Saturday April 6th 2013 - Weather and General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A dry and clear night with an overnight low of -2.8c. Clear blue sunny sky's this morning, with a thin covering of ice.

Currently.

Temp -1.9c

Dp -3.2c

Wind Chill -1.6c, North 2mph

[TonyH]

One for the record books min: -8.5c @ 0700

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 2C...

[Terminal Moraine]

One for the record books min: -8.5c @ 0700

Blimey, that's seriously cold at this time of year.

Meanwhile here it's been a clear and cold night with the NE wind backing N and decreasing.

Currently sunny with the ground beginning to soften and turn to sludge.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.1c

24 hr max; 5.9c

24 hr min; -1.3c

Grass min; -3.2c

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

Mean wind speed; 10 mph N

1 okta Cu humilis, St fractus, and a distant line of Ac on the eastern horizon.

Vis; 25 km

Ground frozen and about 20% covered with frozen snow patches and drifts.

[SteveB]

Lovely start to the day, wall to wall sunshine.

Min Temp -0.4c

Current Temp 3.8c

[Coast]

2.8°C

1022.1 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 6.8 mph gusting 12.8 mph max N/NE

Windchill 0.3°C

DP -0.7°C

Humidity 77%

3.7mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1499 ft

Sun is just showing itself!

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 06th April 2013:

Clear skies overnight allowed for a moderate to severe frost to develop, low –4.0c with –7.9c on the grass. The day dawned party cloudy and frosty. Sunny spells to observation, feeling cold in the still moderate east wind. Still the odd small snow drift remaining on slopes and in ditches over in the fields.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight –4.0°C

24-hour maximum 8.1°C

24-hour minimum: -4.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -7.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 24.4 mph ENE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus humilis, mediocris.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles

Temperature: 5.0°C

Humidity: 65.5%

Dew point -0.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 ENE

Barometer 1026 mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

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. Rather cloudy at times through the day, though enough cloud breaks at times to allow sunny spells. Dry, still feeling cold in the fresh east wind.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.5c (-5.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.1 on the 5th

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 6th

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

[Kent Snow]

6.1C, scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the N/NE, 1023hPa.

[marky810]

A mostly sunny day with well broken cloud and just a light westerly.

Feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine and at 10.6c it's the warmest day of the year here so far.

[The PIT]

A pleasant warm feeling day and the first day to reach double figures since Jan 29th. Long sunny spells and very little wind.

Max Temp 10,3C

Wind F2 SW

Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Beautiful day with almost unbroken sunshine.

Max Temp 10.6c

[Stargazer]

Cold and frosty start, dry all day with almost 100% sunshine, feeling pleasant by the afternoon. First day in double figures since March 16. Maximum 11.2, minimum -2.0. Wind light NE.

Yesterday: dry and generally cloudy with brief sunny intervals, still feeling cold in the wind. Maximum 7.2, minimum 1.2. Wind moderate NE.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with long periods of sunshine; the sunshine almost continuous this afternoon.

The warmest day since March 5th and the sunniest day of the year so far. A steady thaw of lying snow in the sun but the thaw still very slow in the shade.

At 1800;

Temp; 6.0c

Max' today; 8.1c

Min' last night; -1.3c

Grass min; -3.2c

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

Sunshine today; 9.77 hrs

Mean wind speed; 5 mph NW

Highest gust today; 26 mph N at 0852 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu humilis and Cs

Vis; 80 km

Ground 12% covered with snow patches and drifts.

[TonyH]

Clear with very severe April frost last night, the lowest reading I have ever recorded in April by a margin.

Sunny today with a light NE breeze.

Clear and frost has reformed this evening.

Min: -8.5c @ 0730

Max: 10.3c @ 1500

Dry yesterday and today

Currently: Clear and frosty

Temp: -0.7c

RH: 81%

Pressure: 1025mbar, rising slowly

And Friday:

[hillbilly]

am amazed myself got -6 last night but a lovely day today got down to t shirt first time this year

[SP1986]

-0.7C already, there will possibly be record breaking minima tonight if it continues to fall at this extraordinary rate (which it will).. it's quite remarkable for April, and no other opening April in my lifetime can boast 6 consecutive air frosts... no year even comes close.