Wednesday 11th April 2012 - Weather And General Chat

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp 1.4°C

DP -0.8°C

RH 85%

Wind Calm

Rainfall 2mm

994.0mb STEADY

Conditions: Dry, clear and starry

Edited April 11, 2012 by Dorsetbred

[The PIT]

G'mornin folks

Not a cold start but mostly cloudy

temp 4.4C

wind f2 WSW

rainfall since midnight nil

[johnholmes]

Dry here with about 6/8 Sc and a fairly light breeze, lowest temperature of 4.4C its now 6.4C

[sunsetter]

Bright and sunny at the moment with only the lightest of winds

temp 4.8°C

min overnight 2.8°C

pressure 994.9mb

humidity 85%

dewpoint 2.5°C

wind calm f0

rain last 24 hours 3.1mm

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature 9.3 °C

Windchill 7 °C

Dew Point 6 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 8.0 km/h / 2.2 m/s from WNW

Wind Gust 12.9 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 996 hPa

Clouds Few 609 m

Moisture

Humidity 84%

Rainfall 0 mm

[Terminal Moraine]

One or two short showers during yesterday evening, one with ice pellets, but it became dry by 2000 g.m.t and the rest of the night was dry with clear intervals.

Sunny intervals so far this morning and a couple of brief, light showers.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp', 5.9c

24 hr max', 9.7c

24 hr min', 2.1c

Grass min', -0.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t, 0.5 mm

Mean wind speed, 13 mph W

4 oktas Ci, Cu and Cb

Vis', 65 km

A few snow drifts remaining.

[Coast]

7.1°C

996.3 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 14.5 mph max W/NW

DP 5.1°C

Humidity 87%

4.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 832 ft

Sunshine and showers

[Polar Maritime]

A good morning to you all. Overnight min of 1.8c

Temp 6.0c

Wind Chill 4.9c

Dew Point -4.3c

Humidity 46%

Borometer 995 mb

Wind West 8 mph

Rainfall today- trace 1.00mm

The odd speck left under the wall's.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 11th April 2012:

Clear and chilly overnight with a widespread ground frost, low 0.5c with –2.9c on the grass. A sheet of Stratocumulus spread in from the west around 05:00 GMT and the frost lifted. After a cloudy start, bright and sunny spells developed towards observation, though with more cumulus clouds bubbling up.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 12.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight: 0.5°C

24-hour maximum = 12.0°C

24-hour minimum: 0.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -2.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 25.7 mph WSW

Rainfall total: tr. mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cumulus humilis / mediocris.

Visibility: about 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.4°C

Wind chill 5.0°C .

Humidity: 79.4%

Dew point 5.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 NW

Barometer 996 mb rising.

Yesterday:

After yesterdays moderate to heavy rain, a clearance spread to the area after blustery showers cleared away to the east through the early hours. The temperature fell to 3.8c around dawn with a continued force 3 south-westerly wind. The morning to observation has been bright and breezy with sunny spells, cloud bubbling up rapidly now. Showers broke out across the area, though only a short light one was recorded at this station. There were good sunny spells also, though the fresh westerly breeze took the edge off the temperature.

April 2012 so Far

Mean temperature: 6.6c (-1.1c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 14.4 on the 1st

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 5th

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 5th

Rainfall = 31.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours = 10.2 mm on the 9th

Maximum wind gust: 30.8 mph NNE on the 4th.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 21.4c on the 28th March.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4^th Feb

Rainfall = 155.6 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Zenarcher]

Sunny spells with heavy showers. Temp 10c and wind 12mph.

Edited April 11, 2012 by weathermaster

[Summer Sun]

Its a typical April day today sunshine and showers, no thunder though

Its currently 7.9°C, but when the sun is out you can certainly tell it is certainly getting warmer now the max so far is 11.4°C

[reef]

Mostly cloudy this morning with sunny spells before the showers bubbled up into the afternoon giving several heavy downpours, one with hail aswell.

The mildest part of the day was mid-morning with a max temp of 11.2C.

Currently 7.2C and 94% humidity. 5.6mm of rain has fallen so far.

April has now seen 109% of the monthly average rainfall in the first 11 days and more than January-March combined.

[Stargazer]

Sunny intervals and a couple of light showers, the latest looking set to get heavier and with the first thunder I've heard so far this year. Current conditions: thunder, 12.8 deg C, wind light NW. Today's maximum 14.0, last night's minimum 1.3.

Edit: the latest shower has indeed turned heavy, with some good sized hail (around 10mm diameter) mixed in.

Edited April 11, 2012 by Stargazer

[Snowyowl9]

Started with a visible ground frost min of 2.5c then a classic april showers day but with some larger than normal CB`s spectacular at that,heavy hail shower.

Later a few anvils one gave a crack of thunder to the west.

A few snow drifts still remain from last weeks blizzard.

[Summer Sun]

Sunny, no wind, 8.0°C

[sunny scunny]

Dry and rather cloudy for much of the day, with a heavy shower late afternoon. Temp is 8c.

[Kent Snow]

7.3C, few cumulus, wind light, 999hPa.

[Richard2901]

Nothing of interest to report here. Lots of convective clouds which were very dark at times suggesting a heavy downpour was on the way but ended up with nothing more than a few spots of rain.

A more prolonged drizzly shower around 6pm gave out 0.2mm which as far as I'm concerned is the worst rain total to get. Yet to see a dry day this month and may have a long wait to see one by the looks of things.

Close to 6 hours of sun which makes it the sunniest day of a dire April so far and only the 2nd day of the month to even get as much as 3 hours.

No interest from the temperatures either. Fairly mild last night with a min of 4.7C and a near average max of 11.1C today.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry morning with sunny intervals. Cloudier during the afternoon, though still with sunny intervals, and with a few short light showers of rain and small hail. A lot of Cbs around during the afternoon but it wasn't until 1700 that any heavier showers affected this area. We then had a fairly heavy shower of rain and hail up to 5mm and less than 1 km away the fields were white with hail for an hour or so after this shower. Occasional short showers of rain and small hail have continued into the early evening.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp', 4.5c

Max' today. 9.4c

Min' last night, 2.1c

Grass min', -0.6c.

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t, 3.3 mm

Sunshine today, 4.11 hrs

Mean wind speed 1 mph NW

Highest gust today, 31 mph NW at 1216 g.m.t

7 oktas Cb and Cu

Vis' 30 km.

About 15 snowdrifts still visible from this site, the furthest about 4km away.

ainfall

[TonyH]

Rugby report

Ground frost last night.

Sunny spells today and one very heavy rain and hail shower 1430.

Min 1c

Max about 12c

Rain yesterday 0.1mm

Meanwhile back home

Ground frost then dry with sunny periods and a moderate nw breeze

Min 1.1c

Max 11.8c

Rain yesterday 2mm approx

Currently 3c there

Pressure 1003mbar rising.

Edited April 11, 2012 by TonyH