30th April General Weather Chat

[SteveB]

Morning all,

Dry clear cold start

Temp 1.2c

[knocker]

Pleasant morning with a small amount of Cu. Temp 7C and a light northerly.

[The PIT]

Surprisingly not as cold as I expected this morning. Shower clouds already building so expecting some later on.

Temp 5.6C low 2.9C, Barometer 1016mb rising, Wind F2 Variable Rainfall nil

[Paul1968]

1c To start the day,but it's clear and sunny for now anyway.

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny

Temp 6.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear periods. Sunny periods so far this morning but there's been a light shower in the last five minutes.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 6.0c

24 hr max: 6.1c

24 hr min: 1.7c

Grass min; -2.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; 1.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 15 mph NW

6 oktas Cu, Cb and Ac

Vis: over 80 km.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 30th April 2016

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread frost. Hazy sunny spells this morning.

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.6°C 

24-hour maximum 9.5°C

24-hour minimum: 0.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  -3.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 25.8mph W

Rainfall total: 0.7mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas Cumulus mediocris, Cirrus.

Visibility  >10 miles

Temperature: 6.6°C

Humidity: 74.1%

Dew point 4.2°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 NW

Barometer 1020.6mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Clear spells developing before midnight, ground frost developing. Sunny spells, cloud quickly bubbling up this morning. Feeling cold in the fresh westerly wind.  Showers breaking out across the area during the morning and in to the afternoon, some heavy locally, though this station only saw a couple of light ones.

[The PIT]

A dry day so far showers in view but going around us as per normal. Now mostly cloudy

Temp 8.8C high 9.3C, Barometer 1017mb rising, Wind F3 W, Rainfall nil

[Polar Maritime]

Heavy showers of sleet and wet snow here just now with temp 2.8c

Mam Tor early this morning..

 

Edited April 30, 2016 by Polar Maritime

[Stargazer]

Cold start with a ground frost, sunny spells and a couple of light showers developing by late afternoon.  Maximum 13.4, minimum 0.6.  Wind light NW.

Yesterday: sunny spells and light showers in the evening. Maximum 12.3, minimum 4.0. Wind light SW.

[SteveB]

Sunshine and showers

Temp 10.2c

Max Temp 13.2c

Min Temp 1.2c

[The PIT]

An afternoon of light showers and sunny spells. One of those days where large clouds produced very little.

Max temp 10.2C now 9.6C, Barometer 1020mb rising, Wind F3 WNW, Rainfall 0.6mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and sunny start to the morning but cloud built quickly and around midday, and into the early afternoon, there was a spell of moderate-heavy sleet with squally winds during which the temp' fell from 8.8c to 1.9c. The sleet was followed by sunny intervals and brief showers of rain and hail during the afternoon.

At 1800 g.m.t

Temp; 6.7c

Max today; 8.8c

Min last night; 1.7c

Grass min; -2.3c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; 3.4 mm

Sunshine today so far; 6.32 hrs

Mean wind speed at 1800 g.m.t; 7 mph SW

Highest gust  today; 43 mph NW at 1039 g.m.t

6 oktas Cu, Cb and Ac

Vis; over 80 km

Distant showers to the east and south east

[Summer Sun]

A couple of short light showers this afternoon but on the whole a decent day with plenty of sunshine

Clear skies this evening temp 7.5c

[DTHFCJ]

been a pretty good day here in the land of sheep got the grass cut cool and clear now,looking forward to some warmth next week.