Thursday 18th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A very mild dry but very windy start

Temp 8.7C

Wind F7 Gusting 58 mph

Rainfall nil

 

[SteveB]

Dry start with bright spells

Temp 9.1c

[Polar Maritime]

A very windy night with strong gust's reaching 60mph at times. Rain showers continued until the early hours, an overnight low of 5.8c.

 

Currently.

 

Gusty winds with showers

Temp 6.3c

Dp 4.3c

Wind Chill 3.2c, S/W 19mph Gusting 42mph.

[johnholmes]

dry but with increasing cloud amounts and still fairly breezy, 7/8 CuSc and a low of 9.6C

[Terminal Moraine]

Temperature according to the Davis on the roof mast is 6.2c.

A windy night with a maximum gust of 63 mph during the early hours. Most of the night was dry but light showers arrived from the north west by 0500 g.m.t and have continued since then.

The last remaining snow drift visible from this site disappeared overnight.

[Methuselah]

Dry, sunny, tending towards partly cloudy, blowing a bit of a hoolie, 11C...

[The PIT]

Winds Peaked at 63 mph this morning but soon started dying away after 08:30.

A rather interesting walk to work.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 18th April 2013:

Very windy overnight with gusts past gale force. Dry and mostly cloudy. Cloudy through the morning with a few spots of rain. At observation, overcast, rain stopped. Suns disc visible through vale of Altostratus.

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 8.1°C

24-hour maximum 16.0°C

24-hour minimum: 8.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 39.8 mph S

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Current Conditions.

8 Oktas: Altostratus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.8°C

Humidity: 77.9%

Dew point 6.1°C

Wind Direction: Force 6 SW

Barometer 1007.1mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

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. The day saw a good deal of cloud though there were some hazy sunny spells through the afternoon, very windy with gusts close to gale force.

April 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 6.4c (-1.3c) 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 6.2 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 170.2 mm

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

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

[Methuselah]

Grey and cool now, 12C...

[Kent Snow]

13.1C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1014hPa.

[Snowyowl9]

Still got a couple of snowdrifts left

[Milhouse]

Mild and breezy with sunny spells. A 5 minute moderate shower this morning. 14.4c currently. Once again northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire the warmest part of the country.

[SteveB]

Very windy day with good sunny spells.

Temp 11.8c

Max Temp 13.2c

Min Temp 8.7c

[The PIT]

A warm day once more. The wind died down but still one or two gusty spells.

Max temp 14.3C

Wind F3 WSW

Rainfall 0.2mm

Edited April 18, 2013 by The PIT

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry night last night but showery rain arriving from the north west by about 0500 g.m.t and clearing again by 0830 g.m.t.

Today has been windy with sunny intervals and the occasional brief shower.

The last remaining snow drift visible from this site melted overnight although there are still others in the area which I can't actually see from here.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.9c

Max' today; 12.2c

Min' last night; 5.6c

Grass min; 5.0c

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

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 30 mph W

Highest gust today; 63 mph SW at 0013 g.m.t

3 oktas Cu humilis and mediocris

Vis; over 80 km.

[Stargazer]

Windy with sunny spells and a couple of showers, one of them heavy with hail and thunder.  Maximum 14.7, minimum 8.0.  Wind fresh W.

[TonyH]

Strong SSW wind with gale force gusts last night.

Rain at times 06-10am, sunny spells afternoon. Fresh SSW wind.

 

Min: 6.8c @ 0700

Max: 12.5c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 6.3mm

Rain since 10am today: Trace

 

Currently: Clear spells, breezy.

Temp: 6.8c

RH: 79%

Pressure: 1018mbar, rising slowly

Edited April 18, 2013 by TonyH

[nitro_deluxe]

Saw a small area of mammatus in the distance this afternoon.First proper convection for quite some time now.

 

No sign of that very gusty almost fierce wind this evening and tonight.

[reef]

A mostly cloudy day with long sunny spells. A light shower did arrive during the afternoon but it barely wet the ground. The most notable feature of the day was the strong wind, which was very gusty at times. Despite that, it was quite warm again.

 

Max Temp: 14.9C

Min Temp: 8.9C

Mean Wind: 21mph SW

Max Gust: 42mph

Sunshine: 6.6hrs

Rainfall: Trace

 

At 23:40:

 

Temp: 9.1C

Humidity: 78%

Pressure: 1011.4hPa (Rising)

10min Wind: 6mph WSW