frost. The min temp was 1.3C.

Its currently clear and sunny with a light breeze. The max so far is 8.6C. Yesterdays max of 6.3C was the joint lowest since 2000.

Temp: 8.4C

Humidity: 55%

Dewpoint: -0.9C

Pressure: 1022.4hPa (Rising slowly)

10min Wind: 4mph ENE

High Gust: 17mph

Rainfall: None

[Scorcher]

Some were expecting some potentially low minima overnight but the breeze was just way too strong for this to happen. Even the places with snow cover didn't get that far below freezing.

[Evening thunder]

Shap reached -7C I believe, and some other places in N. England/Scotland were -4/-5C so quite cold for April.

Down here it's currently cloudy and 7.6C with a NE breeze, 0.2mm of rain this morning and a overnight min of 4.4C at 21:20 yesterday evening.

[Snowyowl9]

A min of 0.6c and cloudy with more overnight drifting,and briefly first thing when I looked with also light snow falling.

Currently brighter at 6c with a cold but much lighter NE-ly slow thaw for april.

[Zenarcher]

Cloudy but dry. Temp 10c and wind 14mph.

[BlueHedgehog074]

A cloudy day, but feeling a touch warmer compared to the snowy cold air of yesterday. Attempts of the sun trying to shine through some gaps in the clouds. The temperature is around 7.5*C, with a much calmer North-Easterly wind today.

[Stargazer]

Dull and feeling cold in the wind. Occasional hints of brightness in the afternoon. Maximum 9.9, minimum 6.1. Wind moderate NE.

[Snowyowl9]

Feeling much less cold this afternoon as the wind dropped with some sunshine at 7.8c max.

Other reading only made 2c in the colder shadey area with snow surrounding.

5 inches still left undrifted on lawn,80% left overall.

Daffodiles are flattened will they bounce back up??

Broke a branch off a pink cherry blossum which is in full bloom,season is now confused.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with sunny intervals and a steady thaw of lying snow. Ground is still 90% covered and the snow surface had frozen by 1800 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 5.1c

Max' today, 6.8c

Min' last night 0.8c

Grass ( snow ) min' -0.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, nil

Sunshine today, 4.77 hrs

Mean wind speed, 1 mph NE

Highest gust today, 25 mph NE at 0802 g.m.t

5 oktas Sc

Vis', 55 km

Ground 90% covered with snow; mean depth 9.2cm