Saturday 3rd May General Weather Chat

[knocker]

Cloudy and somewhat complicated. Layer of As with Ac and some Sc.

 

Temp 9.6C

 

Wind SE light

 

Pressure 1028mb falling

 

 

[The PIT]

Clear slies and very cold start possible air frost but need to check later.

Temp 1.7C

Barometer 1029mb rising

Wind F1 S

Rainfall Nil

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy cool start

 

Temp 6.7c

[chubbyfan]

below -3c 27f in Scotland last night.

[Summer Sun]

Dry and Sunny not a cloud in the sky

 

7.3c currently

[CongletonHeat]

Dry and Sunny not a cloud in the sky

 

 

Same here.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, clear and chilly night leading into a sunny start to the morning with Cu starting to build in the last half hour.

 

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 7.3c

24 hr max; 10.0c

24 hr min; 1.1c

Grass min; -3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 0.0mm

Mean wind speed; 3 mph S/SE

1 okta Ci and Cu humilis

Vis; over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 03rd May 2014:

 

Clear and cold overnight with a widespread frost, low -0.9c, with -3.5c on the grass. Sunny from the word go, warming quickly.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.9°C

24-hour maximum 11.5°C

24-hour minimum: -0.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 10.9 mph NNE

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

1 Okta Cirrus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: good >10 miles

Temperature: 8.0°C

Humidity: 70.9%

Dew point 3.1°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 2 SE

Barometer 1030.4mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday:

 

Dry and mostly cloudy overnight. Dry, cloud breaking this morning allowing sunny spells, feeling chill in a keen NE wind. A rather cloudy day followed, just brief sunny spells. Feeling cool.

 

May 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 10.1c  (-1.3c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.9c on the 1st

Minimum temperature: -0.9c on the 3rd

Grass Minimum: -3.5c on the 03rd

Rainfall 0.7mm

Wettest 24 hours 0.7mm on the 1st.

Maximum wind gust: 10.9 mph SE on the 1st.

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 19.0c on the 30th April.

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 301.9mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[johnholmes]

lovely day, very little cloud or wind, a cold start with a low of 0.4C, so my average number of ground frosts for May has been reached. T=12.4C and Td=1.1C currently

[The PIT]

Lovely sunny day missed out on air frost with a low of 0C

Temp 12.1C

Barometer 1028mb falling

Wind F2 Variable

Rainfall Trace

[SteveB]

Dry cool cloudy start, giving way to a lovely warm sunny afternoon.

 

Temp 16.1c

Max Temp 16.3c

Min Temp 6.7c

[TonyH]

Mostly cloudy last night and today, bright intervals mid afternoon, then some hazy sun around 1800. Light SE to SW breeze.

 

Min 7.7c @ 0701

Max 15.0c @ 1541

Dry yesterday and today

Est sun 0.6 hours

Max gust SSW 14mph @ 1319

 

Currently: Cloudy

11c/ 77%/ 1026mbar falling slowly

 

 

[J10]

Overcast to start, turning brighter late morning, before sun/hazy sun from mid afternoon onwards.

 

Temps around 12c.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly sunny day although there was an increase in high cloud from late afternoon onwards.

 

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 10.1c

Max' today; 12.6c

Min' last night; 1.1c

Grass min; -3.0c

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

Sunshine today; 10.51 hrs

Mean wind speed; 7 mph SW

Highest gust today; 19 mph SW at 1147 g.m.t

 6 oktas Cs, Ci and Sc

Vis; 65 km.

[The PIT]

A pleasant day overall with temperatures higher than predicted

Max temp 15.1C so probably about normal for the first few days of May

Barometer 1025mb rising

Wind F2 SSW

Rainfall trace

[Stargazer]

Unusually cold start for May with a ground frost, then dry and sunny all day. Maximum 14.1, minimum 0.6. Wind light N.