Friday 1st May General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A cold frosty start with clear skies. Temps rising rapidily though.

Temp 1.3C low -0.2C

Barometer 1008mb steady

Wind F1 NE

Rainfall Nil

[knocker]

Cloudy with As and St. Temp 9.1C and wind ESE 13mph.

Edited May 1, 2015 by knocker

[johnholmes]

Been a ground frost with a low of 1.4C, a lot of Ci with a few patches of Ac, the sun mostly shining through the cloud

[Polar Maritime]

A dry night with mostly clear sky's and a low of -0.1c with a grass frost.

 

Currently; Dry sunny and clear.

Temp 2.7c

Wind E/N/E 4mph

Rain 0.0mm

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny with some fair weather cloud

 

currently 6.4c

[SteveB]

Dry mostly cloudy start

 

Temp 8.7c

[Polar Continental]

Friday 01st May 2015

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread ground frost. High level cloud increasing this morning for a time before clearing again towards observation.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 11.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.3°C

24-hour maximum 11.5°C

24-hour minimum: 0.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.9mph WNW

Rainfall total: 0.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

3 Oktas Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cumulus Humilis.

Visibility: good,  around 10 miles.

Temperature: 7.6°C

Humidity: 66.4%

Dew point 1.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 E

Barometer 1012.5 mb: Trend: steady.

 

Yesterday.

 

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. Rather cloudy for the most part with a few light showers, just brief sunny spells, cool.

 

April 2015:

 

Mean temperature: 9.4c (0.4c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 19.9c on the 14th.

Minimum temperature: -1.5c on the 27th

Grass Minimum: -4.9c on the 27th

Rainfall 25.4mm

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 186.7mm

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

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

[reef]

A min temp of 0.0C this morning, just missing out on an air frost but still managing to be the coldest May night since 1979.

 

Now mostly cloudy with sunny spells and a temp of 8.8C.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and clear night but too much breeze for any air frost.

Dry with sunny spells so far today but always a good deal of high cloud. A chilly NE breeze too.

 

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp: 4.7c

24 hr max|: 10.0c

24 hr min: 1.7c

Grass min: -2.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t: 0.1 mm

Mean wind speed: 14 mph NE

6 oktas Ci and Cc

Vis: 55 km.

[SteveB]

Mostly cloudy day

 

Temp 12.3c

Max Temp 12.8c

Min Temp 6.6c

[Stargazer]

New month, same weather.  Dry and generally cloudy with sunny intervals.  Maximum 13.6, minimum 5.6.  Wind light E.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with sunny intervals or longer spells of rather hazy sunshine. A chilly NE/E wind all day.

 

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp: 6.9c

Max today: 9.7c

Min last night: 1.7c

Grass min: -2.9c

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

Sunshine today: 4.12 hrs

Mean wind speed: 10 mph E

Highest gust today: 27 mph NE at 0826 g.m.t

6 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis: over 80 km.

[hillbilly]

A groundfrost to start leaving a  dry cool day with sunny periods,an odd light shower ,max 9 deg,min 0 deg