Thursday 25th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A dull cloudy but very mild start and dry once again.

Temp 9.2C

Wind F1

Rainfall nil

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy night with the odd shower and light winds, an overnight low of 7.6c.

 

Currently.

 

Cloudy and dull, Temp 8.1c, South 4mph.

[SteveB]

Another cloudy start, but very mild

 

Temp 10.4c

[johnholmes]

a few spots of rain last evening otherwise dry and mostly cloudy, a low of 9.8C, something of a change over the weekend?

[Methuselah]

Cloudy with light rain, 15c...

[Coast]

11.6°C

1022.5 mb falling 0.7 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 5.3 mph max S/SE

DP 10.1°C

Humidity 90%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 654 ft

 

Bright with occasional sunny spells

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry mild and cloudy night with the W/NW wind decreasing.

Currently dry, mild and cloudy.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 10.6c

24 hr max; 14.8c

24 hr min; 7.7c

Grass min; 6.2c

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

Mean wind speed; 13 mph S/SW

8 oktas St

Vis' 12 km.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 25th April 2013:

 

Dry, mild  and mostly cloudy overnight. The morning to observation has been overcast and dry.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 16.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 9.8°C

24-hour maximum 16.7°C

24-hour minimum: 9.8°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.7 mph WSW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

8 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 13.3°C

Humidity: 85%

Dew point  10.8°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 W

Barometer 1020.7mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry with clear spells overnight. Rather cloudy so far with a few bright and brief sunny spells. Mostly cloudy throughout with the odd few spots of light rain around early afternoon. Mild.

 

April 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 7.3c  (-0.4c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 18.5 on the 23rd

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum:  -8.7c on the 2nd

Rainfall 6.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.7mm on the 12th.

Maximum wind gust: 43.4 mph SW on the 18th.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 18.5c on the 23rd April.

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

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 170.3 mm

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

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

[Cloudwatcher]

Very overcast, light rain and feeling cool and decidely un-springlike... currently 12c. Zero sunshine so far

[The PIT]

Overcast and not a lot happening.

Max temp 13.7C

Rainfall nIl

Wind WSW F3

[Kent Snow]

21.4C, sunny, clear blue skies, wind from the SW, 1019hPa.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 22C...

[Stargazer]

Dry, warm and sunny all day, feeling very pleasant.  Maximum 21.7, minimum 11.1.  Wind light W.

 

Yesterday: breezy with sunny intervals, light showers after dark.  Maximum 19.8, minimum 7.7.  Wind moderate W.

[SteveB]

Another cloudy day with the sun only making an appearance in the last hour or so.

 

Temp 11.6c

Max Temp 14.9c

Min Temp 8.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry and mainly cloudy day. A few short sunny intervals late morning and early afternoon and one or two brief light showers by late afternoon from the pitifully weak cold front.

Despite it's weakness it did bring a noticeable drop in temperature after about 1630 g.m.t.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 7.0c

Max' today; 15.4c

Min' last night; 7.7c

Grass min; 6.2c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today; 0.27 hrs

Mean wind speed; 18 mph NW

Highest gust today; 34 mph NW at 1736 g.m.t

8 oktas As, Ac, St fractus and Cu

Light shower falling

Vis; 50 km.

[johnholmes]

the dewpoint is the one noticeable here, a drop of 5C in less than 4 hours

[hillbilly]

maybe the met office were just giving the forcast for reading,21deg,had a max today of  12deg!

[TonyH]

MIld and cloudy last night.

Cloudy today, the odd spot of rain or drizzle, with a spell of light rain mid afternoon on the cold front. Moderate southerly breeze, veered NW after 1500. Cool, very cool from mid afternoon as temperature fell over 2c in one hour to below 9c. 

 

Min: 8.6c @ 0730

Max: 11.6c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 0.6mm

Rain since 10am today: 1mm

 

Currently: Clear intervals

Temp: 6c

RH: 92%

Pressure: 1021mbar, steady

 

Edited April 25, 2013 by TonyH