Daily weather observations - March 4th to March 10th

[Summer Sun]

Calm and dry tonight with mostly cloudy skies.

Temp 1.7c

[The PIT]

Cold frosty and dry

Temp 0.3C, low 0.2C, Barometer 1008mb rising, Wind F1 SSE, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry with a white frost and mainly clear skies; an air frost lowest so far is -2.7 C; the lowest since 19 January!

[Polar Continental]

Monday 04th March 2024

 

Turning mainly clear overnight, widespread frost. Sunny so far this morning.

 

24-hour maximum 8.4c

24-hour minimum -2.4c

Minimum temperature on grass -5.2c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 5.0 mph SSW

Rainfall total = tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

1 Okta Cirrocumulus

Visibility >10 miles

Temperature: 4.5c

Humidity 95.1%

Wind Direction E force 3

Barometer 1008.1mb rising

 

Yesterday.

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread frost and freezing fog forming. Frost and thick freezing fog this morning. The fog thickened through the morning with less than 50 yards visibility at times, cold also with only 3c by noon. By early afternoon the fog lifted to allow sunny spells and temperatures climbed quickly to the mild category for the rest of the day.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with long clear periods but also a couple of hours of thick fog during the early hours ( between about 0200 and 0400 ). Dry and sunny since sunrise but with valley fog.

At 0900

 Temp; 3.2c

24 hr max; 6.7c

24 hr min; 0.2c

Grass min; -4.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.1 mm

 Mean wind speed; 10 mph SE

1 okta Ci and Ac

 Vis; 20 miles

Valley fog

[The PIT]

A dry rather mild day after a sharp air frost

Max temp 10.2C, now 8.2C, Barometer 1004mb falling slowly, Wind F2 ESE, Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear and sunny start to the day followed by increasing cloud from late morning with sunny intervals. Thickening cloud during the second half of the afternoon brought light rain by 1830.

At 1800

Temp; 7.2c

Max  today; 8.3c

Min last night; 0.2c

Grass min; -4.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

 Sunshine today; 4.6 hrs

Mean wind speed; 24 mph SE

Highest gust today; 44 mph SE at 1818

 7 oktas As and Cs

 Vis; 40 miles

[hillbilly]

A frosty start leaving a dry and sunny day,showers arriving late on ,max 9 deg,min -2 deg

[matt111]

Cloudy and dry this morning followed by a wet afternoon and evening

Current Temp: 8.1°C

Max Temp: 9.8°C

Min Temp:  0.4°C

Rainfall: 7.0mm

[The PIT]

Cloudy mild start after light overnight showery rasin

Temp 5.2C, Barometer 1008mb rising, Wind F2 ESE, Rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with light rain during the evening. The rain cleared shortly after midnight but it stayed overcast and there was thick fog between 0430 and 0830. Dry and cloudy at the moment.

At 0900

 Temp; 5.0c

24 hr max; 8.3c

24 hr min; 3.2c

Overnight min; 4.2c

Grass min; 3.4c

 Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.7 mm

 Mean wind speed; 3 mph S

7 oktas St and Ac

 Vis; 4 miles

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 5th March 2024

 

A little light rain last evening cleared after mid evening, staying mainly cloudy. Bright spells this morning.

 

24-hour maximum 10.5c

24-hour minimum 4.3c

Minimum temperature on grass 1.4c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 28.9 mph E

Rainfall total = 0.2mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

4 Oktas Altostratus Cirrostratus

Visibility >10 miles

Temperature: 6.4c

Humidity 92.4%

Wind Direction calm force 0

Barometer 1012.0mb rising

 

Yesterday.

 

Turning mainly clear overnight, widespread frost. Sunny spells through the day, dry. Cloud increasing through the afternoon to almost overcast by early evening.

[The PIT]

A morning of sunny spells and mild

Temp 11.8C, Barometer 1013mb rising, Wind F1 ENE, Rainfall 0.2mm

[The PIT]

A pleasant afternoon with sunny spells. A mild day.

Max temp 12.7C, now 9.3C, Barometer 1014mb rising slowly, Wind F1 ENE, Rainfall 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mild day with sunny intervals from mid morning onward.

At 1800

 Temp; 6.5c

Max today; 10.9c

Min last night; 4.2c

Grass min; 3.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

 Sunshine today; 3.2 hrs

Mean wind speed; 6 mph NE

Highest gust today; 23 mph S/SE at 0019

6 oktas Sc

 Vis; 40 miles

[hillbilly]

Dry with good sunny spells,max 11 deg,min 5 deg

[The PIT]

Dry cloudy with light winds

Temp 2.2C, low 1.3C, Barometer 1018mb steady, Woind F1 SSE, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

A dry dull start to Wednesday, lowest temperature of 3.1 C, currently 4.2 C

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 6th March 2024

 

Cloud breaks overnight, mist , fog and frost forming. The fog lifted to low cloud around dawn for a time. Further shallow fog forming this morning, bright spells developing.

 

24-hour maximum 11.9c

24-hour minimum -0.6c

Minimum temperature on grass -3.0c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 21.9 mph E

Rainfall total = 0.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

4 Oktas Altocumulus, Altostratus.

Visibility <450 yards

Temperature: 4.0c

Humidity 100%

Wind Direction E force 2

Barometer 1020.1mb rising

 

Yesterday.

 

A little light rain last evening cleared after mid evening, staying mainly cloudy. Bright spells this morning. Sunny spells developing through the morning, continuing in to the afternoon, dry.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear spells until after midnight, then thick fog from 0500 onward.  Thick fog at the moment but above 320 mts there are patches of blue sky with hazy sunny intervals.

At  0900

Temp; 3.0c

24 hr max; 10.9c

24 hr min; 0.9c

Grass min; -2.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.0 mm

 Mean wind speed; 3 mph N

Sky obscured by fog

 Vis; 80 yds

[The PIT]

A dry rather mild day with sunny spells

Max temp 10.6C, now 8.1C, Barometer 1021mb steady, Wind F2 ENE, Rainfall Nil

[Terminal Moraine]

Fog or thick fog until 1030 then a dry day with sunny intervals.

At 1800

 Temp; 5.7c

Max today; 8.2c

Min last night; 0.9c

Grass min; -2.9c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

 Sunshine today; 2.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 3 mph SE

Highest gust today; 16 mph SE at 1321

6 oktas Cu congestus

 Vis; 8 miles

[hillbilly]

Some fog to start clearing to leave a  mainly sunny day,clouding later in afternoon,max 8 deg,min 1 deg

[The PIT]

A foggy mild start

Temp 3.6C, Barometer 1023mb steady, Wind F1 ESE, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

A dry dull start, current temperature is 4.1 C but the lowest since midnight was 0.4 C so maybe a touch of ground frost in the early hours before the N Sea cloud came in