Wednesday 10th April 2013 ~ Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

An overcast night with clear spells, leading to a ground frost. A min temp of -2.2c

Currently.

Cloudy/hazy with the sun trying to burn through.

Temp -1.3c

Dp -3.2c

Wind Chill -2.1c, S/S/E 2mph

Snow piles/patches/drift's still remain.

[Coast]

5.7°C

1004.7 mb rising 1.0 mb/hr

Wind 0.7 mph gusting 5.6 mph max NW

DP 4.4°C

Humidity 91%

3.4 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 558 ft

Grey and damp

[johnholmes]

the first morning since 16 March with neither air nor ground frost. That must be some kind of record for this area=24 consecutive ground frosts, this morning a low of 3.7C with 7/8 St Sc and no wind

[Terminal Moraine]

Variable cloud cover overnight, most of the cloud clearing towards dawn but with a hazy layer of Cs obscuring the sun.

The 25th consecutive air frost last night, the 3rd-longest such spell since I began keeping records 50 years ago and astonishing that it's occurred at this time of year; also the 10th air frost this month which breaks the April record of 9 in 1986 and 1968.

Currently dry with hazy sunshine.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.0c

24 hr max; 8.1c

24 hr min; -1.4c

Grass min; -3.5c

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

Mean wind speed; 4 mph E/NE

2 oktas Cs

Vis; 5 km

Ground about 4% covered with snow patches and drifts.

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 6C...

[Andy Bown]

10.2c with lightbulb sunshine as the next LOW pushes Cirrus in from the SW. The day started with low cloud/mist before pleasant sunshine broke through at around 09.00 giving the warmest morning hours for a long time!

[johnholmes]

the highest in my back garden since 29/01/13 with 13.3C, quite spring like in spite of the low dewpoint value-first time able to get a few jobs done in the garden

[Stargazer]

Misty start, then dry all day with spells of hazy sunshine, slowly clouding over during the afternoon. Temperatures finally recovered to near the seasonal average. Maximum 12.7, minimum 3.5. Wind light SE.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 10th April 2013:

Clear spells developing overnight, especially through the early hours allowing a widespread frost to develop. Low –2.2c with –4.8c on the grass. The morning to observation, a good deal of low cloud blowing in on the east wind, though with some sunny brighter spells. The day was dry with some spells of hazy sunshine, but upper and lower level cloud increased to overcast at times with showers threatening, though again none fell here.

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight –2.2°C

24-hour maximum 10.5°C

24-hour minimum: -2.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -4.8°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 27.2 mph E

Rainfall total: 0.0.mm

Current Conditions.

6 Oktas: Stratus.

Visibility: poor < 1 mile, haze/mist

Temperature: 3.6°C

Humidity: 79.7%

Dew point 0.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 ENE

Barometer 1005.8 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

A cold force 4-5 east wind overnight, mostly cloudy apart from a few breaks in the high cloud before midnight. Low 1.6c. Grass low 0.0c so no ground frost. At observation, bright spells, dry and feeling cold in the fresh east wind. Hazy sunny spells developed through the morning as the sheet of Stratus broke up further. Still feeling cold in the brisk east wind. The afternoon saw thicker cloud develop with showers threatening, though none fell in this location.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.4c (-4.3c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 10.6 on the 7th

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

Edited April 10, 2013 by Polar Continental

[SteveB]

Cloudy with the odd sunny spell

Max Temp 12.3c

Current Temp 8.2c

[TonyH]

A damping of rain early this morning.

Rather cloudy with hazy sunny intervals today, moderate SE breeze. Spits of rain again this evening.

Min: 3.1c @ 0530

Max: 12.0c @ 1400

Trace rain yesterday and today

Currently: Spitting

Temp: 9c

RH: ;73%

Pressure: 999mbar, falling slowly

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny intervals or longer spells of hazy sunshine. Mostly cloudy during the afternoon and remaining dry.

The thaw of lying snow continues but there are still a lot of drifts and snow patches remaining.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 7.7c

Max' today; 8.5c

Min' last night; -1.4c

Grass min; -3.5c

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

Sunshine today; 3.73 hrs

Mean wind speed; 8 mph E/SE

Highest gust today; 18 mph E at 1352

7 oktas Cu, Sc and Ci

Vis; 8 km

Ground about 3% covered with snow drifts and patches of snow.

[Bobby]

Moderate rain here, first time I've seen the ground wet since around 23rd March I think.