Daily weather observations - April 11th to 16th

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 13th April 2023

 

Clear spells overnight, quite windy, a few showers. Sunny spells through the day also showers, these briefly heavy with small. Gusty wind, feeling quite chilly at times.

 

24-hour maximum 8.7c

24-hour minimum 4.6c

Minimum temperature on grass 3.0c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 33.0mph NW

Rainfall total = 3.0mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

3 Oktas Cumulus humilis.

Visibility >10m

Temperature: 8.5c

Humidity 82.2%

Wind Direction W force 5

Barometer 997.4mb rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Moderate rain and windy conditions cleared before midnight, clear spells following. A touch of ground frost forming though the early hours. A clear start this morning, cloud bubbling up quickly. Mostly cloudy by the end of the morning, showers scattered, turning windy again. The afternoon saw showers and later towards evening sunny spells.

[The PIT]

A few showers in the afternoon average temps

Max temp so far 10.2C, now 9.7C, Barometer 998mb rising slowly, Wind F2 WNW, Rainfall 2.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A day of sunny intervals and brief showers of rain and small hail.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 8.2c

Max today; 10.6c

Min last night; 3.2c

Grass min; 1.9c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 0.3 mm

 Sunshine today so far; 2.5 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mp hW

Highest gust today; 40 mph W at 0922 g.m.t

7 oktas Cu, Cb, Ac and Ci

 Vis; 50 miles

Distant showers

[hillbilly]

A chilly day with some sharp showers and sunny spells at times,breezy,max 12 deg,min 4 deg

[The PIT]

A dry chilly start with a ground frost

Temp 1.9C, Barometer 1001mb steady, Wind F1 SSW, Rainfall /nil

[johnholmes]

Dry, partly cloudy, cold with patchy ground frost with a low of 1.6 C; at least no wind!

[Summer Sun]

A decent morning for a change with unbroken sunshine and a lighter wind

Temp 7.4c with a low of 1.4c

[Terminal Moraine]

Yesterday's showers faded away during the first half of the evening and the rest of the night was dry with clear periods. Cloud increased again towards dawn and showers arrived by 0615 g.m.t one brief heavy one with sleet at 0630 g.m.t. Since then it's been cloudy with intermittent light rain.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 3.6c

24 hr max; 10.6c

24 hr min; 0.8c

Grass min; -2.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 00800 g.m.t; 1.2 mm

 Mean wind speed; 9 mph SE

8 oktas As and Cu

 Vis; 15 miles

Intermittent light rain

[Polar Continental]

Friday 14th April 2023

 

Clear spells overnight, ground frost forming. Cloud increased quickly towards dawn. Some mainly light rain at times through the morning and in to early afternoon.

 

24-hour maximum 12.5c

24-hour minimum 1.2c

Minimum temperature on grass -1.5c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 25.6mph NW

Rainfall total = 2.1mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

8 Oktas Altostratus, Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility >10m

Temperature: 7.9c

Humidity 84.5%

Wind Direction SSW force 3

Barometer 1002.3mb steady.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells overnight, quite windy, a few showers. Sunny spells through the day also showers, these briefly heavy with small hail. Gusty wind, feeling quite chilly at times.

[The PIT]

Light showery rain arriving later in the morning and lasting through the afternoon

Max temp 8.8C now 8.2C, Barometer 1003mb rising slowly, Wind F1 ENE, Rainfall 1.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A cool and cloudy day with continuous light-moderate rain.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 5.5c

Max today; 7.4c

Min last night; 0.8c

Grass min; -2.7c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; 7.7 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.1 hrs

Mean wind speed; 6  mph NW

Highest gust today; 20 mph SE at 0801 g.m.t

8 oktas Ns

 Vis; 8 miles

Continuous moderate rain

[hillbilly]

A dry and frosty start with rain arriving later in the morning and persisting for much of the day,max 8 deg,min 2 deg.

[The PIT]

A dry start with patchy cloud

Temp 4.7C, Barometer 1014mb rising rapidly, Wind F2 NNE, Rainfall 0.2mm

[johnholmes]

Cloudy and dry after slight rain since midnight=0.8 mm, had 12.2 mm yesterday, horrible day; a low overnight of 5.3 C

[Terminal Moraine]

Yesterday's rain cleared to the east by 2100 g.m.t and the rest of the night was dry and cloudy. Sunny for a time around 0800 g.m.t but it's clouded over again in the last 40 minutes.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 6.7c

24 hr max; 7.4c

24 hr min; 3.1c

Grass min; 1.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 11.9 mm

 Mean wind speed; 12 mph N

2 oktas St fractus and Sc

 Vis' 10 miles

[Summer Sun]

Earlier cloud is slowly starting to thin and break, allowing some brighter interludes

 

Temp 9.8c with a low of 3.6c

[The PIT]

Cloud now broken up with sunny spells

Temp 11C, Barometer 1019mb rising, Wind F2 NE, Rainfall 0.2mm

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 15th April 2023

 

Rain eventually sopped last evening. Variable cloud for the rest of the night, cloud breaks appearing shortly after dawn. Sunny spells through the morning. Turning more cloudy by afternoon.

 

24-hour maximum 12.4c

24-hour minimum 3.2c

Minimum temperature on grass 0.9c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 16.1mph NW

Rainfall total = 8.8mm 

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

4 Oktas Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility >10m

Temperature: 9.9c

Humidity 88.2%

Wind Direction NE force 2

Barometer 1019.0mb rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells overnight, ground frost forming. Cloud increased quickly towards dawn. Some mainly light rain at times through the morning and well in to the afternoon and evening.

[The PIT]

Turning mostly cloudy again in the afternoon but remaing dry

Max temp so far 12.8C, now 12.6C, Barometer 1021mb rising slowly, Wind F1 SE, Rainfall 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A short spell of sunshine around 0800 g.m.t then mainly cloudy until late afternoon when the cloud cleared to leave a sunny end to the day.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 8.8c

Max today; 11.4c

Min last night; 3.1c

Grass min; 1.8c

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

 Sunshine today; 2.2 hrs

Mean wind speed; 4 mph S

Highest gust today; 17 mph N at 0820 g.m.t

1 okta Cu congestus ( on the eastern horizon ) and Ci

 Vis; 40 miles

 

 

[hillbilly]

A dry and mainly sunny day,max 13 deg,min 4 deg

[The PIT]

A dry warm cloudy start

Temp 8.2C, low 6.7C, Barometer 1023mb steady, Wind F1 S, Rainfall nil

[johnholmes]

Dry and cloudy with a low of 6.5 C

[Summer Sun]

A dry and sunny morning with a light south easterly breeze

Temp 9.7c with a low of 5.8c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear periods until after midnight then increasing high and medium level cloud which brought a few spots of light rain by 0715 g.m.t. Dry with bright intervals through the high cloud at the moment.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 8.1c

24 hr max; 11.4c

24 hr min; 6.1c

Grass min; 3.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 12 mph SW

7 oktas As

 Vis; 40 miles