Saturday 4th May 2013 - Weather and General chat.

[Methuselah]

Morning peeps...

 

Dry and bright, 12C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A mild and cloudy night with a small ( and completely useless from a growing point of view ) amount of light rain from 0430 g.m.t.

Currently cloudy with light showers.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.7c

24 hr max; 14.7c

24 hr min; 7.4c

Overnight min; 7.6c

Grass min; 6.0c

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

Mean wind speed; 14 mph SW

7 oktas Cu, Sc and St

Vis; over 80 km.

[Coast]

13.1°C

1017.8 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 18.9 mph gusting 22.0 mph max W/SW

DP 7.1°C

Humidity 67%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2469 ft

Another bright and sunny start

[johnholmes]

dry overnight with fairly cloudy skies earlier and a few spits of drizzle rain just before 0900, now about 3/8 total cover with patchy CuSc Ci, a mild night with a low of 10.6C, now on 13.5C in a lightish WNW breeze

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 04th May 2013:

 

Cloudy and mild overnight, dry. Cloudy through the morning with showers breaking out before and through the observation, moderate to heavy briefly.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

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

Minimum temperature overnight  9.1°C

24-hour maximum 16.0°C

24-hour minimum: 9.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 7.3°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.6 mph W

Rainfall total: 0.9mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: poor about a mile.

Temperature: 11.0°C

Humidity: 92.4%

Dew point  9.8°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 NW

Barometer 1013mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry and clear overnight with a touch of ground frost. Low 2.4c, -1.4.c on the grass. Sunny spells to observation. Cloud built to almost overcast by around 10:00 GMT making for a mostly cloudy day with just brief bright spells. Staying dry.

[marky810]

Cloudy with a moderate westerly.

Feeling chilly at only 9.8c.

[Polar Maritime]

A mostly dry cloudy night with an overnight low of 7.6c. A few light showers early morning.

 

Currently.

 

Odd shower, sunny spell

Temp 9.8c

Dp 7.1c

Wind Chill 9.4c, West 6mph. 

[The PIT]

Dry after a bit of light drizzle early this morning. Some very heavy showers to the south of us though quite wet in parks of the peak district.

Temp 12.5C

Wind F3 WNW

Rainfall Trace

[Kent Snow]

14.1C, scattered cumulus, sunny, wind from the SW, 1016hPa.

[Stargazer]

Cloudy with a few spots of rain early morning, then dry and breezy with sunny periods.  Maximum 18.7, minimum 6.8.  Wind moderate SW.

[Polar Maritime]

The odd light shower died out around mid morning to leave a mostly cloudy day with light winds, Cloud started to clear around 3pm. A max temp of 12.6c.

 

Currently. Sky's clearing with the odd rogue cloud and light winds.

 

Temp 8.7c

Dp 4.2c

Wind Chill 6.6c, W/N/W 6mph

Rain 1.4mm

[SteveB]

After some early morning light patchy rain, it turned out to be a lovely day with long sunny spells.

 

Temp 10.0c

Max Temp 14.7c

Min Temp 9.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A few brief light showers during the first half of the morning but becoming dry by about 1000 g.m.t. Mostly cloudy until mid-afternoon when the sheet of Sc and Cu began to break up to allow sunny periods during the late afternoon and early evening.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 12.0c

Max' today; 13.3c

Min' last night; 7.6c

Grass min; 6.0c

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

Sunshine today; 4.63 hrs

Mean wind speed; 12 mph W

Highest gust today; 38 mph W at 1046 g.m.t

5 oktas Ac, Cc and Cu

Vis; over 80 km.

[TonyH]

Rain 03-0500, then a few light showers to 10am. Sunny spells pm. Moderate to fresh south to SW wind. Temperatures average for early May.

 

Min: 8.2c @ 0700

Max: 14.7c @ 1500

Rain yesterday: 4.7mm

Trace rain since 10am today

 

Currently: Cloudy

Temp: 9.5c

RH: 88%

Pressure: 1020mbar, rising slowly

Edited May 4, 2013 by TonyH