Saturday 22nd March General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Quite a nice morning. Some Ac, Sc and some small Cu. Maybe a couple of showers during the day but looking not too bad.

 

Temp 4C

 

Wind SW 10 mph.

 

 

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 22nd March 2014:

 

A few light showers and clear spells overnight, slight ground frost. Variable cloud so far this morning and a few sunny spells, feeling chilly.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 2.0°C

24-hour maximum 10.9°C

24-hour minimum: 2.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 26.9 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas, Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 5.4°C

Humidity: 78.2%

Dew point 1.9°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 4 W

Barometer 996.5 mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday:

 

Staying mostly cloud after last evenings rain until after midnight. A clearance arrived from the west around dawn. Clear and sunny so far this morning. Sunny spells, also a good deal of cloud at times with a few scattered sharp showers with hail developing around the area, only the odd light one noted at this station. Feeling chilly in the fresh westerly wind.

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

 

Temp 6.5c

[The PIT]

A long way from a bleak day that somebody mentioned yesterday. A pleasant sunny morning with a sssw breeze. Now clouding over probably for some light showers this afternoon.

Temp 7.1C

Barometer 993mb rising

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate showers crossed the area before midnight then the rest of the night was dry with clear intervals.

Sunny intervals to start the morning but also one or two light showers of sleet.

Since 0930 it's been dry with sunny intervals.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 2.5c

24 hr max; 8.6c

24 hr min; 0.4c

Grass min; -1.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.5 mm

Mean wind speed; 19 mph SW

6 oktas Cu and Ac

Sleet shower in past hour

Vis; 15 km.

[Summer Sun]

A mix of sunshine and showers today in Darlo

[The PIT]

A rather cold day over all. Pleasant enough in the morning with plenty of sun around but light to moderate showers in the afternoon some with hail kept a lid on the temperatures.

Max temp 7.7C

Barometer 993mb rising

Wind F3 SW

Rainfall 1.8mm

[Summer Sun]

A decent clear spell has developed over Darlington giving us a sunny end to the day

[Richard2901]

Started sunny then clouded over and the best part of the day was written off under unpleasant grey cloud and wind. Now the sun has popped out again.  Zero convective activity and not remotely cold with a max of 8.6C though felt far colder due to the wind but nothing new there

 

 

[SteveB]

Sunshine and showers

 

Temp 8.5c

Max Temp 10.8c

Min Temp 3.6c

[TonyH]

Clear spells, some rain and hail showers and ground frost last night, a light SW breeze.

Sunny spells and some further rain and hail showers today, these briefly heavy. Rather cool with a moderate to fresh SW to west wind. Heavy hail shower dropped temperature over 4c in 30 minutes to 1200.

 

Min +0.4c @ 0340

Max 8.6c @ 1352

Rain yesterday 7.8mm

Rain since 0900 today 2mm

Est sun 5 hours

Max gust SW 28mph @ 1145

 

Currently: Rather cloudy, breezy

5.7c / 82%/ 1000mbar rising slowly

Edited March 22, 2014 by TonyH

[Stargazer]

Mainly dry with sunny periods and a single light shower mid-afternoon. Feeling cool in the wind. Maximum 11.8, minimum 2.3. Wind moderate SW.

[Snowyowl9]

Heavy snow showers earlier had over 1 inch of snow,nothing to the hills to the south which makes a change.

Max of 6.7c as the showers turned to just a wintry mix of rain,hail sleet and snow,quite a surprise this morning,but half expected it.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light sleet showers early this morning which moved away by 0930 leaving the rest of the morning dry with sunny intervals and gradually building Cu.

The afternoon was one of sunny intervals and short showers of rain, hail and sleet, the heaviest of which was around 1820 and left a covering of hail on the ground.

 

At 1900;

Temp; 2.1c

Max' today; 7.4c

Min' last night; 0.4c

Grass min; -1.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1900; 2.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 14 mph W

Highest gust today; 45 mph W at 1827

Sunshine today; 2.61 hrs

7 oktas Cu and Cb

Vis; over 80 km

Ground 20% covered with hail. 

[J10]

A wintry mix of rain, sleet, graupel, hail, soft hails and even a little wet snow early this morning

 

 

Hopefully the last wintriness this winter, and spring can soon restart.

[hillbilly]

A cold dry start with sunshine until lunch when a shower turned up then longer spells of light rain,max 8 deg,min 3 deg