Wednesday 26th March General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cool start with patchy cloud a gentle northerly breeze

Temp 3.6C

Barometer 1020mb rising

Wind F3 N

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

 

Temp 4.6c

[knocker]

8/8 Stratus

 

Temp 8C

 

Wind northerly 18 mph gusting 30

 

Pressure 1012 rising.

[johnholmes]

cloudy after some mist earlier, some Sc but very dense Ci above it, a low of 2.2C so just a touch of ground frost here and there; this month already has more ground frost than any of the 3 'winter' months

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with a good deal of cloud but enough clear intervals to allow a ground frost.

Currently it's dry and mainly cloudy with the occasional brief sunny interval.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 2.9c

24 hr max; 5.9c

24 hr min; 1.4c

Grass min; -2.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph N

7 oktas Cu, St fractus and Ci

Vis; 25 km.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 26th March 2014:

 

Clear spells for a time overnight allowing a ground frost to develop, before cloud increased around  02:00 GMT. Mostly cloudy and misty to start this morning, some bright spells, visibility improving slightly towards observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight 1.4°C

24-hour maximum 7.3°C

24-hour minimum: 1.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.8°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 22.4 mph E

Rainfall total: 2.7mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas. Cirrostratus.

Visibility: poor, 2-3 miles.

Temperature: 3.4°C

Humidity: 94.8%

Dew point 2.7°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 2 NW

Barometer 1021.3 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Cloudy overnight, light to moderate rain setting in through the early hours. continuous light to moderate rain so far this morning. Mainly light rain intermittent continued through the morning and in to the early afternoon when it stopped, though remaining cloudy and damp. Cool for mid to late March.

 

March 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 7.1c  (0.8c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 17.9c on the 9th

Minimum temperature: -2.0c on the 24th

Grass Minimum: -6.2c on the 1st

Rainfall 39.3mm

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 239.9mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[The PIT]

A dry morning with odd sunny spell and a strengthening breeze. Cold overall. Brief hail shower just after lunch then odd spots of rain in the breeze. 

Max temp 8C now 4.8C

Barometer 1015mb falling

Wind F4 NNE

Rainfall 0.2mm

[TonyH]

Light rain earl;y last night, then clear periods leading to a ground frost, near calm.

Thin fog about 07 to 0800, sunny periods 09 to 1500, then rather cloudy. Light to moderate breeze between NE and NW, quite mild.

 

Min 1.3c @ 0630

Max 12.5c @ 1248

Rain yesterday 2.0mm

Rain since 0900 today Nil

Est sun 5 hours

Max gust NNW 16mph @ 1512

 

Currently Rather cloudy

6.7c/ 77%/ 1017mbar falling

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy day

 

Temp 7.8c

Max Temp 9.4c

Min Temp 4.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly cloudy and chilly feeling day with one or two brief showers of small hail or wet snow this afternoon.

The current temp' is 1.6c.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 4.0c

Max' today; 5.7c

Min' last night; 1.4c

Grass min; -2.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.2 mm

Sunshine today; 0.53 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph N

Highest gust today; 37 mph N at 1252

8 oktas As and Cu

Vis; 25 km.