Todays Weather And General Chat

[MAF]

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[Guest]

At Watford we have freezing fog - vis about 500 metres and temp approx -1.5C.

As an aside, is the long range weather forecast for the rest of the winter ready yet. I suspect that you may have been rather busy lately what with a very borderline weather situation but I would like to see your thoughts.

I have an interest inasmuch as I am planning to drive to the South of France in Mid Feb, via the A75 through the Massif.

I expect the higher parts will look very pretty but hoping the French will keep the roads open.

If it is mild there may not be any snow at all but if we get a full blooded easterly temps could drop to a -20C or lower.

Edited December 23, 2009 by mike Meehan

[SP1986]

cold, frosty, icy. +0.3C at the moment.

[thewirral]

-1.0 in Angelsey

[SteveB]

Dy cold start

Temp -1.5c

[Snowfan50]

Very icy and frosty in barnstaple and -1c, and now its very light rain, dont know how its raining at -1c bloody hell.

[Polar Continental]

Very icy and frosty in barnstaple and -1c, and now its very light rain, dont know how its raining at -1c bloody hell.

You are experiencing rain because of an inversion Snowfan. Over the south the air is now warmer at 850hpa, around 0 to +2c.

The air at the surface is still cold, this often happens during a transition from cold to less cold.

[johnholmes]

cloudless sky min -2.3C with a noticeable S'ly breeze picking up

[snowingtequila]

Minimum of -7 last night, need to confirm this in the weather station at work as it seems very cold! is very icy everywhere though

[sunny scunny]

Clear and cold with a current temp of -2c.

[Coast]

2.9 DgC

1023.6 mb falling 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 4.5 mph gusting 9.6 mph max N

DP 2.1 DgC

Humidity 85%

0.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 948 ft

Many main routes and side roads through Sussex closed as the temps fell away to -2.0 DgC as I headed North.

[snow drift]

Black ice about 2mm thick on everything. Roads are closed in many places. I have a gravel drive which is smooth with ice. The term ice rink is over used but this is what it is like.

[Optimus Prime]

Lowest in the end was -6.5c and so my second lowest reading on record. Not beating -8.4c. Currently -5.3c.

[Methuselah]

Dry with a v. light N wind, cloud slowly clearing from the North...temp. around 2C...

[jmackenz]

A heavy fall of wet snow overnight, 1.8°C. Feels like: -1.4°C.

Humidity: 93% . Dewpoint: 0.8°C.

Wind (10 min. avg. high): NW at 11.0mph. Today's rain: 2.5mm.

Rain Rate: 1.3mm/hr. Solar Radiation: 23W/m².

Barometer: 978.1 mb and Rising Rapidly .

[Polar Continental]

A moderate frost, low –4.3c, grass minimum –7.2c.

Sky:1 Okta, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus.

Temperature: -3.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 SE.

Humidity: 93%

Barometer: 991mb steady.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 0900 GMT:

Maximum temperature: 1.6°C

Minimum temperature: -4.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -7.2°C

Rainfall total: trace mm

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Yesterday:

A cloudy period during the early part of the night put the breaks on what was an initially a rapidly falling temperature. As the cloud gradually dispersed after midnight, the temperature resumed its fall, but at a slower rate, as freezing fog formed throughout the area. Low –3.0c, grass minimum –5.3c.

At observation: There is still a slight snow cover in shaded areas which has now lingered for 5 days. Fog has cleared, now sunny. A mostly sunny but cold day followed. Maximum temperature 1.6c. Maximum wind gust 18mph SSW.

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December 2009 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.9c (-1.4 of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 11.9c on the 5th

Minimum temperature: -8.3c on the 19th

Grass Minimum: -10.0c on the 19th

Rainfall = 50.6mm

Wettest 24 hours: on the 5th, 19.3mm

Maximum wind gust: 40mph ESE on the 7th.

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2009 so far:

Maximum temperature: 30.4c on the 1st July.

Minimum temperature: –8.3 on the 10th December

Grass Minimum: –10.0c on the 19th December

Rainfall: = 726.5mm

Wettest 24 hours: 23.3mm on the 7th June.

Maximum wind gust: 46mph 23rd March.

[Kent Snow]

1.1C, light rain, icy, wind from the S, 992mb.

[M'Lady]

Mostly sunny, some clouds. Frosty and icy.

Overnight low 1.2c

Current temperature 5.1c (???)

Wind chill 5.1c

Dew point 3.0c

Humidity 86%

Pressure 987.1hPa

Average wind speed 0.7mph

Maximum gust speed 2.2mph

Rainfall last 24 hours 6.9mm

[Verglas]

bright clear morning, sunshine is affecting the reading from the weather station (must make a better screen than the original or put it in the shade when I move it to a better position), temp in the shade +3.5c

Conditions at local time 10:39 on 23 December 2009

Temperature and Humidity

Temperature 7.1 °C Dew Point 2.7 °C

Windchill 6.1 °C Humidity 74%

Heat Index 7.1 °C

Rainfall

Rainfall Today 0.3 mm Rainfall Rate 0.0 mm/hr

Rainfall This Month 139.2 mm Rainfall This Year 389.7 mm

Rainfall Last Hour 0.0 mm

Wind

Wind Speed (gust) 5.1 mph Wind Speed (avg) 3.7 mph

Wind Bearing 336° NNW Beaufort F2 Light breeze

Pressure

Barometer 986.6 hPa Rising slowly +0.5 hPa/hr

Edited December 23, 2009 by Verglas

[Stargazer]

When I left the house at 8.00 it was -5.0 deg C and mainly cloudy. Last night's minimum of -5.6 was the lowest since January and the third lowest recorded since I moved to Reading in 2002 (still haven't beaten January 2003's low of -6.4 yet).

Some beautiful frost on the car windows first thing this morning (see picture). It seemed a shame to scrape it off...

Edited December 23, 2009 by Stargazer

[conor123]

Slightly different to the past few mornings in that the sky is covered in thickening high cloud which is making the sunshine very hazy.

Temp -0.3c

[Wynn D Woo]

Frosty, icy but sunny start today, overnight low -6.4°C.

Current temp -0.3°C

Humidity 92%

Pressure 989mb

Edited December 23, 2009 by windswept

[Polar Gael]

A cold, crisp and brightish day here in Shawlands on the south side of Glasgow.

Currently 0.3C. Overnight low of -3.8C (coldest of the winter so far and pretty good, considering that Shawlands appears to be a veritable heat island!).

4 inches (10cm) of level snow lying and it's going nowhere - a veritable Winter Wonderland outside! :lol:

Edited December 23, 2009 by Polar Gael

[Kent Snow]

2.9C, light rain, broken cumulus, wind from the S, 992mb.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 1c

Outdoor humidity 82%

Pressure 985mb

Wind direction South West

Wind speed 0mph

Cloud Height 1042ft

Wet Bulb -1c

Total rainfall This Month 50mm

Dew Point -3c

Wind Chill 1c

Weather Partly cloudy sunny spells dry bright