Easter Monday 9th April 2012 Weather & General Chat

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy and damp with a temp of 8c.

[sunsetter]

Raining here with a blanket grey sky

temp 9.2°C

pressure 1000.1mb falling

humidity 86%

dewpoint 7.0°C

wind 5.3mph W

gust 9.9 mph WNW

rain today 1mm

Outlook very unsettled

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 8.8 °C

Windchill 9 °C

Dew Point 8 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 3.2 km/h / 0.9 m/s from SW

Wind Gust 16.1 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 999 hPa

Clouds Mostly Cloudy 152 m

Moisture

Humidity 96%

Rainfall 2 mm

Bank holiday drizzle :unsure:

[Terminal Moraine]

Overcast with continuous light-moderate rain and intermittent hill fog. Ground is now less than 1% snow covered, dozens of drifts remaining.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.7c

24 hr max', 11.6c

24 hr min', 5.7c

Grass min', 5.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 4.9 mm

Mean wind speed, 20 mph SW

8 oktas Ns

Vis', 1100 m

[Mesosphere]

Mainly cloudy start here, some breaks appearing though

0900 observation

Temperature : 8.1C

Humidity : 78%

Dewpoint : 4.5C

Total Cloud Amount : 5 Oktas

Wind Speed : F2-F3

Wind Direction : SSW

Minimum Overnight Temperature : 6.1C

Pressure : 986.9mb

Pressure Tendency (Last 3 Hours) : Falling

Cloud Types : Ac, Sc & St

Current Weather : No Significant Weather

[johnholmes]

Cloudy with spits and spots of rain so far, lowest temperature was 7.8C its 10.1C now

[Coast]

9.8°C

1000.7 mb falling 0.7 mb/hr

Wind 14.7 mph gusting 21.4 mph max W/NW

DP 7.5°C

Humidity 86%

0.6 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 919 ft

Light rain and grey clouds

[Polar Continental]

Monday 09th April 2012:

Another cloudy night with light rain spreading in from the west before dawn. The morning so far has been overcast with light rain.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 7.1°C

24-hour maximum = 12.6°C

24-hour minimum: 7.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 6.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 26.5 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.5 mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: about 5 miles.

Temperature: 9.4°C

Wind chill 9.4°C .

Humidity: 93.3%

Dew point 8.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 SW

Barometer 995 mb falling.

Yesterday:

Cloudy and mild overnight with a few spots of light rain. The morning so far has been mainly cloudy with drizzle and spits of light rain, showers in the vicinity. Another cloudy day followed with only the odd brighter spell when the temperature climbed to 13.0c briefly. There were also a few spots of drizzle in the moderate W wind.

April 2012 so Far

Mean temperature: 6.1c (-1.6c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 14.4 on the 1st

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 5th

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 5th

Rainfall = 19.5 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 = 143.2 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[The PIT]

A Mild damp start with light to mod rain earlier on.

temp 8.1c

wind f2 WNW

rainfall 3.6mm

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate persistant rain, overcast.

A few remaining drifts under walls all but thawing.

Rain today so far 12.00mm

Temp 5.8c

Wind Chill 2.9c

Dew Point 2.4c

Humidity 80%

Borometer 993mb -0.33mb/ph

Wind 8mph N/W

[Summer Sun]

Dry no wind 10.1°C

There have been worse bank holiday's then this one thats for sure

[J10]

Persistent moderate rain, a large rainfall total is ensured. (prob 15-25mm)

[Zenarcher]

Cloudy and dry. Wind 14mph, temp 8.5c.

[Backtrack]

Horrible bank holiday, moderate to heavy rain from the word go!

It's 10.1C.

[Jon Somerset]

Light rain - not enough to dampen the ground as the wind is drying it out quite quickly. No sign of the promised deluge (yet). Cool but not unpleasant (11 degrees) - just been out for a walk and am quite dry!

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy with rain, and a current temp of 11c.

[Dorsetbred]

Oh dear, not the sort of weather the hoteliers wanted, rain all day, that doesn't work for them.

Oh well it is Easter after all.

[Stargazer]

Overcast and breezy with persistent rain all day, mainly light but occasionally moderate. Maximum 11.6. minimum 6.9. Wind moderate SW.

Yesterday: dry, cloudy and milder than recent days. Maximum 14.6, minimum 6.2. Wind light W.

[Terminal Moraine]

Cloudy with light-moderate rain all morning and a spell of heavy rain during mid-afternoon before reverting to light-moderate again. The rain eventually cleared to the south by 1700 g.m.t but it remained cloudy.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 7.2c

Max' today, 8.7c

Min' last night, 5.7c

Grass min', 5.2c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, 12.7 mm

Sunshine today, nil

Mean wind speed, 18 mph SW/W

Highest gust today, 32 mph SW at 1431 g.m.t

8 oktas St and As

Vis', 80 km.

Numerous snow drifts remaining but less than 1% of ground covered by snow.

[Kent Snow]

9.2C, light rain, overcast, grey, wind from the SW, 991hPa.

[TonyH]

Rugby report:

Cloudy night and day, spells of light rain and drizzle, and some rather heavy rain this evening. Moderate SW wind, became fresh this afternoon.

Min: 7c

Max: 11c

Rain yesterday: 2.9mm

Rain since 10am: 5mm approx

Meanwhile back home:

A cloudy thoroughly wet day, periods of rain, some heavy. Moderate to fresh SSW wind.

Min: 7.4c

Max: 10.1c

Rain yesterday: 12mm approx

Rain since 10am: 11mm approx- these figures from my automatic station, which is often under the manual gauge. Around 30mm suggested by Netweather accumulator and Trawscoed has had 30mm in the past 24 hours.

Currently there: 8c

Pressure: 985mbar, steady (a fall of over 30mbar since yesterday, and the lowest pressure since December, 980mbar)

Edited April 9, 2012 by TonyH