Tuesday Apr 26th 2016 General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dry cold start to the day

Temp 1.2C, Barometer 1004mb steady, Windy F3 WNW, Rainfall nil

[knocker]

Variable cloud with Cu and Sc from the spreading out of Cu. Temp 6C and the wind WNW 15mph.

Note the difference between the Camborne and Albermarle soundings where the tropopause is down to 485mb.

 

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

Temp 5.6c

[johnholmes]

Dry, mostly sunny with pathy small Cu and Ci, a low of 2.4C, no sign of ground frost.

[Summer Sun]

Dry, sunny and windy start missed the snow by around 15 miles

Temp 5.0c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear intervals and a slight air frost and dry with sunny periods so far today. The ground above 290 m is 70% covered with a layer of frozen hail and snow about 0.7cm deep.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 3.1c

24 hr max; 9.1c

24 hr min; -0.6c

Grass min; -3.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 3.2 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NW/N

4 oktas Cu humilis and Ac

Vis: over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 26th April 2016

 

Clear spells overnight, frost developing. Variable cloud this morning, bright and sunny spells.

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.3°C 

24-hour maximum 11.0°C

24-hour minimum: -0.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  -4.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 16.1mph W

Rainfall total: 0.4mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

3 Oktas Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility  >10 miles

Temperature: 6.5°C

Humidity: 67.6%

Dew point 5.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 N

Barometer 1008.7mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Mainly cloudy overnight, a few light showers. Cloudy with scattered showers and brief sunny spells, cool, especially in and near showers.

 

April  2016 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 7.8c (-1.2c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 16.9c on the 13th.

Minimum temperature: -2.0c on the 17th

Grass Minimum: -6.2c on the 17th.

Rainfall 50.8mm

Wettest 24 hours = 8.5mm on the 15th.

Maximum wind gust: 26.2mph ESE on the 10th.

 

2016 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 14.5c on the 3rd April.

Minimum temperature: -4.5c on the 24th February

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

Rainfall 249.9mm

Wettest 24 hours = 21.3mm on the 27th March.

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

 

 

 

[Summer Sun]

Cloud building now after a sunny start showers are blowing through quickly

Temp 7.2c

 

[knocker]

Ah yes

[The PIT]

A dry morning then an afternoon of wintry showers some snow sleet and then snow pellets. brief covering on the moors

Max temp 8.3C now 4.7C, Barometer 1006mb rising, Wind F3 N Rainfall 1.2mm

[SteveB]

Sunshine and wintry showers

Temp 10.9c

Max Temp 11.5c

Min Temp 4.1c

[Stargazer]

Dry with sunny intervals in the morning, light showers in the afternoon of rain only (so far at least).  Maximum 10.9, minimum 3.5. Wind light NW.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry morning with sunny periods. A dry start to the afternoon too but moderate-heavy showers of snow pellets and snow moved down from the north by 1435 g.m.t giving a temporary snow cover above 270m. The shower was accompanied by one flash of lightning and a clap of thunder at 1450 g.m.t with more rumbles of thunder to the north west about 20 mintues later from a separate shower. Sunny spells followed the showers but there were a few more light showers of snow pellets by 1800.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 2.2c

Max today; 7.5c

Min last night; -0.6c

Grass min; -3.7c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 1.8 mm

Sunshine today so far; 6.41 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph NW

Highest gust today; 36 mph NW at 0933 g.m.t

7 oktas Cb; Cu and Ac

Vis: 12 km

Light shower of snow pellets 

[hillbilly]

A cold start giving a dry ,sunny morning then snow and hail showers in the afternoon,briefly white at times,max 8 deg,min 2 deg