Monday 6th April - General Weather Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A dry night with clear periods and a low of 3.6c.

Currently; A bank of cloud below me in the valleys with clear sky's here and bright sunshine above bar a few contrails. A beautiful morning..

Temp 4.1c

Wind West 4mph

Rain today 0.0mm

Edited April 6, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[knocker]

Looking great there PM.

 

Here clear sky and mist. Temp 4.5C and a light easterly.

[johnholmes]

a few Ci and contrail patches otherwise blue sky with no wind, lovely morning, a low of 5.2 and already up to 7.8C

[Summer Sun]

Dry, sunny, clam and very pleasant

 

6.6c currently with the likely high around 18c like yesterday

[SteveB]

Dry sunny start

 

Temp 7.3c

[Airedalejoe]

Another beautiful morning though we'll be lucky to beat yesterday when we hit 18.8C!! A better day than the vast majority of summer days over the last few years!

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear, dry and mild night with a gentle N/NE breeze leading into a warm and sunny start to this morning.

 

At 0830 g.m.t

Temp: 11.5c

24 hr max: 13.4c

24 hr min: 6.8c

Grass min: 1.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0830 g.m.t: 0.0 mm

Mean wind speed: 9 mph N

1 okta Ci

Vis: over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Monday 06th April 2015

 

Clear overnight, ground frost developing through the early hours, though this lifting as a  force 2-3 westerly breeze kicked in for a short while around 03:00GMT. Shallow fog developing around dawn vis <100 yards. Fog clearing quickly to a sunny morning so far, warming quickly.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 3.1°C

24-hour maximum 13.9°C

24-hour minimum: 3.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 10.3mph ENE

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

2 Oktas Cirrus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.5°C

Humidity: 93.3%

Dew point 8.5°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 NW

Barometer 1033.0mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday.

 

Dry and mainly cloudy overnight, mist. Rather cloudy with brief sunny spells so far this morning. Further brief sunny spells through the morning. By mid afternoon the cloud thinned and broke further allowing long spells of spring sunshine.

[Summer Sun]

15.4c at 12:17 and not a cloud in the sky a glorious spring day

 

[reef]

After a clear night and a ground frost the sea fret and cloud have moved in keeping it rather cool. Currently 7.8C after a min temp of 2.7C.

[The PIT]

A very warm day max temp so far 18.3C

[Summer Sun]

18.1c currently here in Darlington a glorious day very similar to yesterday

[reef]

The sea fret cleared after lunchtime and we finally have sunshine. Still cool though, currently 10.2C after a max of 10.9C.

[johnholmes]

What a gorgeous day, blue skies for much of the day, very little breeze, the high looks to be 17.9C, down to 16.4C now. The warmest day since 31 October 2014 for my garden.

 

the link below on the visual shows the areas affected east and west of the country that are affected still by low cloud.

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/abin/piccyjpeghtml/avhrr/2015/4/6/1429+19/ch12.jpg

You have to register but it is free.

Edited April 6, 2015 by johnholmes

[SteveB]

What a day, wall to wall sunshine and feeling warm..... happy day's

 

Temp 15.2c

Max Temp 18.7c

Min Temp 4.1c

[Stargazer]

We've been mostly stuck in the south-east's gloom the last few days, but the warm weather's finally arrived.  Dry with long sunny spells after a cold start.  Maximum 17.9, minimum 1.6.  Wind light N.

[hillbilly]

A lovely sunny day,calm,max 16 deg,min 6 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and sunny day and a very warm one for the time of year. Only April 2011 has managed a higher maximum than today in the first 7 days of the month, with 18.7c on the 6th.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 12.9c

Max' today: 17.1c

Min last night: 6.8c

Grass min: 1.4c

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

Sunshine today: 11.00 hrs

Mean wind speed: 5 mph SE/E

Highest gust today: 22 mph N/NW at 0455 g.m.t

2 oktas Cu humilis and Ci

Vis; 30 km.

[J10]

Pretty much wall to wall sunshine today, temps around 17-18c.