Monday 16th April - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Morning folks

A cold start with patchy cloud temp 1.7c

wind SW F2

rainfall nil since midnight

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp -1.3°C

DP -6.1°C

Rh 70%

WInd Calm

1026.2 mb STEADY

Conditions: Dry and clear

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature -1.2 °C

Windchill -1 °C

Dew Point -3 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 1.6 km/h / 0.4 m/s from ESE

Wind Gust 3.2 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1025 hPa

Clouds Clear

Moisture

Humidity 89%

Rainfall 0 mm

Bright and frosty start this morning...quite a thick frost on the grass, no wonder the MK gritters were out last night !

[Polar Maritime]

Morning.

Frosty morning with patchy high cloud, overnight low of -3.1c.

Temp 0.8c

Wind Chill -1.7c

Dew Point -9c

Humidity 42%

Borometer 1025mb

Wind West 5mph

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Only -1.0º here last night, giving the 5th air frost of the month. Crystal clear blue sky right now though, but still only 1.2º.

[sunsetter]

Overnight ground frost but a sunny /clear morning temperature now 1.6°C. Apparent temp -0.6°C

pressure rising slowly currently 1025.9mb

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night with a slight frost, although cloud increased during the early morning accompanied by a rise in temperature; this cloud is now dispersing again.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 5.0c

24 hr max', 7.7c

24 hr min', -0.4c

Grass min', -5.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, trace

Mean wind speed, 9mph W

2 oktas Cu and Sc

Vis', 30 km.

Two small snowdrifts still surviving.

[DeepSnow]

Had a low of 1.2C last night, currently 7.1C with some high cloud around and a light southeasterly breeze.

[Coast]

7.9°C

1025.6 mb rising 0.q mb/hr

Wind 4.5 mph gusting 9.1 mph max NE

DP 0.2°C

Humidity 58%

0.2mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 3203 ft

Bright and chilly start, frost on the car

[Polar Continental]

Monday 16th April 2012:

There was enough patchy cloud overnight to prevent the temperature from falling a way to far, never the less a cold night with the temperature dipping to –2.5c in the screen and –5.5c on the grass. So a widespread air frost. Bright so far this morning with cloud coming and going.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight: -2.5°C

24-hour maximum = 10.0°C

24-hour minimum: -2.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -5.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.8 mph NW

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratocumulus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: about 8 miles.

Temperature: 5.9°C

Wind chill 5.9c°C .

Humidity: 72.7%

Dew point 1.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SW

Barometer 1027 mb falling slowly.

Yesterday:

Clear and cold overnight with a widespread slight to moderate frost, low –2.4c with –5.5c on the grass. Sunny from the word go, though feeling cold in the moderate NE wind. There were further sunny spells through the day, but with rather a lot of cumulus at times. Feeling cold in the moderate northerly wind.

[Bottesford]

Clear and cold night down to 1.2c. Today started clear & sunny but cloud has built up a bit now. 12.2c the max but dropped a little now to 11.1c.

[Andy Bown]

The coldest morning for quite some time earlier with -0.3c being the minimum. That led into a fine morning

with hazy sunny spells and it has turned increasingly sunny with scattered Cumulus.

13.4c with humidity at 50%.

[Aaron]

8.9c, mostly cloudy

Temperature only fell to -0.3C for a brief moment around midnight due to unforecast cloud cover then rose, staying between 0c - 1c all night

[Summer Sun]

Max today in the sunshine was 13.7°C,

Currently 10.1°C under cloud

[Polar Maritime]

Temp 5.9c

Wind Chill 2.7c

Borometer 1019mb

It's been a chilly day out of the sun, but pleasant.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny periods and gradually increasing amounts of Cu. The afternoon remained dry with Cu gradually giving way to an increasing and thickening sheet of As.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 6.5c

Max' today, 9.8c

Min' last night, -0.4c

Grass min', -5.4c

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

Sunshine today, 4.99 hrs

Mean wind speed, 14 mph SW

Highest gust today, 24 mph SW at 1732 g.m.t

8 oktas As

Vis', 55 km

Last visible snow, 5km away, disappeared today; or at least it's now too small a patch to see at that distance.

[Kent Snow]

2.9C, clear skies, cool, wind light, 1022hPa.

[reef]

A very cold start this morning with a min temp of -0.8C, quite a low temperature for mid-April in this part of the world. It was then sunny during the morning before cloud bubbled up by midday. The max temp was 10.8C, so a cold day overall.

Currently 7.9C and mostly cloudy with a strengthening SSE wind.

[Stargazer]

Cold start with an air frost, dry all day with sunny spells. Maximum 12.6, minimum -1.2. Wind light S.

[TonyH]

Clear and frosty last night.

Bright start then rather cloudy, hazy sunny intervals at times. Moderate to fresh SSW wind pm.

Little drizzle this evening.

Min: -4.1c @ 0630

Max: 12.6c @ 1430 (1c adjustment)

Rain yesterday: Nil

Rain since 10am: Trace

Currently: Cloudy.

Temp: 5.8c

RH: 82%

Pressure: 1015mbar, falling.