Saturday 21st April 2012 Weather & General Chat

[sunny scunny]

Yet more heavy rain here lol.

[Liam J]

Dry morning so far with broken cloud and little wind. Currently 7.4c.

[sunny scunny]

Torrential rain during the night giving a total of 15mm.It's currently cloudy and dry with a temp of 6c.

[johnholmes]

Here just over 1mm but the radar totals look impressive SE of here, 6-7/8 Sc. light wind and a low of 6.2C

[sunsetter]

Dry and sunny this morning after overnight rain, 3.1mm in last 24 hours

temp 3.6°C

pressure 994.1mb

wind calm

[Coast]

8.7°C

995.6 mb rising 0.3mb/hr

Wind 9.3 mph gusting 14.2 mph max SW

DP 3.9°C

Humidity 72%

1.2mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1965 ft

Just gone very black and the radar suggest some heavy rain may skirt along the coast shortly

[Polar Maritime]

Morning, Some nice sunshine pokeing through. A low of 2.4c.

Temp 6c

Dew Point 1c

Wind Chill 3.1c

Humidity 50%

Wind N/W 8mph

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 9.6 °C

Windchill 7 °C

Dew Point 5 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 9.7 km/h / 2.7 m/s from West

Wind Gust 16.1 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 995 hPa

Clouds Few 487 m

Moisture

Humidity 77%

Rainfall 0 mm

Beautiful start to the day, I'm so glad I was up and out early to enjoy the sunshine !

[Terminal Moraine]

A few showers overnight and early this morning as we were on the very edge of an area of persistent heavy rain over north east Derbyshire and north Notts. According to the rainfall radar accumulation over 40 mm fell at some places in these areas.

So far it's been a dry morning with a few sunny intervals.

At 0800;

Temp' 4.9c

24 hr max', 11.2c

24 hr min', 3.3c

Grass min', 2.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 2.0 mm

Mean wind speed, 13 mph NW

7 Cu, Cb, Ac and Ci

Vis', 60 km.

[The PIT]

A shower overnight gave 2.5mm of rain.

A few spots rain earlier but since dry but feeling cool

Temp high so far 9.8C presently 9C

No sign really of any showers getting going at the moment here.

Wind F3 WNW

[Summer Sun]

Rain and hail this morning has give way to Scattered Clouds the temperature got to 13.4°C in the sun currently 10.2°C

[Kent Snow]

11.8C, scattered cumulus, wind from the SW, 997hPa.

[Polar Continental]

^{Saturday 21st April 2012:}

^{Showers cleared away last night. Clear spells overnight allowed the temperature to fall to 1.3c with –1.0c on the grass, so another ground frost. Bright spells this morning though cloud increasing further towards observation with light showers.}

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

^{Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.5°C}

^{Minimum temperature overnight: 1.3°C}

^{24-hour maximum = 12.5°C}

^{24-hour minimum: 1.3°C}

^{Minimum temperature on grass: -1.0°C}

^{Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.8 mph WSW}

^{Rainfall total: 1.5 mm}

^{Current Conditions:}

^{8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.}

^{Visibility: about 4 miles.}

^{Temperature: 6.5°C}

^{Wind chill 5.8°C .}

^{Humidity: 89.5%}

^{Dew point 4.9°C}

^{Wind Direction: Force 3 WSW}

^{Barometer 996 mb rising slowly}

^Yesterday:

^{Cloud coming and going overnight, though no more rain recorded here. Clear spells around dawn with mist over the near by fields. Low 3.0c with –0.1c on the grass, so a touch of ground frost detected. The morning to observation has seen bright with sunny spells. Bright with sunny spells during the morning and in to the afternoon, though with a good deal of cloud bubbling up producing showers throughout the are, this station only saw the tail end of a couple of showers, though these were moderate briefly.}

Edited April 21, 2012 by Polar Continental

[The PIT]

A pleasant day with sunny spells. Odd spot of rain in the morning but much better again than forecast

Max temp 12c

Rainfall trace

wind wnw F3

[TonyH]

Clear periods and an air frost last night.

Sunny intervals and some heavy rain and hail showers this morning.

Sunny periods and dry this afternoon. Moderate to fresh NW wind.

Min: -1.2c @ 0600

Max: 12.4c @ 1430

Rain yesterday: 2.7mm

Rain since 10am: 2mm approx

Currently: Sunny quite windy.

Temp: 9.8c

RH: 70%

Pressure: 1001mbar, rising slowly.

[Terminal Moraine]

A predominantly dry day with sunny intervals, just one or two spots of rain from passing Cu.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 7.2c

Max' today, 11.3c

Min' last night, 3.3c

Grass min', 2.3c

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

Sunshine today, 4.06 hrs

Mean wind speed, 15 mph W/NW

Highest gust today, 43 mph NW at 1207 g.m.t

6 oktas Cu and Sc

Shower approaching from the north west

Vis', over 80 km.

[Evening thunder]

An air frost here last night, and also a rain shower giving 1mm around 3am which only raised the temp to 1C.

Today, a sunny start with showers bubbling up by late morning though only a few spots here as many missed us. 11 rumbles of thunder heard originating from a cell several miles to the south from roughly 12:35 to 13:05 and I think I heard a couple faint ones from a cell a bit further to the ENE. After that a brief shower of rain + hail which speckled the ground with rain drops. Since then many showers died/moved away with scattered cumulus much of the afternoon.

Currently at sunset it's:

Temp: 8.6C

Dew: 4.6C

Hum: 76%

Wind: 7mph gusting 14mph (WNW)

Pressure: 1002.7mb

Max today: 13.3C at 14:49

Min today: -1.1C at 06:20

Max gust: 25mph at 16:18

Rain: 1.2mm

Edited April 21, 2012 by Stormmad26

[Stargazer]

Dry in the morning with sunny intervals, mainly cloudy after midday with plenty of showers from mid-afternoon onwards. Maximum 13.7, minimum 3.0. Wind moderate NW.