Thursday 8th April weather observations

[Summer Sun]

A dry and calm night with cloudy skies

Temp 2.9c

[The PIT]

Dry patchy cloud cover

Temp 3.6C, low 2.8C, Barometer 1016mb falling rapidly, Wind F3 SSW, Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry, cloudy and less cold than recently, a low of 4.3 C

[Terminal Moraine]

A few cloud breaks before midnight but the second half of the night saw thickening cloud bring occasional drizzle, with fog at times above 360 mts. The drizzle cleared by 0630 g.m.t and at the moment it's dry with brief sunny intervals.

At 0800 g.m.t

Temp; 3.7c

24 hr max; 5.9c

24 hr min; 0.3c

Overnight min; 0.9c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 16 mph SW

7 oktas St and Cs

Vis; 8 km

[Summer Sun]

Dry and milder this morning with mostly cloudy skies

Temp 8.8c with a light west to south westerly wind

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 08th April 2021

 

Mostly cloudy overnight, a little drizzle though a few brief cloud breaks early hours allowed for a ground frost to form. Overcast start this morning, cloud breaking before mid morning with sunny spells.

24-hour maximum 8.2c
24-hour minimum 1.9c

Minimum temperature on grass –1.2c
Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 25.3mph NW

Rainfall total: Tr.mm
 
Conditions at 09:00 GMT
 
4 Oktas Altocumulus, Cirrus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility >10 miles
Temperature: 8.2c
Humidity 80.6%
Wind Direction WSW force 3

Barometer 1019.6mb Trend falling.
 
Yesterday.

 

Another very cold night with a moderate to severe frost. Record breaking cold here with –4.5c in the screen and -8.7c on the grass. Also a sprinkling of snow. Turning cloudy before dawn. Cloud breaking up again before mid morning allowing sunny spells, cold. Sunny spells and staying dry here, still feeling cold.

[The PIT]

A dry afternoon and turning mild in the sunny spells

Max temp 11.9C, now 9.1C, Barometer 1011mb falling slowly, Wind F2 WSW, Rainfall Trace

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and quite windy day with sunny intervals, the wind gusting to gale force from mid morning through to late afternoon.

At 1700 g.m.t

Temp; 7.4c

Max today; 11.4c

Min last night; 0.9c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall from 0800-1700 g.m.t; Trace

Sunshine today; 2.9 hrs

Mean wind speed; 25 mph W

Highest gust today; 58 mph W at 1329 g.m.t

7 oktas As, Sc and St

Vis; over 80 km

[hillbilly]

A cold start leaving a windy,dry day with sunny spells

[Stargazer]

Dry with sunny intervals this morning, overcast in the afternoon. Milder than recent days but still cool. Maximum 11.5, minimum 3.6. Wind light SW.