Friday 5th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Coast]

Please put your weather observation and daily meteorological chat in here

[johnholmes]

sunny with a light N'ly and the 20th consecutive ground frost with an air frost as well this morning, a low of -0.3C

[Coast]

3.3°C

1010.6 mb rising 0.7 mb/hr

Wind 10.2 mph gusting 18.2 mph max E/NE

Windchill 0.3°C

Humidity 83%

0.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1076ft

Grey, drab and cold - yet again!

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear start to last night but cloud increased after midnight and brought a few showers of snow pellets, and a little snow, during the early hours giving a fresh dusting of snow.

Currently dry and windy with sunny intervals.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 1.2c

24 hr max; 4.1c

24 hr min; -1.1c

Grass min: -2.5c

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

Mean wind speed; 27 mph NE

5 oktas Cu and Sc

Vis; 55 km

Ground 35% covered with patches of frozen snow and a partially melted scattering of fresh snow.

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright, less windy, 5C...

[Kent Snow]

3.7C, broken cumulus, grey, wind from the N/NE, 1013hPa.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 05th April 2013:

Clear spells through the early hours with frost. Turning more cloudy around 03:00 GMT. The dawned partly cloudy with frost. At observation, sunny spells, cloud increasing from the north-east.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 5.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.8°C

24-hour maximum 5.7°C

24-hour minimum: -0.8°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -4.7°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 30.9 mph NE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris..

Visibility: good, around 10 miles

Temperature: 4.5°C

Humidity: 75.7%

Dew point 0.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 NE

Barometer 1019 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

Turning rather cloudy through the early hours and with a accompanied force 3 north-easterly not cold as recent nights, though still low enough for a slight frost, low –0.2c. The day dawned cloudy and frosty. The morning so far has been dry with variable cloud, and bright spells, strong NE wind, feeling very cold. Feeling bitterly cold all day in the strong NE wind, there were some bright spells and some brief watery sunny spells. The evening and night saw the cloud clearing to allow frost to develop.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.3c (-5.4c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 7.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -3.5c on the 2nd

Grass Minimum: -8.7c on the 2nd

Rainfall 0.1 mm

Wettest 24 hours 0.1mm on the 2nd.

Maximum wind gust: 42.1 mph NE on the 3rd.

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 164.1 mm

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

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

[The PIT]

A dry mostly cloudy cold day with a steady breeze once more.

Temp 5.7C

Wind F4 NNE

Rainfall nil

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 7C...

[hillbilly]

-1deg overnight currently 6deg,sunny some cloud not much snow now at this level plenty under the walls higher up 30% looking up pole moor and buckstones

[Snowyowl9]

A min of -1.0c and the 13th consecutive air frost.

Around 20% snowcover left the biggest drifts are still very impressive,still some snow on the roof in the shade also.

Wind more NNE.

The daffodils are not even out yet,no sign of any trees coming out,and no grass.

The slow(steady thawing in the sun)thawing of the snow has given alot of very clean water back into the brook.

[TonyH]

Clear hard frost last night; sunny cold breeze today (NNE); min -6.2c @ 0430; max 10.1c @ 1400; dry yesterday and today; Currently Clouding over, 7c, RH 50%, pressure 1020mbar, steady. (sorry it won't let me return)

Edited April 5, 2013 by TonyH

[Polar Maritime]

A dry day with the odd snow pellet wafting around, and a high of 6.7c.

Currently.

Temp 3.9c

Dp -3.4c

Wind Chill 1.8c, N/E 9mph

Snow cover 20%

Quite a thaw over the last 2 days here, snow now only remains in the hollows and under the wall's where there are still drift's up to 1.5m. There's also piles of snow everywhere and on all the road sides up to 3m in places, even some back lanes are still blocked..

Edited April 5, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Terminal Moraine]

Showers of snow and snow pellets early this morning and a few flakes of snow around mid-morning, otherwise a dry day with sunny intervals and a fresh-strong NE wind, though not as strong as yesterday.

The steady thaw continues, snow cover now around 20% and, as PM says above, piles of snow by the roadsides 1m-2.5m deep.

Today was the mildest day since March 7th.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 3.5c

Max' today; 5.9c

Min' last night; -1.1c

Grass min; -2.5c

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

Sunshine today; 3.06 hrs

Mean wind speed; 24 mph NE

Highest gust today; 35 mph NE AT 0837 g.m.t

6 oktas Sc and Cu

Vis; over 80 km.

Ground 20% covered with drifts and snow patches.