Monday 4th March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy cold start.

Temp 1.5C

Wind f2 ESE

Rainfall nil

[Coast]

1.3°C

1014.8 mb falling 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 3.2 mph gusting 15.5 mph max E/NE

Windchill - 0.5°C

DP -0.5°C

Humidity 88%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 729 ft

Thick frost on the car screen (actually frozen dew) and a lovely bright start with some patchy fog.

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 4.9C...

[johnholmes]

dry and cloudy here, little wind, lowest was 1.1C in the early hours now on 2.7C

[marky810]

Dry and overcast, 2.2c.

Feeling very cold in the moderate easterly.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 04th March 2013:

Mostly cloudy overnight, though a clearance lasting for a couple of hours around midnight allowed the temperature to dip to 0.9c with -3.3c on the grass producing a ground frost. The day dawned overcast, frost thawed. At observation, mainly cloudy, dry.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.9°C

24-hour maximum 9.2°C

24-hour minimum: 0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.3°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 19.0 mph SE

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: poor, around 1 mile.

Temperature: 3.0°C

Humidity: 80.9%

Dew point 0.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 SSE

Barometer 1017 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Clear for most of the night with a widespread frost, low cloud moved in from the east 04:30 GMT. The day dawned overcast and frosty. At observation, cloudy, frost thawing. Bright spells followed through the morning and into in to the afternoon, though overcast conditions returned by mid afternoon. Mild.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy night with a moderate SE breeze. A couple of hours of thick fog during the early hours but this had cleared by 0600.

Currently dry, chilly and cloudy

At 0900;

Temp; 0.9c

24 hr max; 6.9c

24 hr min; -0.1c

Grass min; -3.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Nil

Mean wind speed; 17 mph SE

8 oktas St

Vis; 7 km

The same few snow drifts remaining

[Kent Snow]

5.1C, clear blue sunny skies, wind from the E/SE, 1015hPa.

[Andy Bown]

A lovely early Spring day with mostly sunny blue sky and Cirrus after the slow clearance of low cloud by 11.00, a SE breeze and currently 8.1c .

[Thundery wintry showers]

Dry, overcast and rather cool for the time of year, with a max of 4.3C so far, following a min of 1.7C. Cloud cover is 8 oktas and consists of stratus and stratocumulus. The satellite images show much brighter, warmer weather heading up from the SSE though.

Edited March 4, 2013 by Thundery wintry showers

[johnholmes]

the cloud broke around 1300 and its a blue sky day now

[Stargazer]

Cold start with a ground frost, then dry and sunny all day and finally feeling a bit springlike. Maximum 10.8, minimum 0.1. Wind light E.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Dry cool and sunny day though as travelling to Frome this morning it was misty patches in places..

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Current data for WH1081

04 March 2013 17:51:28

Temperature (°C):

Current 7.3

Trend (per hour) -0.4

Average today 3.8

Wind chill 7.3

Heat Index 7.3

Dew Point 0.5

Rel Humidity 62%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 5.0 SE

Average Speed 0.0 ---

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 0.0

Total this month 0.0

Total this year 6.3

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1003.8

Trend (per hour) -0.5

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, cloudy and chilly morning. The cloud sheet broke up shortly before midday and the afternoon was mainly sunny but hazy and still feeling cold out of the sun.

At 1800;

Temp; 3.4c

Max' today; 5.0c

Min' last night; -0.1c

Grass min; -3.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Nil

Sunshine today; 4.77 hrs

Mean wind speed; 8 mph E

Highest gust today; 25 mph SE at 0259

4 oktas Ci

Vis; 6 km

A few small snow drifts remaining

[Methuselah]

Dry and clear, 2.5C...

[Norrance]

Cloudy. 3.3C. Max of 6.5C with a cool Southerly breeze.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a slight frost last night.

Periods of hazy sunshine today, mild afternoon. Moderate ESE breeze.

Clear and frosty this evening.

Min: -2.1c @ 0630

Max: 10.7c @ 1500

Dry yet again yesterday and today (19 days)

Currently: Frosty

Temp: -3c

RH: 94%

Pressure: 1007mbar, falling slowly.

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