Wednesday 3rd April 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

An overcast night with clear spells, with an overnight low of -1.8c

Current Conditions.

Overcast, Dry

Temp -1.1c

Dp -2.4c

Wind Chill -0.9c, N/N/E 6mph

55% Snow cover

Drift's up to 1m still remain under the walls, Garden 70% snow cover.

[SteveB]

Cold clear start.

Temp -0.9c

[Methuselah]

Breezy and partly cloudy, 1C...

[johnholmes]

yet another air frost with a low of -1.4C, no cloud, light wind from NNE

[Coast]

1.2°C

1014.9 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 6.7 mph gusting 13.8 mph max NE

Windchill -2.9°C

DP -0.6°C

Humidity 87%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 794 ft

Another cold night with a good frost on the car this morning.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear periods alternating with areas of cloud. The cloud became more extensive by the early hours and lowered onto the hills to give intermittent fog between 0630 and 0745 g.m.t.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 0.0c

24 hr max; 4.5c

24 h min; -1.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.1 mm

Mean wind speed; 20 mph NE

8 oktas St

Vis; 1 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 11.3cm. 75% cover. Locally some quite large areas facing due north still have 95- 100% snow cover.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 03rd April 2013:

Another clear, cold and frosty night. After a sunny start, low cloud drifted in from the east for an hour or so between 07:00 & 08:00 GMT. Good cloud breaks again before observation allowing sunny spells. All snow patches now melted away in my garden, still a few small drifts remaining in sheltered hedges on near by fields.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight –2.3°C

24-hour maximum 7.6°C

24-hour minimum: -2.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -7.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 24.2 mph ENE

Rainfall total: 0.1mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratus fractus.

Visibility: moderate to good, around 8-10 miles

Temperature: 4.1°C

Humidity: 91.7%

Dew point 2.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 NE

Barometer 1021.5 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

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. A dry day followed with good sunny spells so less cold than recently, though still feeling cold exposed to the cold north easterly wind.

[Kent Snow]

4.1C, broken cumulus, grey, wind from the NE, 1016hPa.

[Summer Sun]

A lovely day here in the north east dry, sunny with a light breeze 8.7c

11 days and counting without rainfall

Edited April 3, 2013 by Gavin.

[The PIT]

Lovely Spring day today and 8c feels like a heatwave. Oh and there hasn't been any snow today. First time for a long time,.

Max temp so far 8c

Wind F4 ENE

Rainfall nil,

[johnholmes]

yep, almost spring unless you stand in the breeze with a dewpoint of -7.5C.

first day of 10C in my back garden as well since 3 March.

odd things with the dewpoint on the last two mornings, as the frost melts and the humidity rises Td become +ve for 1-2 hours and then drops back to the very low values of the last 2 weeks or so?

[The PIT]

Funny I just noticed the dew point -6.2C relative humidity of 38%. No wonder the Snows disappearing quickly. Hit by warmer temps and being blown dry as well at the same time.

[Stargazer]

Continuing the cold and dry theme of the last two weeks or so, this time rather cloudy with a few sunny intervals. Maximum 6.9, minimum -2.0. Wind moderate NE.

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and cloudy start to the day, the cloud breaking up during the first half of the morning to allow sunny spells and dispersing even more during the afternoon which was mainly sunny. Feeling very chilly out of the sun with a wet bulb temperature around 1c during mid-afternoon and falling below 0c by 1630 ; the relative humidity was between 35 and 43%.

A continued thaw of lying snow with west and south facing areas having between 10 and 30% cover now. Bar an unexpected ice day tomorrow more than 50% will be lost here too by afternoon.

The walk up the slope to the screen is quite spectacularly icy and slippery after 12 days of walking the same path through the snow and a constant thaw/ freeze process; genuine Torville and Dean territory!

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.8c

Max' today; 5.3c

Min' last night; -1.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.9c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; Nil

Sunshine today; 7.14 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph E

Highest gust today; 49 mph E at 1406

1 okta Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 7.8cm. 55% of ground covered.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[TonyH]

Clear and breezy last night. Breeze died off towards dawn with a hard frost.

Almost unbroken brilliant sunshine today, excellent visibility, low RH and dew point (RH 36% mid afternoon). Warm in the sun, but quite cold in the fresh NE wind.

Clear with a ground frost this evening.

Min: -5.4c @ 0700

Max: 10.1c @ 1300

Dry yesterday and today

Currently: Clear, ground frost.

Temp: 1c

RH: 565

Pressure: 1020mbar, rising slowly

And yesterday:

Edited April 3, 2013 by TonyH