What's the weather like? - April 2024

[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, much as forecast yesterday, a fairly cloudy morning with 3 or 4 showers of rain a mix of sun and cloud during the afternoon, nice and warm in the sun and a light wind with the odd gusts.  

               

This morning at 8am it was 16C, a clear sky overhead with a few scattered clouds to the south and a bank of cloud to the NW and East out to sea, hardly a breath of wind and a lot of condensation.

   

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 23C at 3pm feeling like 27C
Cloud cover - Currently 26% decreasing to 7% at 10am and increasing steadily to 96% at 4pm so a mix of sun & cloud today
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts until 3pm dropping to 700mts by 7 pm
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - Very high of 9 at 1pm
Humidity - averaging 67% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the WNW this morning at 2 to 6Kmph with gusts up to 9Kmph moving to come from the E this afternoon at 11 to 13Kmph with gusts up to 28Kmph so a fairly calm day.

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[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, much as forecast yesterday, a mainly sunny morning clouding over during the late afternoon and a moderate wind.

This morning at 8.30am it was 16C, a few scattered clouds overhead with a bank of cloud to the NE / E over the sea, hardly a breath of wind and a lot of condensation.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 23C at 2pm feeling like 26C
Cloud cover - 10 to 31% so mostly sunny today
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts until 3pm dropping to 700mts by 7 pm
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - Very high of 9 at 1pm
Humidity - averaging 66% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the NW this morning at 11 to 17Kmph with gusts up to 26Kmph moving to come from the NNE / NE this afternoon at 19 to 24Kmph with gusts up to 35Kmph.

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[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, much as forecast yesterday, a mainly sunny day, temperature at 4.30pm got to 34C in the sun, at times the wind gusts did seem stronger than forecast.

This morning at 8am it was 16C, clear overhead a few scattered clouds in all directions, a light wind from the N and some condensation.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 24C at 2pm feeling like 26C
Cloud cover - 23 to 29% this morning dropping to 9% by 3pm so a sunny today
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts all day
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - Very high of 9 at 1pm
Humidity - averaging 65% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the N this morning at 19 to 22Kmph with gusts up to 37Kmph moving to come from the NNE / NE this afternoon at 24 to 28Kmph with gusts up to 44Kmph.

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[windermeregolfer]

1pm Update, there has been a lot more cloud than forecast during the morning but it is clearing and is now nice and sunny.

[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, much as forecast yesterday, sunny afternoon and windy.

This morning at 7.30am it was 16C, clear sky all around apart from the usual bank of cloud to the east over the sea, hardly a breath of wind and some condensation on the car.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 24C at 2pm feeling like 24C
Cloud cover - varying today at 39 to 100% but high and thin as hazy sunshine is forecast all day
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts all day
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - Very high of 6 from 11am for 2 hours
Humidity - averaging 68% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the N this morning at 20 to 24Kmph with gusts up to 39Kmph moving to come from the NNE this afternoon at 24 to 26Kmph with gusts up to 39Kmph.

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[windermeregolfer]

Very much as forecast, high thin cloud giving hazy sunshine, IMO the wind gusts have been stronger than forecast, a very nice day.

               

[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, this morning at 7.45am it was 15C, cloudless but very hazy sky which appears to be blocking the view of the rising sun, hardly a breath of wind and some condensation on the car.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 25C at 2pm feeling like 29C
Cloud cover - 0% this morning 16 to 57% from 2pm
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts all day
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - Very high of 9 at 1pm
Humidity - averaging 64% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the N this morning at 7 to 9Kmph with gusts up to 17Kmph moving to come from the NNE / E this afternoon at 7 to 13Kmph with gusts up to 19Kmph.

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[windermeregolfer]

Whilst there was no indication of it this morning on Accuweather indicating fair air conditions and Skiron Dust forecast not showing one a Calima has certainly arrived since lunchtime, with a good layer of dust on outside surfaces.

It has also been very warm and humid with little wind.

[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, last evening by 7.30pm there was a strong wind from the west that appears to have blown the Calima back towards the Sahara and this morning it is much clearer.  At 7.30am it was 19C, a lot of high thin cloud and again hardly a breath of wind.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 25C at 2pm feeling like 27C
Cloud cover - 87 to 100% all day
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts apart from 3pm to 5pm when it drops to 500mts
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - of only 4 from 12 noon until 3pm
Humidity - averaging 69% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the NW / NNW all day 11 to 13Kmph with gusts up to 24Kmph this morning increasing this afternoon at 13 to 30Kmph with gusts up to 44Kmph.

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[windermeregolfer]

Good morning from Caleta, IMO much better than forecast yesterday as there was less cloud than forecast and what there was was high and thin, at 6pm it was 28C in the shade and 35C in the sun.

This morning at 7.45am it was 17C, the sun was shining with only the odd cloud and a very light breeze.

Today's forecast from AccuWeather

Shade Temperature - Up to 23C at 2pm for 2 hors feeling like 24C
Cloud cover - 0 to 14% so on the whole a sunny day
Cloud Ceiling - 9100mts
Rain - 0% today
UV Factor - VERY HIGH of 10 today at 1pm
Humidity - averaging 60% today
Air Quality - FAIR all day
Visibility - Very good at 16Km+ today
Wind - From the N all day 19 to 33Kmph with gusts up to 50Kmph so a windy day.

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