South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/2/14 18z----->

[Cakie]

Foggy start this morning but the sun has burn through now and just touching 19c

[SteveB]

Still cloudy here, sun having real difficulty breaking through.

[Mapantz]

Sunny,warm and humid now, up to 16℃

It should be nice for an evening fishing session, shame about the weak converging in though.

[William Grimsley]

There is a nice rain band coming up from the SW, now. It's mainly light rain to moderate rain. Hopefully, it may turn to heavy rain. But, it looks like thunder is out of the question, for the time being.

Edited April 30, 2014 by William Grimsley

[Ben Sainsbury]

There is a nice rain band coming up from the SW, now. It's mainly light rain to moderate rain. Hopefully, it may turn to heavy rain. But, it looks like thunder is out of the question, for the time being.

The rain band doesn't really seem to be doing much just slowing sliding it's way towards the SW, once this band passes though that's when the heavy showers seem to be coming in and then the real action begins tomorrow.

[William Grimsley]

The rain band doesn't really seem to be doing much just slowing sliding it's way towards the SW, once this band passes though that's when the heavy showers seem to be coming in and then the real action begins tomorrow.

No it's not sliding away towards the SW, it's moving NE.

Edited April 30, 2014 by Nick L

[Ben Sainsbury]

No it's not sliding away towards the SW, it's moving NE.

Stupid mistake, I meant the NE. Thanks for correcting me, though still no development from the rain band, probably going to end up being a dull light rain band...

[William Grimsley]

Stupid mistake, I meant the NE. Thanks for correcting me, though still no development from the rain band, probably going to end up being a dull light rain band...

As usual. Though, there was a thunderstorm 2 days ago. So, I'm not too sad.

[Mapantz]

Rain imminent!

[A.J]

Fergie's TV forecast mirrors the model output for tomorrow...Looks very promising for thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon, especially for Gloucs/Wilts & BANES

[Ben Sainsbury]

That would certainly do me alright ,  good luck to all you lot tomorrow! The GFS does indicate some of the best Li's and CAPE there tomorrow.

[Mattster1]

Hi from my untrained eye we look like we may avoid a frost this weekend. Can anyone confirm if they agree as its important for me from my allotment point of view?

[A.J]

new thread coming shortly.....link to follow

[Gibby]

For those interested in my statistics for my little patch of the SW here they are.

 

APRIL 2014 DATA AND REPORT FOR RADSTOCK SOMERSET UK

 

LOWEST TEMPERATURE 1.0C(34F) on the 19th at 06:36

 

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 19.2C(66F) on the 21st at 14:25

 

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 10.0C (50F)

 

HIGHEST HUMIDITY 97% on the 1st at 08:32

 

LOWEST HUMIDITY 37% on the 16th at 17:14

 

WETTEST DAY 14.8mm(0.60inc) on the 20th

 

HIGHEST RAINFALL RATE 105.0mm/hr(4.20inc/hr) on the 20th at 17:00

 

TOTAL RAINFALL 66.0mm(2.64inc)

 

DRY DAYS 14 Days

 

LONGEST DRY SPELL 11 Days (9th-19th)

 

HIGHEST PRESSURE 1030.3mbs on the 15th at 11:35

 

LOWEST PRESSURE 997.4mbs on the 27th at 04:37

 

AVERAGE PRESSURE 1014.2mbs

 

PRESSURE RANGE 32.9mbs

 

HIGHEST WIND GUST 37mph on the 7th at 06:53

 

WIND BETWEEN S & W 37%

 

WIND BETWEEN W & N 20%

 

WIND BETWEEN N & E 7%

 

WIND BETWEEN E & S 36%

 

TOTAL SUNSHINE HOURS 128 hours and 48 minutes on the 15th

 

DAYS WITH NO SUN 3 Days on the 2nd, 6th & 7th

 

BRIGHTEST DAY 266.9w/sqm on the 16th

 

DULLEST DAY 39.0w/sqm on the 20th

 

DAYS WITH THUNDER 1 day on the 20th (16:30)

 

DAYS WITH HAIL 1 Day on the 28th at 16:30

 

HOURS OF AIR FROST None

 

DAYS WITH FOG 2 Days on the 11th & 30th for 5.5hrs

 

DAYS WITH SNOW None

 

REPORT

April 2014 was a typical month with something for everyone with a strong emphasis on showery conditions. Rainfall totals were not far from average while temperatures ended somewhat above the long term April mean for us by 0.6C though there were no remarkably warm days with temperatures staying several degrees shy of the magic 21C 70F. There were some chilly nights with grass frosts but no sub zero temperatures were registered at this location. In addition there were quite a few misty and chilly mornings with thick fog on two occasions for several hours around the dawn periods of the 11th & 30th. There was one occasion of thunder on the 20th and hail on the 28th. Sunshine amounts were a little below the average for the area, hardly surprising given the generally unsettled pattern of the month as a whole but this was compensated by strong warmth when it shone. Winds were non problematic leaving the month as a whole non eventful overall.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Gibby

[A.J]

Hi Gibby, just about to create a new thread, would you like to copy your post into the new thread?

[A.J]

ok, new thread here -------> http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/80169-south-westcentral-southern-england-regional-weather-discussion-1st-may-2014/

 

locking this one now