Saturday 2nd April 2016 General Weather Chat

[knocker]

I suspect the front(s) nudged a little further SE than expected as we have continuous moderate rain from Ns and Sc and St. Temp 9C with the wind southerly 15mph.

[johnholmes]

I think you are right about it edging further south overall. Rain at times, mostly pretty light since about 1900 BST last evening, the same now, and a low of 6.8C; rainfall total 2.0 mm so far.

[The PIT]

A dull wet start with light rain but mild

Temp 6.2C, Barometer 1008mb rising, Wind F3 SSW, Rainfall 2.8mm

[Summer Sun]

Dull and wet to start probably like this till late afternoon

Temp 6.9c

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 02nd April 2016

 

Cloudy overnight, continuous light to moderate rain. No change this morning.

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 10.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 6.0°C 

24-hour maximum 10.0C

24-hour minimum: 3.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  6.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.6mph S

Rainfall total: 6.6mm

 

Conditions at 08:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas Nimbostratus.

Visibility, poor around 3-4 miles.

Temperature: 6.6°C

Humidity: 98.4%

Dew point 6.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 2-3 ESE

Barometer 1011.8mb: Trend: falling slowly.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells for a time overnight, (ground frost) before clouding over through the early hours. Cloudy and dr throughout, feeling cold in the moderate to fresh southerly wind. light rain setting by mid to late evening.

 

March  2016:

Mean temperature: 5.3c (-1.2c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 13.9c on the 1st.

Minimum temperature: -3.6c on the 8th

Grass Minimum: -8.8c on the 8th.

Rainfall 68.5mm

Wettest 24 hours = 21.3mm on the 27th.

Maximum wind gust: 34.2mph NW on the 2nd.

 

2016 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 14.4c on the 01st February.

Minimum temperature: -4.5c on the 24th February

Grass Minimum: -9.5c on the 24th February.

Rainfall 205.7mm

Wettest 24 hours = 17.6mm the 7th Feb.

Maximum wind gust: 42.2 mph W on the 1st February.

 

 

 

[SteveB]

Cloudy wet start

Temp 8.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with light rain moving in by late evening and becoming moderate at times during the early hours. Thick hill fog from 0500 g.m.t but this has cleared in the last half hour.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 5.4c

24 hr max: 8.4c

24 hr min; 2.7c

Overnight min; 4.5c

Grass min; 4.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 4.3 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph S/SE

8 oktas Ns and St

Vis: 120 mts

Continuous light-moderate rain

Edited April 2, 2016 by Terminal Moraine
Wrong data

[marky810]

Dull and wet since dawn. 7.4c in a light south easterly.

[The PIT]

Rain a lot further south than originally forecast and only now just moving back north. Still raining.

Temp 7.5C, Barometer 1009 rising, Wind F3 SSW, Rainfall 5.6mm

[iand61]

Rain here since before dawn, mostly light but very high in its irritation value.

hopefully something drier by mid afternoon but unless Sunday can pull something out of the bag, yet another disappointing weekend is on the cards. 

[Summer Sun]

The rain has become more patchy here for now but remaining dull

Temp 8.5c

[March]

Beautiful sunshine and 16C.

[conor123]

Cloudy and damp, 9.1c, only just brightening up from the SE 6 hours later than forecast!

[Stargazer]

Dry sunny and breezy, the sunshine becoming hazier in the afternoon.  Maximum 15.2, minimum 8.4.  Wind moderate S.

[The PIT]

In the end a warm pleasant end to the day but it took its time.

Max temp so far 12.7C,  Barometer 1006mb falling, Wind F2 SSW, Rainfall 5.6mm

[J10]

Wet start here which as others have said lasted longer than expected, so a wet morning, drying up early afternoon, with increasing amount of sun as the afternoon progressed.

Edited April 2, 2016 by J10

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy morning with light-moderate rain. The rain cleared to the north around midday and eventually the cloud broke to allow sunny intervals from mid afternoon onward.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 9.8c

Max today; 11.0c

Min last night; 4.5c

Grass min; 4.2c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 2.3 mm

Sunshine today; 2.17 hrs

Mean wind speed; 10 mph SE

Highest gust today; 21 mph S at 1020

2 oktas Cu humilis, Ci and Ac

Vis: 65 km.

[hillbilly]

Light rain for much of the morning up to mid afternoon,then drier with a little brightness,max 9 deg,min 6 deg

[SteveB]

A bit of a wet start giving way to brighter drier weather.

Temp 8.1c

Max Temp 15.6c

Min Temp 8.1c