Wednesday 16th March General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dull breezy mild start to day.

Temp 4.4C,  Barometer 1034mb rising, Wind F3 NNE, Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start

Temp 7.4c

[Summer Sun]

Dry and cloudy

Temp 5.8c

[Polar Maritime]

A cool cloudy day here with low cloud and drizzle.

Temp 3.7c

Wind Chill 0.6c East 9mph

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 16th March 2016

 

Cloudy, dry overnight. Cloudy and quite dull for a time this morning, a few spits of drizzle. Brighter patches appearing in the low Stratus sheet around the observation. Feeling cold in the moderate to fresh NE wind.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.7°C 

24-hour maximum 7.4C

24-hour minimum: 4.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  4.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 12.3mph NE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Stratus.

Visibility, good, 8-10 miles.

Temperature: 5.5°C

Humidity: 95.3%

Dew point 4.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 NE

Barometer 1032.7mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells for a time last night, clouding over well before midnight, staying dry. Cloud breaking and clearing from the NE allowing sunny spells this morning. Quickly clouding over again after the observation and remaining so all day, odd spit of drizzle, feeling cold.

[Terminal Moraine]

Cloudy and breezy last night with occasional light drizzle. A cloudy start to today with the cloud lowering onto the hills to give fog between 0630 and 0930. The cloud cleared after about 1000 and since mid -morning  it's been mainly sunny but with a fresh and chilly NE wind.

At 0900

Temp; 3.6c

24 hr max: 5.9c

24 hr min; 3.0c

Grass min; 3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 23 mph NE

Sky obscured by fog

Vis: 100 mts.

[Rob Heselwood]

A cool start with a NE brisk breeze early am, but it was dry and bright enough, during parts of the day, with thew wind easing down.

Maxt Temp 11.2C

Min Temp 4.6C

Wind Gust 17.3mph East Nor Easterly.

Wind Average 6.4mph East Nor Easterly.

Barometer 1032mb Rising

[The PIT]

A mild day with Sunny spells before cloud moved backed in during the evening.

Max temp 10.6C, Barometer 1035mb rising, Wind F3 NE, Rainfall Trace

[SteveB]

Dry day with good sunny spells in the afternoon.

Temp 6.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A sunny start to the afternoon but cloud gradually increased and it became cloudy and colder by late afternoon with the moderate-fresh NE wind persisting.

At 1800

Temp; 3.5c

Max today; 9.0c

Min last night; 3.0c

Grass min; 3.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 5.22 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NE

Highest gust today; 39 mph NE at 1329

7 oktas St

Vis: 20 km.

[hillbilly]

Cloudy with lots of sunny spells but a cool wind,max 9 deg,min 6 deg

[Stargazer]

Generally cloudy and feeling cold in the wind, with brief sunny intervals. Maximum 9.5, minimum 6.2. Wind moderate NE.