20100321 weather data for the 24 hours to 5.30am at 800m

Previous Day Field Observations: 

What a day yesterday, blue skies and +22.5C in the valley bottom of Hakuba. It hit +9.5C at 2080m and +6C at 2456m. We didn't go skiing.

Overnight temperatures in the valley remained at +12C most of the night then dropped a little as strong winds, thunder, lightning and rain hit. Very windy in the valley this morning with snow forecast for most of the week above 1200m.

Another aberration in weather is current relative humidity, yesterday it was close to zero percent, today it is 25%. Typical is 75 to 85%.

Date: 
20100321
24hr max temp: 
20C
24hr min temp: 
3C
Cloud Cover: 
Overcast
Precip type and rate: 
Nil
Present temp: 
4C
24hr new snow (HN24): 
0cm
New snow from current storm (HST): 
0cm
Snow height (HS): 
106cm
Weight of new snow (100mm tube dia): 
0gm
Water equiv of new snow: 
0mm
Density new snow: 
0kg/m3
Surface crystal size: 
2mm
Surface crystal form: 
Wet Grains
Wind speed: 
Extreme
Wind direction: 
SE
Nil
Barometric Pressure: 
902mbar
Baro trend (last 3 hours): 
Steady
Diary Type: 
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