Thursday 30th April General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dry but partly cloudy start after over night showers

Temp 4.4C

Barometer 1002mb falling

Wind F2 WSW

Rainfall 1.2mm

[knocker]

Cloudy with a fair amount of Ci and Cu. Temp 6.2C and wind SSW light.

[johnholmes]

6/8 CuSc with showers a while ago, dry just now with sunshine breaking through the cloud, a low of 5.4C

[Terminal Moraine]

Dry and clear during the first half of the night. The second half saw increasing cloud with a brief, sharp shower around 0150 g.m.t.

Sunny intervals and light showers since sunrise.

 

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp: 4.3c

24 hr max: 11.0c

24 hr min: 2.0c

Grass min: -1.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t: 1.1 mm

Mean wind speed: 13 mph W

7 oktas Ns and Cu

Vis: over 80 km

Light rain shower

[Summer Sun]

Dry with a mix of sunshine and cloud

 

currently 6.7c

[SteveB]

Showery start

 

Temp 10.4c

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 30th April 2015

 

Variable cloud overnight, some light showery rain just before dawn, clearing around 05:30 GMT, allowing a bright start with sunny spells, cloud increasing again towards observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight 4.5°C

24-hour maximum 13.2°C

24-hour minimum: 4.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 24.6mph W

Rainfall total: 0.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas Cumulus mediocris.

Visibility: good,  around 10 miles.

Temperature: 8.3°C

Humidity: 75.3%

Dew point 4.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 WNW

Barometer 1009.4 mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday.

 

Turning cloudy overnight, light moderate rain commencing around dawn. rain clearing towards observation, sunny spells developing. Staying dry with sunny spells, feeling cool.

 

April 2015 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 9.5c (0.5c) (of local average)

Maximum temperature: 19.9c on the 14th.

Minimum temperature: -1.5c on the 27th

Grass Minimum: -4.9c on the 27th

Rainfall 25.1mm

Wettest 24 hours = 6.8mm on the 1st.

Maximum wind gust: 27.3 mph W on the 28th.

 

2015 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 17.8c on the 6th April.

Minimum temperature: -3.7c on the 19th January

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 19th January.

Rainfall 186.4mm

Wettest 24 hours = 19.9mm on the 12th March.

Maximum wind gust: 43.8 mph W on the 31st March.

[The PIT]

Bar the odd isolated light shower a dry but cool day with odd sunny spell and a cool breeze

Max temp 11.3C now 9.5C

Barometer 1007mb rising

Wind F4 NNE

Rainfall 2mm

[SteveB]

Showery start, clearing to long sunny spells

 

Temp 13.6c

Max Temp 14.6c

Min Temp 6.9c

[Stargazer]

A dry and breezy day with sunny intervals.  Maximum 14.9, minimum 4.0.  Wind moderate NW.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light showers this morning but much of the day was dry with sunny intervals. A cool breeze which veered NE by late afternoon.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 7.1c

Max today: 10.0c

Min last night: 2.0c

Grass min: -1.5c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t: 0.1 mm

Sunshine today: 3.07 hrs

Mean wind speed: 17 mph NE

Highest gust today: 31 mph W at 0904 g.m.t

6 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis: 80 km.

[hillbilly]

A few light showers and sunny spells,max 9 deg,min 4 deg