Sunday 7th April 2013 ~ Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A clear dry night led to an overnight frost this morning, an overnight low of -3.1c.

Currently.

Clear blue sky's, with a little haze on the horizon. Lovely sunrise this morning..

Temp -0.7c

Dp -2.9c

Wind Chill 0.8c, S/SW 2mph

Snow cover 10%

Snow shadows/drift's up to 1.5m still remain under the walls and hollows, and piled high on the road sides.

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

clear and very cold overnight -- temperature got to -6C just around dawn

Current

Temp 3.1

Wind N 2.3 Mph

[Ed Stone]

Dry and sunny, 3C...-4.2 min!

[Coast]

4.8°C

1021.9 mb falling 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 7.8 mph gusting 8.9 mph max E/SE

DP 1.9°C

Humidity 81%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1231 ft

Beautifully bright and sunny, still a bit chilly

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night but with increasing high cloud towards morning. Another air frost last night but only a slight one; the cutting off of the NE airflow and the absence of cold uppers has an immediate effect here as, under quiet anticyclonic conditions, the cold air resulting from nocturnal radiative cooling drains away into the valleys.

Currently dry with hazy sunshine.

Snow cover around 10%.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 5.2c

24 hr max; 8.1c

24 hr min; -0.3c

Grass min; -4.9c

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

Mean wind speed; 7 mph S/SW

6 oktas Ci and Cs

Vis; 55 km.

Drifts and snow patches covering 10% of the ground.

[SteveB]

Not a bad morning, and without that nagging easterly wind, feeling not to bad.

Lots of high cloud which is stopping the full effect of the sun.

Temp 6.0c

Overnight low of -1.4c

[reef]

Cold and frosty overnight as the north-easterly wind died down in the early hours before being replaced by a south-westerly by dawn. At present it is partly cloudy with sunny spells. The min temp was -0.3C.

Currently 8.2C and 59% humidity.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 07th April 2013:

Cold and clear with moderate frost overnight. The morning to observation has been dry with hazy sunshine, temperature rising quickly, frost thawed. The last of the snow drifts thawed over in the fields yesterday in the mildest temperatures since Jan 30th.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight –2.7°C

24-hour maximum 10.1°C

24-hour minimum: -2.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -7.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.0 mph NNE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

6 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus.

Visibility: moderate, around 6 miles

Temperature: 4.5°C

Humidity: 66.3%

Dew point -1.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 S

Barometer 1021 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

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. The day saw good sunny spells and with a much lighter wind for some considerable period of time, it felt very pleasant in the sunshine. A fine and clear evening followed, quickly turning cold with ground frost by mid evening.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.6c (-5.1c) 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]

7.1C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the SE, 1022hPa.

[Stargazer]

Very cold overnight with a sharp frost in the early hours, then dry all day with long spells of hazy sunshine. Maximum 11.1, minimum -3.5. Wind light SE.

[Evening thunder]

A min of -2.6C last night and then a very rapid temp rise about 7:30 this morning as a SE breeze kicked in. A 4C rise in about 12 minutes and you can see the rapid rise in this graph:

Today was mainly breezy with hazy sunshine and a few lower cumulus, higher cloud is now thicker so the sun is not getting through. The breeze has eased back this afternoon.

Temp: 5.8c

Dew point: 2.3c

Humidity: 78%

Wind: 8 mph gusting 20 mph (SE)

Max temp: 7.8c at 12:13

Max gust: 29 mph at 13:17

Yesterday was a lovely sunny day with max of 10.4c, the highest since the 18th March. It also had a min of -3.7c, the lowest since the 14th March (this was not as cold as the 8th April 2008 but colder than anything between the 11th December 2012 and the 14th March 2013.. which at -4.4C were the joint lowest minima this season and only equaled April 2008).

[SteveB]

Dry mostly sunny day.

Max Temp 11.0c

Min Temp -1.4c

Current Temp 7.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with sunshine gradually becoming more hazy as high cloud thickened. The afternoon was dry and mainly cloudy after some hazy sunshine at first.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.4c

Max' today; 8.5c

Min' last night; -0.3c

Grass min; -4.9c

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

Sunshine today; 3.47 hrs

Mean wind speed; 9 mph SE

Highest gust today; 22 mph S at 1105 g.m.t

8 oktas As

Vis; 65 km

Ground 8% covered with snow patches and drifts.

[TonyH]

Mainly clear with an unusually hard frost again last night (third successive sub -6c reading).

Thick veil of Cs today making the sunshine very hazy and weak and eventually blotting it out completely by this evening. Mild sun, cool moderate SE breeze.

Min: -6.3c @ 0630

Max: 10.3c @ 1600

Dry again yesterday and today (15 days now)

Currently: High cloud, cool.

Temp: 5.7c

RH: 58%

Pressure: 1011mbar, falling