Thursday 14th March weather observations

[Summer Sun]

Currently dry and cloudy with rain stay to the west for now

Calmer now the storm has cleared away with gusts down to the mid 20s mph 

Temp 7.0c

[The PIT]

A wet day and breezy

Temp 6.7C, low 5.7C, Barometer 994mb falling, Wind F5 WSW, Rainfall 8mm from midnight

 

[SteveB]

Windy  start

Temp 8.8c

[johnholmes]

Cloudy, some breeze with trees swaying, slight rain at times, just 0.4 mm since midnight and a low of 6.9 C

[Paul]

Thought I'd share this - really shows the orographic rainfall from overnight well as most of the rain fell on western facing hills. 

 

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with rain arriving yesterday evening and lasting for the rest of the night. The rain cleared to sunshine and brief showers around 0800, accompanied by a W gale.

At 0900

Temp; 8.0c

24 hr max; 8.0c

24 hr min;4.0c

Grass min; 3.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 15.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 43 mph W ( gusting 60 mph )

6 oktas Cu

Vis; 55 km

Light rain showers

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny with the wind starting to pick up again with gusts around 40mph at the moment from the north west

Temp 8.9c

Edited March 14, 2019 by Summer Sun

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 14th March 2019

 

Apart from  few cloud breaks last evening, a mosty cloudy night. Moderate rain through the early hours. This morning, gale force westerly gusts and heavy showery rain. A clearance arriving just before the observation, sunny spells, still very windy.

 

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday 9.8c.

Minimum temperature overnight 5.9c

24-hour maximum 9.8c

24-hour minimum 5.9c

Minimum temperature on grass 5.0c.

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 43.8 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 14.3mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

5 Oktas  Stratocumulus.

Visibility 10 miles.

Temperature: 9.7c

Humidity: 85.5%

Dew point 7.4c

Wind Direction: WNW Force 6

Barometer 995.7mb Trend falling.

 

Yesterday.

 

Another mainly cloudy night, some light rain through the early hours. Overcast, further showery light to moderate rain this morning. Further showery rain at times, overcast for the most part, very windy with gusts past gale force.

[The PIT]

A very windy spell first part of the morning with some heavy rain which gave to showers through the morning as the winds moderated.

Max temp 10.2C now 7.9C, Barometer1004mb rising, Wind F3 W Max gust 58mph. Rainfall 15.4mm from midnight.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day, from 0800, with sunny intervals and a westerly gale. The wind gradually moderated from mid afternoon onwards.

At 1800

Temp; 6.6c

Max today' 9.3c

Min last night; 4.0c

Grass min; 3.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 4.60 hrs

Mean wind speed; 25 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 73 mph W at 1129

6 oktas Cu, Sc and Ci

Vis; 80 km.

Edited March 14, 2019 by Terminal Moraine

[hillbilly]

Showery  during the morning then drier some sunny spells.Windy max 8 deg min 4 deg