Weather diary for Armagh Observatory during March 2011 Produced by Discs version 1.0.81 01 March 2011 | c at obs, light breeze, cool. *|* mainly sunny day. warm sun. cool early even. 02 March 2011 | some sun bef obs. bc at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* mainly sunny, mild to cool day. 18:47 mild to cool, clear. 03 March 2011 | note that dry bulb reading (which was -1.0) should not be less than today's wet bulb reading. dry bulb reading changed to -0.4-decision made from automatic weather station. also high humidity. 9 at obs, thick fog, cool, almost calm. *|* fog lifts later in morn then sunny day. 20:10 clear, cold. 04 March 2011 | o at obs, cool, almost calm, mist. *|* cool, cloudy day. 05 March 2011 | note min reading should not be more than previous day's dry bulb reading which was recorded as 2.6. this has been changed to 3.6 which is closer to automatic station reading. 9 at obs, fog, almost calm, cool. *|* dry, cloudy day, mild to cool. 20:45 some cloiud, cool. 06 March 2011 | o at obs, cool breeze. *|* 10:36 light drizzle, cool. cloudy, cool day. cool early even. 07 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. bc at obs, cool breeze. *|* dry, sunny day. 19:28 mainly clear, cool. 08 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. b at obs, cold breeze, sunny. *|* clouds over after obs. 15:18 fine drizzle. sometimes breezy. ir 16:05 to 16:20 approx + 17:40 to 17:50 approx. 21:24 some cloud, cold. 09 March 2011 | o at obs, cold breeze. *|* some showers in morn after obs. sometimes breezy day. sunny spells to around mid afternoon. on/off rain in even. breeze sometimes strong. 10 March 2011 | some sun bef obs. 08:27 strong breeze, rain. bc at obs, breezy, cool. *|* breezy day, sunny spells, showers, cold. 11:40 raindrops, breezy, cold. 12:36 sleet, breezy. 14:13 raindrops. 15:20 ice pellets gusty. 19:56 beginning to rain, cold. 11 March 2011 | c at obs, cold breeze. *|* cool to cold day. rr + roro 12:35 to around 21:40 approx when it starts to snow. snowing most of rest of evening. 12 March 2011 | precipitation early hrs. 9 at obs, cold, calm, fog. *|* cold, cloudy day. 13 March 2011 | o at obs, cold breeze, some snow on ground. *|* some rain/shower around 16:00. on/off precipitation between 20:40 and 00:00. cool to cold day, cloudy. 14 March 2011 | rain including ir 00:10 to 00:50 approx + rr 03:40 to 04:40 approx. sunny bef obs. b at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* cloudy day, sunny spells. cool day. 19:38 cool, some cloud. 15 March 2011 | probably light rain/drizzle 01:20 to 07:20 approx. b at obs, cool, almost calm. *|* mild to cool day, cloudy, sunny spells. cool early even. 16 March 2011 | fog bef obs. 9 at obs, cold, fog, almost calm. *|* fog lifts later in morn then sunny day. 19:30 clear, cool. 17 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. precipitation between 03:00 and 05:30 approx. b at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* cloudy day, sunny spells, cold. 19:30 approx mainly clear, cold, moonlit. 18 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. b at obs, light breeze, cool. *|* mainly sunny day, some cloud, mild to cool. 15:53 beginning to rain-rains for about 10 mins. 20:27 mainly clear, moonlit, cold. 19 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. c at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* cloudy day, some sunny spells, milder. 19:30 raindrops, cloudy. 20 March 2011 | some precipitation early hrs. o at obs, breeze, mild. *|* cloudy, mild day. short sunny spells mainly in aftn. mild early even. 21 March 2011 | c at obs, light breeze, mild. *|* 10:03 drizzle. cloudy, mild to warm day. 17:01 raindrops. 21:08 some cloud, mild. 22 March 2011 | o at obs, cool breeze, some drizzle. *|* sunny spells in aftn. warm day. mild at 21:00. 23 March 2011 | sunny bef obs. b at obs, warm sun, light breeze. *|* mainly sunny, warm day. mild early even. 24 March 2011 | fog bef obs. 9 at obs, fog, calm, almost cool. *|* mainly sunny, warm day. 22:10 cool. 25 March 2011 | fog bef obs. 9 at obs, fog, cool, light breeze. *|* cloudy day, sunny spells, mild to warm. 20:22 mild to cool, some cloud. 26 March 2011 | c at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* mainly sunny morn after obs then cloudy aftn with some sunny spells. cool early even. 27 March 2011 | 9 at obs, cold, fog, light breeze. *|* fog lifts then sunny morn. cloudy aftn. 19:41 cloudy, cool breeze. 20:40 clear sky. 28 March 2011 | c at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* sunny for while after obs then clouds over late morn. mild to cool day. 19:53 cool, some cloud. 29 March 2011 | o at obs, cool, light breeze. *|* cloudy day, cool. 16:52 fine drizzle, cool. probably intermittent to heavy rain 21:30 to 21:50 approx. 30 March 2011 | probably some drizzle/rain between 05:00 and 07:30. c at obs, fresh, cool breeze. *|* sunny late morn and early aftn. some rain late even probably from 22:00 23:30 approx. mild. 31 March 2011 | iro 01:35 to 02:20 approx then ir to 03:10 approx. some sun bef obs. c at obs, mild, breezy. *|* sunny morn after obs. sunny to around mid aftn. mild early even. 22:59 cloud, cool.