Friday 29th April 2016 General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cold frosty start to the day Snow on the moors and snow showers overnight

Temp 0.8C low 0.4C, Barometer 1000mb falling, Wind F4 SSW, Rainfall 0.6mm

[marky810]

No words needed other than its the 29th of April!

[knocker]

Not too sure how close we are to the cold front but a layer of As and some quite large Cu at the moment. Recent rain shower, Temp 7C and a westerly breeze.

[johnholmes]

Patchy cloud at various levels, dry with sunny spells and temperature now up to 3.9C from a low of 1.1C and another ground frost, a total of 12 this month, my average over 20 years is five!

[SteveB]

Sunshine and showers, feeling cold in the wind

Temp 7.1c

 

[marky810]

Blizzard like conditions now as more heavy snow showers push through adding to the 2 inches or so we had overnight. Currently 1.1c in a light westerly.

[Summer Sun]

Dry and mainly cloudy start

Temp 4.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry start to last night but snow showers after midnight and, more especially, early this morning with 3cm of lying snow by 0700 g.m.t. This has largely thawed as there has been almost 2 hours of sunshine since the showers cleared. Dry with sunny intervals at present but a large mass of threatening looking cloud on the northern horizon.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 3.1c

24 hr max: 8.0c

24 hr min; -0.8c

Grass min; -2.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 11.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 28 mph W

4 oktas Cu and Cb

Vis: over 80 km

Ground 20% covered with thawing snow

[Polar Continental]

Friday 29th April 2016

 

Clear spells developing before midnight, ground frost developing. Sunny spells, cloud quickly bubbling up this morning. Feeling cold in the fresh westerly wind.

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.6°C 

24-hour maximum 9.6°C

24-hour minimum: 0.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  -0.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.5mph SW

Rainfall total: 3.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

4 Oktas Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility  >10 miles

Temperature: 6.6°C

Humidity: 69.2%

Dew point 1.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 W

Barometer 1005.6mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread moderate frost. Sunny so far this morning. Cloud increasing quickly after observation, overcast shortly afternoon with showers in the vicinity. Another cold day for late April. More continuous moderate rain arrived through the early evening, this clearing away by mid to late evening.

[The PIT]

A very cold day with frequent light snow sleet then rain showers during the morning showers easing during the afternoon windy

Max temp 7.9C, now 7.4C, Barometer 1004mb rising, Wind F5 WNW, Rainfall 3.2mm

[hillbilly]

Snow overnight giving a 2 inch cover here and 4 inch plus on higher ground,drifting in places,snow showers this morning turning to rain in the afternoon.Most gone now but patchy on high ground,fine this evening with some sun.max 6 deg,min 1 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny periods after the early morning snow showers then further showers of sleet and small hail from late morning onward.The windiest and coldest day of the month too.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 4.5c

Max today; 6.1c

Min last night; -0.8c

Grass min; -2.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 1.0 mm

Sunshine today; 3.71 hrs

Mean wind speed; 25 mph W

Highest gust today; 47 mph W at 0813 g.m.t

 7 oktas Cu, Ac and Ci

Vis: over 80 km.

[SteveB]

Mostly dry day with the odd shower

Temp 9.2c

Max Temp 11.4c

Min Temp 5.2c