Tuesday 23rd April 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A clear warm start to the day.

Temp 7.8C

Wind F1 SSE

Rainfall Nil

[Weather-history]

Happy St George's Day

[SteveB]

Nice sunny start, but a little on the chilly side.

 

Temp 6.8c

[Polar Maritime]

A dry breezy night with an overnight low of 6.2c.

 

Currently.

 

Dry, breezy with clear sky's, Temp 7.1c, W/N/W 9mph

Edited April 23, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[johnholmes]

clear blue sky, no wind and a low of 8.3C

[marky810]

Cloudy and windy, 7.2c with a few spots of rain despite what all the forecasts say...

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, mild and windy night with several gusts over 50 mph during the early hours of this morning.

Variable cloud cover overnight but most of it dispersed around sunrise and it's currently dry, sunny and breezy.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; 9.6c

24 hr max; 11.4c

24 hr min; 5.0c

Overnight min; 6.3c

Grass min; 3.1c

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

Mean wind speed; 23 mph W/NW

Highest gust since midnight; 58 mph W/NW at 0017 g.m.t

1 okta Cu humilis

Vis; 65 km.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 13C...

[Cloudwatcher]

Yet another grey, dull and cold start to the day. 7c and no sign of sun.

[MP-R]

Clear and sunny with no wind 14C

[ARTDEMOLE]

Was getting worried. Temperature read 19.7 C. at 09:40....Gone down now to 17.5 C. as clouding up a bit now.

 

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Current data for WH1081
23 April 2013 10:46:45

Temperature (°C):
Current          17.4
Trend (per hour) +0.9
Average today    11.1
Wind chill       17.4
Heat Index       17.4
Dew Point        8.3
Rel Humidity     55%

Wind (km/h):
Current Gust     8.6 NNE
Average Speed    1.1 W

Rainfall (mm):
Current rate     0.0
Last hour        0.0
Total today      0.0
Total yesterday  0.3
Total this month 30.9
Total this year  30.9

Pressure (hPa):
Current          1017.1
Trend (per hour) +0.7

[hillbilly]

13 deg nice sunny and breezy

[Kent Snow]

17.2C, few cumulus, sunny, wind from the NW, 1021hPa.

[Stargazer]

Dry and pleasant with wall-to-wall sunshine and the temperature's just reached 21C here for the first time this year

Maximum 21.1, minimum 8.5.  Wind light WSW.

Edited April 23, 2013 by Stargazer

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 23rd April 2013:

 

Cloud broke up late last night allowing clear spells. The day dawned clear, so a sunny start. The day saw good sunny spells, feeling pleasant.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 13.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight 6.0°C

24-hour maximum 13.4°C

24-hour minimum: 6.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 3.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 23.3 mph W

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Current Conditions.

 

2 Okta: Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: moderate, around 7 miles.

Temperature: 12.7°C

Humidity: 53.8%

Dew point  3.1°C 

 

Wind Direction: Force 3 WSW

Barometer 1018.8mb: Trend: rising.

 

Yesterday:

 

Clear spells overnight, chilly, low 2.0c with -1.3c on the grass, so another ground frost. The day dawned clear and frosty. The morning has seen a good deal of high and mid level cloud spreading in from the west, so just bright spells. There were further bright spells through the day, but cloud continued to increase. Feeling cool in the fresh westerly wind.

 

April 2013 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 6.9c  (-0.8c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 18.1 on the 14th

Minimum temperature: -4.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum:  -8.7c on the 2nd

Rainfall 6.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.7mm on the 12th.

Maximum wind gust: 43.4 mph SW on the 18th.

 

2013 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 18.1c on the 14^th April.

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th March.

Grass Minimum:  -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 170.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3.mm on the 15th March.

Maximum wind gust: 43.5 mph WSW on the 30th Jan

[SteveB]

Dry and sunny for most the day, only clouding over in the last hour or so.

 

Temp 12.9c

Max Temp 16.5c

Min Temp 6.7c

[The PIT]

After a very mild start the day continued on it's warm spring like theme although winds did get a bit gusty mid morning onwards.

Max temp 15.6C

Wind F3 WSW

Rainfall once again nil.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, mainly sunny and windy day, the wind decreasing towards late afternoon.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 11.3c

Max' today; 14.4c

Min' last night; 6.3c

Grass min; 3.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; Nil

Sunshine today; 10.76 hrs

Mean wind speed; 16 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 58 mph W/NW at 0017 g.m.t

5 oktas Ci, Cs, Ac and Cu humilis

Vis' 80 km.

[Methuselah]

Dry, mostly clear and warm, 14.9C...

[TonyH]

Clear intervals last night.Drizzle around dawn, then sunny intervals, turned quite sunny after 1600. Mild with a moderate SW to west breeze.

 

Min: 2.9c @ 0500

Max: 16.4c @ 1730

Rain yesterday: 2mm

Dry so far today

 

Currently: Mainly cloudy, rather mild.

Temp: 8.4c

RH: 95%

Pressure: 1023mbar, steady.

 

And Monday: