Friday 26th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Mostly cloudy although there are clearer skies to the north. A cool start once more but dry once again

Temp 5.4C

Wind F1 WSW

Rainfall Nil

 

 

[SteveB]

Dry start after some overnight rain.

 

Temp 6.4c

[johnholmes]

dry and fairly sunny with no wind, about half cover of shallow Sc and fairly thick Ci, a low of 6.2C

[Andy Bown]

Please post today's weather details here.

Increasingly sunny in Warminster with back edge frontal cloud clearing to the SE and fractal Cumulus developing overhead and to the NW.

8.9c and calm.

[Coast]

7.9°C

1014.3 mb falling 0.2 mb/hr

Wind 6.4 mph gusting 12.8 mph max N

DP 6.0°C

Humidity 88%

7.4mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 769ft

 

Dull and drizzly

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light showers early yesterday evening but becoming dry by 1900 g.m.t and then remaining dry and cloudy for the rest of the night.

The cloud sheet cleared to the south east around 0500 but Cu developed rapidly after 0600 g.m.t and there have been a few short hail showers in the last hour.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 5.2c

24 hr max; 15.4c

24 hr min; 3.0c

Grass min; 1.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 8 mph NW

7 okas Cu congestus and Cb

Shower of 3-5 mm hail

Vis; 80 km.

[Methuselah]

Cloudy with light rain, 8C...

[Polar Continental]

Friday 26th April 2013:

 

Light rain died away before midnight leaving variable cloud. The day dawned party cloudy and dry. The morning to observation has been party cloudy with some sunny spells, cloud also bubbling rapidly with showers in the vicinity.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 17.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight 5.4°C

24-hour maximum 17.3°C

24-hour minimum: 5.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 3.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.3 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 1.0mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

5 Oktas: Cumulus mediocris, Cumulonimbus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.7°C

Humidity: 73%

Dew point  4.1°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 NW

Barometer 1015.8mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry, mild  and mostly cloudy overnight. The morning to observation has been overcast and dry. Mostly cloudy through the morning, though before noon more broken clouds arrived from the west allowing some warm sunny spells. High 17.3c. Turning cloudier again by late afternoon when it turned noticeably cooler with the temperature falling to around 13c. By early evening a spells of light rain set in, this died out by late evening.

 

April 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 7.6c  (-0.1c) 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 7.3 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 171.3 mm

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

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

[Polar Maritime]

A typical blustery showery April day here, with some nice cloud scapes and sunny periods.. 

 

Temp 7.8c

Dp -0.8c

Wind Chill 4.2c, W/N/W 16 mph Gusting 32mph

[Methuselah]

A mostly sunny 12C...

[The PIT]

Cooler but a pleasant dry day with Sunny spells once more.

Max temp 11.2C

Wind F4 WNW

Rainfall Nil

[Kent Snow]

11.1C, scattered cumulus, bright, wind from the NW, 1014hPa.

[Stargazer]

Breezy and dry with sunny spells after a damp start.  Feeling much fresher than yesterday.  Maximum 14.1, minimum 6.5  Wind moderate NW.

[SteveB]

Sunny breezy day with the odd light shower.

 

Temp 11.7c

Max Temp 14.1c

Min Temp 6.7c

[Thundery wintry showers]

Until about 5pm it was mostly dry with sunny spells and a couple of brief rain/hail showers, but a zone of significant convective activity has drifted slowly southwards through northern England and has been upon Sandhutton since 5pm, and one cell gave a few rumbles of thunder.

Currently having a graupel shower with a temperature of 5.1C. The day's maximum was 12.2C (temperatures across Yorkshire have generally been higher than I expected) at 2:30pm, following an overnight minimum of 2.7C.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few brief, light hail showers this morning and around midday but essentially a dry and breezy day with sunny periods.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 6.4c

Max' today; 9.5c

Min' last night; 3.0c

Grass min; 1.4c

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

Sunshine today; 6.43 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph W

Highest gust today; 43 mph NW at 1518 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu and distant Cb

Vis; well over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals last night.

Very cool with a moderate to fresh NW wind today. Sunny intervals this morning, sunny periods 13 -1700, then more cloud with some brief rain and hail showers to 1815.

 

Min: 3.8c @ 0330

Max: 10.0c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 0.8mm

Rain since 10am: 0.5mm

 

Currently: Clear intervals

Temp: 4.7c

RH: 82%

Pressure: 1016mbar, falling slowly