Tuesday 2nd April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Surprise surprise it's snowed again. Cloudy Snow showers at times and cold

Temp 0.4C

Wind F2 NE

Rainfall Trace

[johnholmes]

yes a very slight partial cover in the back garden, probably sometime between 0200 and 0500 judging from the radar, it stopped the temperature going any lower, lowest is -1.6C on 1.3C now after an air frost and the 17th consecutive ground frost!

[Coast]

2.7°C

1010.9 mb rising 0.5 mb/hr

Wind 7.0 mph gusting 12.8 mph max E/NE

Windchill -0.3°C

DP -0.7°C

Humidity 78%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1424 ft

Bright, sunny and cold - frost on cars.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 4C...

[Kent Snow]

4.2C, scattered cumulus, bright, wind from the NE, 1013hPa.

[Polar Maritime]

A dry night with leaving a ground frost, An overnight low of -2.3c.

Current Conditions.

Light snow pellets.

Cloudy with light winds.

Temp 0.9c

Dp -0.8c

Wind Chill -1.4c, N/E 4mph

Garden 80% Snow cover.

Drift's still remain up to 2.5m in places, 60% snow cover overall.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 02nd April 2013:

Clear and cold overnight with a moderate to severe frost. Sunny spells and frosty with cloud increasing from the east towards observation. Feeling bitterly cold in the fresh east wind.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 4.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight –3.5°C

24-hour maximum 4.6°C

24-hour minimum: -3.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -8.7°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 27.2 mph ESE

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles

Temperature: 2.0°C

Humidity: 81.7%

Dew point –0.8°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 ENE

Barometer 1017 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Mostly cloudy overnight, though cloud breaks for a short time around 03:00 GMT allowed the temperature to fall to –1.2c with –3.5c on the grass. The morning so far has been cloudy and dry, feeling cold in the moderate NE wind. The odd small snow patch in garden, though these will most likely be gone by the end of today. Still may drifts in hedges and ditches within eye view in near by fields. A cloudy and cold day followed, feeing bitter in the fresh east wind.

March 2013:

Mean temperature: 2.3c (-4.0c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 9.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th

Grass Minimum: -9.4c on the 14th

Rainfall 64.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3mm on the 15th.

Maximum wind gust: 19.8 mph ENE on the 1st.

2013 so far:

Maximum temperature: 13.4c on the 29th January

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16th Jan

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 164.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3.mm on the 15th March.

Maximum wind gust: 43.5 mph WSW on the 30th Jan

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry night with clear spells and cloud alternating. The cloud thickened enought to bring a few light snow flurries from around 0400 and these have continued since.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; -0.1c

24 hr max; 1.9c

24 hr min; -2.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 17 mph NE

7 oktas Cu, Sc and St fractus

Vis; 8 km

Mean depth of lying snow 17cm. 85% of ground covered. A very thin dusting of new snow. Fields on the tops 30-50% snow covered with some on south facing slopes only 15% covered. Anywhere with an aspect from N through NE to E still 80-100% covered.

[sunsetter]

Bright sunny day with almost clear sky.

temp 5.4°C

apparent 1.4°C

pressure 1012.6mb rising

RH 58%

dewpoint -2.2°C

wind 5.6mph NNE

gust 14.7mph NE

rain nil

cloud base 3114ft

visibility good

[Snowyowl9]

The 2nd coldest night of the winter in april at -3.5c infact it was the coldest april night I`ve recorded as of other reading by a full 2c which read -7c everywhere was frozen solid.

Today gave a few very light grain shower early on,then sunny but less cold to yesterday at 6.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and mainly cloudy morning with light snow showers. The showers died out shortly after midday and the cloud broke to allow sunny intervals, extending to sunny periods by late afternoon. The warmest day since March 16th but the thaw of lying snow continues to be slow ( except in full sun ) due to the very low dew point.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.3c

Max' today; 4.5c

Min' last night; -2.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.5c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today; 3.83 hrs

Mean wind speed; 12 mph NE

Highest gust today; 32 mph NE at 1220

2 oktas Cu and Sc

Vis; over 80 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 14.1 cm . 75% of ground covered.

[Stargazer]

Dry with 100% sunshine all day after a frosty start, feeling quite pleasant in the afternoon out of the wind. Maximum 8.2, minimum -1.0. Wind light NE.

Yesterday: dry and cloudy in the morning with early mist, then sunny intervals in the afternoon. Feeling cold. Maximum 7.1, minimum 0.1. Wind moderate E.

[TonyH]

Clear periods and frost last night, penetrating with the breeze.

Almost unbroken brilliant sunshine today, moderate east breeze. Warm in the sun, cool in the shade and breeze.

Clear and soon frosty this evening.

Min: -2.4c @ 0600

Max: 9.7c @ 1500

Dry yesterday and today

Currently: Clear, hard frost

Temp: -3.0c

RH: 85%

Pressure: 1019mbar, rising.