Tideswell, Derbyshire - Tuesday 10th April 2018
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0530z 35007kt 5000 RA 7St004 05.0/04.6 1002
RMK: The long wet spell continues. There's been continuous
slight to moderate rain since about 1530z yesterday. It's
bleak and raw this morning.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Tuesday 10th April 2018
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0530z 35007kt 5000 RA 7St004 05.0/04.6 1002
RMK: The long wet spell continues. There's been continuous
slight to moderate rain since about 1530z yesterday. It's
bleak and raw this morning.

0900z 34009g25kt 4000 -RA 7St004 04.9/04.5 1002
RMK: The rain is slowly easing but it remains gloomy, bleak
and raw. The statistics show just how dull and wet it has
been in recent weeks. With 30% of April gone we have already
had 107% of the average rainfall for the whole month but
only 16% of the average sunshine for the whole month. 43% of
spring has now elapsed. In that period the rainfall total
is 93% of the average for the whole of spring while the
sunshine total is only 18% of the average for the whole of
spring. Dull and wet sums up the first half of spring very
well. It has also been cold.
09-09z: Tx 12.2 (1135z) Tn 4.9 (0605z) RR 15.3
18-09z: Tg 4.7 00-24z: Sun 5.1

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr

SNIP

43% of
spring has now elapsed. In that period the rainfall total
is 93% of the average for the whole of spring while the
sunshine total is only 18% of the average for the whole of
spring.
--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire

For comparison, down in Penzance up to 09:00 today:-

Total Spring Rainfall 246.1mm - 104% of Spring norm! This despite only 3.8mm in the last 6 days (4th-9th inclusive)

Total Spring Sunshine (Camborne) 152 hours. (Almost identical to nearby Bosullow, up on the Penwith moors.) This is 30% of the norm for the whole of Spring, close to what you'd expect.

Graham
Penzance

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Tuesday 10th April 2018
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0530z 35007kt 5000 RA 7St004 05.0/04.6 1002
RMK: The long wet spell continues. There's been continuous
slight to moderate rain since about 1530z yesterday. It's
bleak and raw this morning.

0900z 34009g25kt 4000 -RA 7St004 04.9/04.5 1002
RMK: The rain is slowly easing but it remains gloomy, bleak
and raw. The statistics show just how dull and wet it has
been in recent weeks. With 30% of April gone we have already
had 107% of the average rainfall for the whole month but
only 16% of the average sunshine for the whole month. 43% of
spring has now elapsed. In that period the rainfall total
is 93% of the average for the whole of spring while the
sunshine total is only 18% of the average for the whole of
spring. Dull and wet sums up the first half of spring very
well. It has also been cold.
09-09z: Tx 12.2 (1135z) Tn 4.9 (0605z) RR 15.3
18-09z: Tg 4.7 00-24z: Sun 5.1

1600z 06005kt 0300 -DZ FG VV/// 06.3/06.1 1005
RMK: The perfect activity today would have been to curl up
in front of a log fire with a good book. I spent the day in
front of a computer screen, which was probably a good
second-best! The rain ceased by 1000z but was immediately
replaced by slight drizzle. At the same time, the cloud base
lowered to ground level. We've been in fog ever since with
the vis mostly in the range 200-400m. There's been slight
drizzle for much of the time and a decidedly raw breeze
which was gusting 25-30 knots 0800-1100z. Max temp only 6.4°.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr