Friday 14th March General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A clear start to the day with light winds and slight ground frost

Temp 4.2C

Barometer 1027mb falling

Wind F1 SSE

Rainfall nil

[knocker]

Thick fog with sky obscured. Vis 100m

 

Temp 5,4C

 

Wind calm

 

Pressure 1030 rising.

[johnholmes]

hazy but cloudless, a touch of ground frost earlier with a low of 2.3C, now on 3.9C with a very light S'ly

[SteveB]

Dry foggy start

 

Temp 3.8c

[Polar Continental]

Friday 14th March 2014:

 

Clear spells overnight, thick fog and frost forming through the early hours. Visibility <100 yards. Little change by 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: -2.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 9.7 mph SW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas, Fog Stratus.

Visibility: very poor, <100 yards.

Temperature: 1.7°C

Humidity: 96.3

Dew point 1.2°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 1 S

Barometer 1028.4 mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Clear spells last night, ground frost developing before midnight. Thick fog developed through the early hours, visibility <50 yards at dawn, an improvement to <200 yards by observation. The morning saw the fog and low cloud slowly thin allowing hazy sunshine. The afternoon continued fine with further good hazy sunny spells.

[The PIT]

A warm sunny day once again.

Temp 14.1C

Barometer 1024mb falling

Wind F3 SW

Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly clear night with no fog. Sunny spells and areas of  high cloud this morning, with a moderate SW/W breeze.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 8.4c

24 hr max; 14.7c

24 hr min; 5.3c

Grass min; -1.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph SW

4 oktas Ci

Vis; 5 km.

[TonyH]

Clear with a sharp frost last night - the coldest since November (-7c).

Spells of hazy sun to 1300, then overcast and much cooler, the odd spit of drizzle. moderate variable breeze became generally west/ NW. 

 

Min -3.6c @ 0450

Max 11.1c @ 1257

Trace rain yesterday and today

Est sun 3.5 hours

Max wind NNW 17mph @ 1138

 

Currently Cloudy, cool

6.6c/ 94%/ 1028mbar steady

   

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[johnholmes]

lots of thick Ci but even so the temperature got to 17.6C before lower cloud, chiefly Sc caused a marked rop along with a breeze, currently 9.1C

[knocker]

Fog did clear about midday but still mist and low stratus.

 

Not that warm with temp 6.8C and wind SE 13 mph.

[The PIT]

Sudden unexpected change in the conditions around 16:00 when it became cloudy with gusty winds reaching 43 mph. 

Max temp 14.9C now 7.5C a 7c drop in three hours during the afternoon.

Barometer 1023 steady

Wind F5 W

Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, warm morning with sunny periods and patches of high cloud. Cloud thickened steadily during the early afternoon and there was a significant drop in temperature, accompanied by a fresh-strong W/NW wind.

 

At 1800;

Temp' 6.4c

Max' today; 13.5c

Min' last night; 5.3c

Grass min; -1.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 4.57 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 45 mph W at 1734

8 oktas St

Vis; 12 km. 

[hillbilly]

Cloudy to start becoming lovely and sunny until early afternoon when a sudden change brought cloud and drizzle and much colder with a stiff breeze.

max 10 deg

min 4 deg

[ColdFront80]

Looks to me like anti cyclonic gloom will be a factor early next week.

Today was bright and sunny after a foggy start top temperature in was 16.4°C.

[Stargazer]

Very similar to yesterday - thick fog cleared mid-morning then dry, warm and sunny although still rather misty. Maximum 16.3, minimum 2.5. Wind light W.