Monday 8th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A dull cold start with light winds.

Temp 0.7C

Wind f2 NE

Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start & not as cold as recent mornings

Overnight min 3.7c

Current Temp 4.2c

[Coast]

4.6°C

1004.9 mb falling 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 7.5 mph gusting 16.1 mph max E

Windchill 1.5°C

DP -0.2°C

Humidity 71%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1982 ft

Dull and dry, still chilly

[Polar Maritime]

A dry night with an overnight low of -0.9c

Currently.

Overcast

Temp -0.4c

Dp -2.3c

Wind Chill -0.7c, S/S/E 3mph

Snow cover 7%

Drift's and snow shadows remain.

[Methuselah]

Dry, bright and cold, 3C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with a good deal of high cloud and an increasing NE breeze.

Currently; dry with a little very weak sunshine and a cold NE wind.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 0.4c

24 hr max; 8.5c

24 hr min; -1.0c

Grass min; -2.4c

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

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NE

7 oktas Cs, As and St fractus

Vis; 12 km

Ground frozen and 7% covered with patches and drifts of frozen snow. Still plenty of drifts 1-2 m deep and some even deeper than that by the roadsides.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 08th April 2013:

Dry though a good deal of high cloud overnight, thickening more towards dawn. Wind increasing from the east. The morning to observation has been dry, a good deal of high cloud only allowing the disc of the sun visible. Feeling very cold in the brisk east wind.

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.6°C

24-hour maximum 10.6°C

24-hour minimum: 0.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 14.8 mph SE

Rainfall total: 0.0.mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: moderate to good, 8-10 miles

Temperature: 3.3°C

Humidity: 77.7%

Dew point -0.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 ENE

Barometer 1007.7 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

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: The sun became increasingly hazy through the day till only the disc was visible through a thick layer of Cirrostratus. Still quite pleasant, especially when compared to just a couple of days ago.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.8c (-4.9c) 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

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 7C...

[Kent Snow]

6.2C, altostratus, bright, wind from the E, 1005hPa.

[reef]

Overcast with occasional brighter spells and a moderate easterly wind. The max temp so far of 5.7C is actually the lowest in April here since 1996.

Currently rather cold at just 4.8C and 79% humidity.

[Airedalejoe]

Seems to have dried up now, on and off snow showers till about 1pm. Cloudy and cold, 4.1C.

Love cold and snow but it's now just a pain in the rear, it's the incessant cold I think!

[Andy Bown]

Quite odd to have 2 whole days with almost constant hazy sunshine due to Cirrus but that's what's happened yesterday and today! A few light showers earlier this afternoon but dry now and pleasant at 10.2c with a gentle SE breeze.

[Stargazer]

Dry with spells of hazy sunshine and temperatures slowly recovering to near normal after the first frost-free night for at least two weeks. Maximum 11.0, minimum 3.8. Wind light SE.

[SteveB]

Dry day which started off cloudy but has ended on a suuny note.

Max Temp 11.3c

Min Temp 3.7c

Current Temp 9.2c

[Polar Maritime]

A dry day with a few sunny intervals and light winds, A max temp of 6.8c.

Currently.

Overcast

Temp 2.8c

Dp -1.4c

Wind Chill 1.2c, E/S/E 8mph

Snow cover 6%

Another slow thaw today, but it will be some time before all the drift's and piles of snow have melted away.

Edited April 8, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a ground frost last night (mildest night in over two weeks).Variable cloud with spells of hazy sunshine today, especially mid afternoon. Milder than of late, moderate ESE breeze.

Min: +0.6c @ 0600

Max: 11.7c @ 1500

Dry again yesterday and today

Currently sunny intervals, breezy, 7c, RH 59%, Pressure 1000mbar falling

Edited April 8, 2013 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with large amounts of high cloud and a little weak sunshine at times. Cooler than yesterday with a noticeable E wind and a continued slow thaw.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.2c

Max' today; 5.8c

Min' last night; -1.0c

Grass min; -2.4c

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

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph E

Highest gust today; 34 mph E at 1710 g.m.t

7 oktas Cs, Cu and St fractus

Vis; 15 km

Ground 7% covered with patches of snow and drifts.

[johnholmes]

It was interesting both in the drive to the Dolgellau area on Friday and returning today just how much more snow there is on the A494 and the hills around compared to the Peak.

Even this morning there are areas still with 70% snow cover and at a lower altitude than the Peak. Comparing the Woodhead top to some parts around the Bala area almost to the final drop towards Ellesmere and the Welsh area must have had considerably more snow than Derbyshire or so it seemed to me. For sure any though of climbing Cader Idris was a total non starter.