Saturday 27th April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cold dull start but dry once more. There was a little rain yesterday evening though!!!

Temp 3.3C

Wind F3 N

Rainfall Nil

[Polar Maritime]

A dry breezy cloudy night with a few clear intervals and a sharp hail shower last night, an overnight low of 0.3c.

 

Currently.

 

Cloudy, breezy, dry

Temp 2.4c

Dp 0.7c

Wind Chill 2.2c, N/NW 12mph

[Terminal Moraine]

A short and quite heavy shower of sleet late yesterday evening but most of the night was dry with clear intervals.

Cloudy before dawn and a couple of light sleet showers in the last hour and a half but also a few brief intervals of sunshine.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 2.8c

24 hr max; 9.8c

24 hr min; 0.4c

Grass min; -1.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 18 mph N

7 oktas Cu

Vis; 50 km.

[SteveB]

Dry bright start with good sunny splls.

 

Temp 7.2c

 

Overnight low of 4.4c

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright, some convection, 8C...

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 27th April 2013:

 

Clear and cold overnight with a widespread frost, low -0.1c with –2.9c on the grass. Turning cloudy through the morning with a couple of short light showers before the observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.1°C

24-hour maximum 12.5°C

24-hour minimum: -0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -2.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 22 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 0.7mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

7 Oktas: Cumulus congestus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 6.4°C

Humidity: 79.1%

Dew point  3.0°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 4-N

Barometer 1017mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

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, though cloud also bubbling rapidly with showers in the vicinity. The day saw bright sunny spells, but also heavy showers scattered around, one of these briefly turned wintry at this location with soft hail and sleet around lunchtime. Feeling cold in the wind, though pleasant out of the wind and in the sun. The evening saw another light short light shower before clearing skies followed.

 

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 8.0 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 172.0 mm

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

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

[Coast]

10.4°C

1012.7 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 8.3 mph gusting 12.5 mph max NE

DP 2.6°C

Humidity 59%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 3160 ft

 

Bright and dry

[marky810]

Heavy rain and hail showers pushed on by a brisk northerly with a current temp of 4.9c.

Odd glimpses of the sun being so high in the sky give the time of year away otherwise it could be January out there.

[Kent Snow]

8.1C, scattered cumulus, bright, wind from the N, 1014hPa.

[Summer Sun]

A cloudy and wet morning has give way to a sunny afternoon it feels warm out of the wind

[TonyH]

Rain and hail showers to 0330, then clearing to a ground frost by dawn.

Sunny spells and dry today, cool with a moderate to fresh northerly wind.

 

Min: 0.8c @ 0630

Max: 10.6c @ 1600

Rain yesterday: 4.3mm

Dry so far today

 

Currently: Sunny, breezy, cool

Temp: 9.3c

RH: 64%

Pressure: 1019mbar, steady

[Stargazer]

Cold and windy with sunny intervals and squally showers, some with hail.  Maximum 10.5, minimum 1.9.  Wind fresh NE.

[SteveB]

Dry sunny day with some long sunny spells, but also a lot of cloud.

 

Temp 11.8c

Max Temp 14.2c

Min Temp 4.4c

[Terminal Moraine]

A good deal of cloud during the morning with sleet showers at first and light hail showers later, also some short sunny intervals between the showers.

The afternoon began with the heaviest shower of the day around 1215 g.m.t. Hail whitened the ground temporarily during the shower and, as the temperature fell to 1.6c towards the end of it, there was a spell of sleet and wet snow flakes.

After this there were a few light hail and rain showers with increasing amounts of sunshine later in the afternoon as Cu began to disperse.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 5.4c

Max' today; 8.1c

Min' last night; 0.4c

Grass min; -1.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 2.3 mm

Sunshine today; 3.41 hrs

Mean wind speed; 10 mph NE

Highest gust today; 37 mph N at 0921 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu humilis and distant Cu congestus

Vis; over 80 km.

[hillbilly]

max 7 deg today ,hit with hail showers and a brief snow shower,mostly nice with sun this afternoon.working on a roof all day at 1000 ft,no fun this morning