Saturday 13th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog for most of the morning, clearing by midday to leave a mainly cloudy afternoon with showers developing after 1600 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.1c

Max' today; 9.5c

Min' last night night; 2.3c

Grass min; 2.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.9 mm

Sunshine today; 0.27 hrs

Mean wind speed. 6 mph W

Highest gust today; 22 mph NW at 1610 g.m.t

Vis; 12 km

Light showers falling

Ground about 2% covered with snow drifts

This is a late report for yesterday.

[The PIT]

A mostly cloudy quiet start with the odd break. Also the first start with near average temps.

Temp 4.4C

Wind F2 SSW

Rainfall since midnight nil

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 9C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry night with lengthy clear periods. A few light showers during the early hours of this morning but these cleared to the east by 0500 g.m.t.

Currently dry with sunny periods after patchy mist in the last hour.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.0c

24 hr max; 9.5c

24 hr min; 2.5c

Grass min; -1.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 1.1mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph S

1 okta Cu humilis, Ac and St fractus

Vis; 1 km but increasing

Ground about 1% covered in snow patches and drifts.

[johnholmes]

shallow fog patches before dawn then partly cloudy for a time, now almost blue skies, a light WSW breeze and a temperature of 8.1C from a low of 2.8C

[SteveB]

Cloudy start with light rain.

Min Temp 4.8c

Current Temp 9.2c

[Kent Snow]

11.1C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1014hPa.

A lovely day so far!

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 13th April 2013:

Variable cloud overnight with a few clear spells through the early hours. Low 2.4c with –1.0c on the grass. The day dawned with clear spells, clouding over for a short time througn the morning before more broken skies arrived from the south around 08:30 GMT. At observation, bright with sunny spells.

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 2.4°C

24-hour maximum 11.9°C

24-hour minimum: 2.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 10.9 mph ESE

Rainfall total: 2.7.mm

Current Conditions.

4 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: moderate to good 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 8.5°C

Humidity: 86.2%

Dew point 6.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 S

Barometer 1010.4 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

Cloudy overnight with a little light rain around. The morning to observation has been overcast with further intermittent light rain. Mostly cloudy, light showers around through the morning. The afternoon saw a couple of brief sunny spells though with further showers, these moderate by late afternoon. Milder than of late. The evening saw the showers clearing away, though remaining mostly cloudy.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 4.0c (-3.7c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 11.9 on the 12th

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -8.7c on the 2nd

Rainfall 4.1 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.7mm on the 12th.

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 168.1 mm

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

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

[reef]

Cloudy overnight until the early hours when skies cleared allowing the temperature to fall to 4.4C. Ironically despite being marginally below average thats the mildest minimum temperature since 16th March.

It is now clear and sunny with a light southerly wind with the temperature already at 11.9C, making it the mildest day since 30th January.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, a balmy 15C...

[Polar Maritime]

A dry day so far, with cloud clearing giving some long sunny periods. Was up Kinder Scout early'er and it felt quite warm in the sun up there.. An overnight low of 1.9c.

 

Currently cloudy and dry,Temp 8.7c. A few snow piles/drift's remaining .

[johnholmes]

well another record gone-my highest temperature in some sunshine at 15.1C, not only the highest in my back garden this year but the highest since last October - 18th-spring has sprung?

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and ground frost last night.

Sunny intervals to 10am, then cloudy, spells of light rain and drizzle since midday. Freshening SSE wind, becoming quite strong.

 

Min: +1.1c @ 0330

Max: 11.4c @ 10am

Rain yesterday: Trace

Rain since 10am: 2.3mm

 

Currently: Light rain, rather windy.

Temp: 11c

RH: 96%

Pressure: 1004mbar, steady.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny periods at first. High and medium level cloud increased steadily during the late morning and eventually brought intermittent light rain from about 1330 g.m.t; the rain becoming continuous and moderate after 1500 g.m.t. Thick hill fog developed by 1730 g.m.t.

The warmest day since January 29th today.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.3c

Max' today; 10.3c

Min; last night; 2.5c

Grass min; -1.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 5.0 mm

Sunshine today; 3.45 hrs

Mean wind speed; 17 mph SE

Highest gust today; 39 mph SE at 1516 g.m.t

Sky obscured by fog

Continuous moderate rain

Vis; 100 mts

Ground 1% covered with snow patches and drifts

[SteveB]

Cloudy damp day with light rain for most of it,

Max Temp 11.9c

Min Temp 4.3c

Current Temp 11.7c

[reef]

Clear and sunny this morning before turning overcast during the afternoon with light rain in the evening. It was the warmest day since January 30th here and the first day of the year to reach 15C.

Max Temp: 15.3C

Min Temp: 4.4C

Mean Wind: 10mph SE

Max Gust: 22mph

Rainfall: 0.4mm

Currently overcast but dry and very mild with a temp of 11.4C.