Wednesday 17th April April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A dull cloudy mild start with light drizzle with light winds

Temp 7.7C

Wind F3

Rainfall Trace

[Polar Maritime]

A mainly cloudy night with the odd light shower and light winds, An overnight low of 4.8c.

 

Currently.

 

Overcast with a few spot's of rain

Temp 6c

Dp 4.9c

Wind Chill 4.6c, South 4mph

Humidity 92%

[johnholmes]

cloudy but dry with a low of 5.6C and less wind than the same time yesterday morning

[Methuselah]

Dry, breezy, cloudy and warmish, 12C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and clear start to last night but increasing cloud during the early hours eventually brought a brief spell of rain and drizzle around 0630, accompanied by thick hill fog.

The one remaining drift visible from this site has now split into three parts, I doubt it will survive the day.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.3c

24 hr max; 14.3c

24 hr min; 4.4c

Grass min; -0.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.5 mm

Mean wind speed; 23 mph S

Sky obscured by fog

Intermittent light drizzle

Vis; 90 mts.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 17th April 2013:

Clear spells until around 01:00 GMT before cloudy conditions spread in from the west. The day dawned overcast and dry. No change to observation.

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight 6.8°C

24-hour maximum 16.5°C

24-hour minimum: 6.8°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 32.8 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Current Conditions.

8 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 12.0°C

Humidity: 89.1%

Dew point 10.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 SW

Barometer 1011 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Breezy, mainly cloudy and mild overnight with a little showery rain through the early hours. The day dawned with broken cloud. Sunny spells to observation, windy. The day stayed dry with sunny spells and a strong SW wind.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 6.1c (-1.6c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 18.1 on the 14th

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -8.7c on the 2nd

Rainfall 5.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.7mm on the 12th.

Maximum wind gust: 42.1 mph NE on the 3rd.

2013 so far:

Maximum temperature: 18.1c on the 14th April.

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th March.

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 169.9 mm

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

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

[Kent Snow]

12.2C, overcast, grey, wind from the S, 1017hPa.

[Andy Bown]

Increasingly bright now with sunny spells burning through the extensive Stratocumulus that brought a dull, damp morning.

Very windy and muggy, 14.9c .

Edited April 17, 2013 by Andy Bown

[Stargazer]

Overcast with drizzle to start, dry and breezy with sunny intervals from mid-morning onwards.  Maximum 17.7, minimum 8.8.  Wind moderate S.

[SteveB]

Dry windy day with very little in the way of sunshine.

Max Temp 15.1c

Min Temp 8.5c

Current Temp 13.5c

[Evening thunder]

Quite a nice/interesting end to the day with an orange glow from mid level cloud in the west and lower level rugged cumulus and stratocumulus moving across the sky in front of it in the breezy conditions.

 

Currently: mild and mostly cloudy.

 

Temp: 11.9c

Dew point:

Humidity:

Wind: SSW 13mph gusting 24mph

 

Max temp: 12.7c at 18:40

Min temp: 9.0c at 01:42

Max gust: 32mph at 16:12

 

Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far with a max of 16.0C thanks to sunshine in the afternoon and a SW wind, not southerly which comes of the currently cold sea temps of Lyme Bay.

[Milhouse]

Very windy and muggy with a current temp of 14.6c. High of 16.8c in the brief sunny intervals this afternoon.

[Polar Maritime]

Light rain and low cloud cleared during the morning, leaving a mostly cloudy day with the odd sunny spell. Wind's have picked up during late afternoon and evening with very gusty conditions now. A max temp of 13.7c.

 

Currently.

Howling wind

Temp 9.7c

Dp 4.8c

Wind, West 18mph, Gusting 46mph

Edited April 17, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly cloudy day after the clearance of thick hill fog and light drizzle around 0915 g.m.t.

A few brief sunny intervals during the afternoon and becoming windy; the wind not far off gale force by early evening.

Two small remnants of the last remaining snow drift visible from here still surviving at 1800 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 12.6c

Max' today; 14.0c

Min' last night; 4.4c

Grass min; -0.6c

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

Sunshine today; 0.53 hrs

Mean wind speed; 38 mph S/SW

Highest gust today; 61 mph SW at 1350 g.m.t

8 oktas As

Vis; over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Very windy today with a strong to gale force south to SW wind, gusting gale force pm.

Cloudy/ dull with a little drizzle at times.

 

Min: 5.2 yesterday 2300

Max: 11.9c @ midday

Rain yesterday: 0.5mm

Rain since 10am today: 1mm

 

Currently: Same

Temp: 9c

RH: 84%

Pressure: 1004mbar, steady

[reef]

After a cool and mostly clear start it quickly turned overcast with very light rain after 9am. The day then saw a gradual breaking up of the cloud, with sunny spells during the afternoon and becoming quite warm. Winds in the evening strengthened to gale force at times.

 

Max Temp: 17.9C

Min Temp: 4.6C

Mean Wind: 15mph S

Max Gust: 39mph

Rainfall: Trace

 

At 00:00
 

Temp: 12.2C

Humidity: 66%

Pressure: 999.3hPa

10min Wind: 14mph SW