Monday 24th General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A rare very cold start with an equally rare air frost. Clear with light winds.

Temp -1.1C

Barometer 1013mb falling

Wind F1 S

Rainfall Nil

[James M]

A clear frosty start, min of -3.7°C. That's colder than at anytime during the winter just gone! I hope I don't see another one like that for a while.

[johnholmes]

Not a cloud in the sky and no wind along with the 2nd coldest night since last March, a low of -1.9C

[knocker]

Are we going backwards this week or has my senility finally taken over?

 

Anyway interesting cloud this morning.

 

7/8 Cs and 5/8 high Ac as the front approaches from the west.

 

Temp 6C

 

Wind SES 15 mph

 

Pressure 1010 falling.

[James M]

haha I didn't even notice it said saturday!

[James M]

A clear frosty start, min of -3.7°C. That's colder than at anytime during the winter just gone

[SteveB]

Dry clear frosty start

 

Temp 1.6c

[johnholmes]

Yesterday was the date last year of the heavy snow, even blizzards in some areas.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 24th March 2014:

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread frost, low -2.0c with -6.1c on the grass. Sunny so far this morning, frost melting.

 

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:

 

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. Sunny spells through the rest of day and a good scattering of showers, though this station only caught an odd light one.

Edited March 24, 2014 by Polar Continental

[Polar Maritime]

Yesterday was the date last year of the heavy snow, even blizzards in some areas.

 

Yes John, this time last year.

[knocker]

Now have 8/8 As with ragged St and slight rain in last hour. Wind getting up with southerly 25 mph gusting 40.

[The PIT]

Sunny spells after a cold start and mild by day.

Max temp 10.3C

Barometer 1007mb falling

Wind F4 SSE

Rainfall Nil

[TonyH]

Clear and frosty last night, breeze by dawn lifted this.

Spells of hazy sun to 1100 then cloudy and windy. Periods of light then moderate rain and drizzle from 1400, fresh to strong SE wind, cool, very cool in the late afternoon rain.

 

Min -3.9c @ 0226

Max 8.6c @ 1151

Rain yesterday Trace

Rain since 0900 today 2.2mm

Est sun 3 hours

Max gust SSE 37mph @ 1415

 

Currently: Moderatre rain, very cool and rather windy.

4.9c/ 91%/ 1004mbar falling

 

 

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly clear night last night once any early evening shower cloud had dispersed but still no air frost.

Today has been dry with long sunny periods and a fresh-strong, and chilly, SE breeze.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 5.9c

Max' today; 7.9c

Min' last night; 0.3c

Grass min; -4.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.9 mm

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 8.78 hrs

Mean wind speed; 26 mph S/SE

Highest gust today; 41 mph SE at 1536

6 oktas Ci, Cs and Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km.

[SteveB]

Dry frosty start giving way to rain late afternoon  

 

Temp 6.8c

Max Temp 10.5c

Min Temp 0.2c

[hillbilly]

A keen frost as cold as anything in winter,sunny and fine all day a little cloud later, max 8 deg, min -2deg