Sunday 23rd March General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Not a bad morning. 5/8 medium Cu.

 

temp 7C

 

Wind NW 20 gusting 35 mph

 

Pressure 1012 rising

[The PIT]

Back to a mild starts. Sunny distant showers with a steady breeze.

Temp 6.3C

Barometer 1003mb rising

Wind F4 WNW

Rainfall 0.2mm

[johnholmes]

sunny with some patchy Sc around and an earlier ground frost with a low of 2.2C.

The cloud scapes yesterday afternoon were quite superb at times, towering Cu type 2 and lovely anvils as the Cb type 3' continued to grown into type 9.

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start

 

Temp 7.9c

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 23rd March 2014:

 

Variable cloud overnight with the odd light shower. Low 0.1c with -3.0c on the grass. Light showers here this morning, some moderate to heavy in the vicinity. Feeling cold.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.1°C

24-hour maximum 9.2°C

24-hour minimum: 0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 33.8 mph W

Rainfall total: 2.6mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas. Cumulonimbus, Stratus fractus, Cirrus, Altocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 4.8°C

Humidity: 96.8%

Dew point 4.3°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 NW

Barometer 1005.0 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

A few light showers and clear spells overnight, slight ground frost. Variable cloud so far this morning and a few sunny spells, feeling chilly. Some sunny spells but a good deal of cloud at times with squally showers scattered around these turning to sleet in heavier bursts. High 9c briefly during the early afternoon in sunshine, though much lower in showers and hovering around 6-7c for the most part.

 

March 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 7.5c  (1.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 17.9c on the 9th

Minimum temperature: -1.5c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -6.2c on the 1st

Rainfall 32.4m

Wettest 24 hours 16.6mm on the 2nd.

Maximum wind gust: 27.0 mph SE on the 2nd.

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 17.9c on the 9th March.

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 233.0mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th Feb.

[Terminal Moraine]

A good deal of dry weather overnight but also a few light showers of sleet or rain, mostly since 0500.

Currently we have sunny intervals and the occasional brief light shower. There are still patches of hail lying in the grass from the shower yesterday evening.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 5.1c

24 hr max; 7.4c

24 hr min; 0.4c

Grass min; -2.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 3.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 13 mph NW

7 oktas Cu and Cb

Vis; over 80 km.

[johnholmes]

Superb cloud scapes again.this time in the peak. Between Baslow and Sheffield around 1530 I counted 6 anvils and one I could not. I was under it with a mix of rain and 'so called' soft hail.

[The PIT]

The Anvils that Johns talking about provided a showery end to the day with some hail and a massive temp drop within these showers. Otherwise a pleasant day with temps slightly below normal for the year until late afternoon.

Max temp 9.4C now 3.9C

Barometer 1010mb rising

Wind F2 NE

Rainfall 1.2mm

[knocker]

Quite a pleasant day with various amounts of type 2 Cu but now just a smidgin of Ci and type 1 Cu.

 

Temp currently 8C with a light NW.

[SteveB]

Dry mostly sunny day

 

Temp 7.8c

Max Temp 11.8c

Min Temp 5.1c

[Stargazer]

Sunny intervals and frequent showers, including some hail, particularly around the middle of the day.  Feeling cold in the wind.  Maximum 10.6, minimum -0.4.  Wind light NW.

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny periods and short showers of hail and sleet with a fresh-strong NW wind. The showers largely died out by sunset and the wind rapidly decreased to F1 and veered NE.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 3.1c

Max' today; 7.1c

Min' last night; 0.4c

Grass min; -2.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.9 mm

Sunshine today; 6.19 hrs

Mean wind speed; 1 mph NE

Highest gust today; 44 mph NW at 1347

6 oktas Cu and Cb

Distant showers

Vis; 55 km.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Quite a dramatic day here today, with some quite spectacular cloud formations.  There were a few brief showers of rain/graupel and two hailstorms, one at 1:30pm and one at 5pm, and the second one produced one flash of lightning and clap of thunder.  In both cases the hailstones were between 4 and 8mm in diameter and produced a slight covering on the ground.  It got to 9.5C max following an overnight minimum of 1.7C, but the temperature fell from 7.9C to 4.5C during the 5pm hailstorm.

[Eye to the sky]

Quite the opposite to the day forecast here,with the majority of dry weather in the morning with long sunny spells.The afternoon has bought a scattering of slow moving mostly light nagging showers of rain and hail just enough to wet the washing and myself walking from the pub.Some impressive skies around dusk.Winds fresh NW with a high of 9c.

[hillbilly]

A dry cold morning with some sunshine ,afternoon had squally showers some of hail,feeling cold,max 8 deg ,min 3 deg

[TonyH]

Clear intervals, rain and hail showers, ground frost last night, moderate to fresh WNW.

Heavy hail showers 07 - 0830, then sunny spells and a few brief light showers, dry afternoon. Fresh NW wind.

Clear and frosty evening, light breeze.

 

Min 1.6c yesterday evening

Max 7.9c @ 1528

Rain yesterday 7.4mm

Rain since 0900 today Trace

Est sun 5 hours

Max gust NW 32mph @ 1100

 

Currently Clear and frosty

-1c/ 93%/ 1015mbar steady