April 1st General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy misty start very mild once again after overnight rain

Temp 8.1C

Barometer 1010mb steady

Wind F1NNE

Rainfall 7.8mm

[knocker]

6/8 Stratus with mist.

 

Temp 8C

 

Wind SE 11mph

 

Pressure 1009 falling

[Dorsetbred]

Couldn't see the calendar across the room there's so much mist this morning!

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start

 

Temp 8.0c

[Gray-Wolf]

Snowing heavy with tornadoes, 31c 

[johnholmes]

dull, misty after earlier rain, a low of 8.3C

[Polar Maritime]

Heavy Snow with Blizzard and white-out conditions continuing through the night, Severe drifting with all minor and major roads filled from wall to wall...Min temp -17.3c.

 

Currently; Blizzards, N/E 48mph, Temp -14.1c

Edited April 1, 2014 by Polar Maritime

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 01st April 2014:

 

A cloudy and mild night with further moderate rain through the early hours. Overcast and damp underfoot to start the day. Sandy coloured deposits noted on windowsills and cars this morning. Mostly cloudy so far, just a few chinks of brightness.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 15.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight 9.1°C

24-hour maximum 15.3°C

24-hour minimum: 8.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 8.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 13.8 mph ENE

Rainfall total: 9.2mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Stratus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 10.3°C

Humidity: 92.2%

Dew point 9.1°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 1 SW

Barometer 1011.8 mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday:

 

Variable cloud overnight, turning foggy with visibility falling to <150 Yards through the early hours. At observation, fog thinning somewhat, visibility now around 300 yards, sun disc faintly visible. The day was hazy allowing and bright spells or a little weak sunshine, warm though for late March. There was the odd spot of rain at times, by early evening the cloud increased further with thunderstorms breaking out over the area, this station caught a heavy one with briefly torrential rain and loud cracks of thunder. By nightfall the rain stopped.

 

March 2014:

 

Mean temperature: 7.2c  (0.9c) 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 61.8mm

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 262.4mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Summer Sun]

After 2 cool cloudy days the sun is breaking through nicely now in Darlington warm with it as well

[Terminal Moraine]

Showers early yesterday evening and again during the early hours but dry by dawn with hill fog for an hour or so.

The morning has been dry with sunny periods after the clearance of early morning St.

 

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 8.6c

24 hr max; 13.1c

24 hr min; 6.1c

Overnight min; 7.9c

Grass min; 5.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 6.6 mm

Mean wind speed; 3 mph NW

7 oktas St

Vis; 6 km.

Edited April 1, 2014 by Terminal Moraine

[johnholmes]

the thick mist became fog sky obscured which slowly and erratically cleared to half cover shallow Cu by 1300

[The PIT]

A dry warm day with Sunny spells after early cloud thinned.

Max temp 15.6C

Barometer 1008mb falling

Wind F2 E

Rainfall since midnight 7.8mm

[SteveB]

Dry warm sunny day

 

Temp 16.7c

Max Temp 17.9c

Min Temp 7.7c

[Stargazer]

Early fog, low cloud finally cleared mid-morning then dry and warm with long sunny spells. Maximum 18.0, minimum 7.8. Wind light E.

[Terminal Moraine]

Early morning St dispersed by 0900 g.m.t to leave a dry morning with sunny intervals. Cu developed for a while during the late morning and seemed to threaten a shower but they dispersed again after 1300 g.m.t and the afternoon was dry and warm with sunny periods.

 

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp' 11.4c

Max' today; 13.9c

Min' last night; 7.9c

Grass min; 5.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 6.14 hrs

Mean wind speed; 1 mph S/SE

5 oktas Ci and Cs

Vis; 55 km.

[TonyH]

Clear periods last night led to a touch of ground frost, near calm.

Thin fog briefly around 0800, otherwise largely sunny to 1500, then thick Cs layers and only a few hazy sunny intervals. Light east breeze. Warm.

 

Min 3.1c @ 0737

Max 16.9c @ 1512

Rain yesterday 5.0mm

Dry so far today

Est sun 7.5 hours

Max gust East 14mph @ 1527

 

Currently: Patchy cloud, near calm

11.7c/ 76%/ 1007mbar falling

[hillbilly]

After overnight rain a lovely dry day with lots of sunshine,calm,max 13 deg feeling far warmer than anything we have had so far ,the first spring like day,min 8 deg