Todays Weather And General Chat

[sunny scunny]

Misty and cold with a current temp of -1c.

[Optimus Prime]

Chilly with a white frost. Currently +1.6c.

It's been a proper winter month down here. My mean is running at 3.4c with mean maximum being particularly low. I should think my mean Max will be more then 2c below normal while minima perhaps not dropping away or even rising by months end.

January this year had the lowest mean max of 5.6c. Should beat that.

[Guest]

Just about 0C at Watford and a lovely clear night - it will be interesting to see what the next couple of days bring - apparently we are in the betwixt and between area - I suspect that if the precipitation starts off as snow and it falls heavy enough it will be sufficient to drop the freezing level to ground, hence it should start to settle - we will see.

The other interesting thing is that during the last snow episode many of the main roads in Herts did not appear to have been salted, however on the last couple of nights the gritters appear to have been working overtime.

I wonder if they have brought out a health and safety rule which forbids them from gritting when the roads are actually icy or snow covered!

[NorthernRab]

-11'C in Inverness, Scottish Highlands.

[Methuselah]

Cloudy with occasional snow showers running-in off the Firth, -4C...

[SteveB]

Cloudy with sleet

Temp 2.9c

Humidity 93%

Dewpoint 1.8c

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy and dry after an early frost.

Current temp is 3c.

[Kent Snow]

3.5C, rain, overcast, grey, wind from the E, 997mb.

[Coast]

4.4 DgC

996.3 mb falling 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 9.5 mph gusting 20.0 mph max E

DP 3.2 DgC

Humidity 92%

1.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 489 ft

Grey and drab start to the day with rain on and off

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick freezing fog all night which has only thinned to mist in the last half hour. A dusting of snow grains earlier this morning but currently it's dry and overcast with a temp' of 0.4c. The min' last night was -0.7c.

Mean wind speed is 13 mph E.

[Polar Continental]

The temperature climbed to 2.0c as cloud increased through the early hours. A cold and dry start with a fresh north east wind. Light rain set in around 08:30 GMT At observation, cold and windy with light rain.

Note: Now going in to the 12th day with the ground still frozen hard.

Sky:8 Oktas, Stratus.

Temperature: 2.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 NE.

Humidity: 93%

Barometer: 1000mb falling.

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

Maximum temperature: 2.0°C

Minimum temperature: -1.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.6°C

Rainfall total: 0.1mm

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Yesterday:

A cold start with thick freezing fog, low, -2.0c and –5.3c on the grass. Fog persisted for much of the day, though the sun was visible for the most part. Cold, with the maximum temperature briefly touching 1.0c, but quickly fell back to freezing around the early afternoon. The fog cleared by evening, but continued frosty with clear periods.

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December 2009 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.5c (-1.8 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 = 57.1mm

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: = 733.0mm

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

Maximum wind gust: 46mph 23rd March.

[BornFromTheVoid]

Currently 2.2C with light rain. Dew point 1.7C, wind 22km/h from the east and air pressure of 989.7hPa.

[Marduk]

Currently -8°c, cloudy skies and light winds.

It seems that those conditions will prevail during the whole day with some

chill during next night, -15°c to -20°c is not unlikely if the clouds could move away.

[meerkat63]

Temp. 2.9c

Dewpoint 1.0c

Mean wind speed 10 mph

Humidity 89%

994.2mb

Cloudy & breezy.

[The PIT]

Dull Misty and rubbish.

Temp 1.4c rising slowly

Dew point 1.1C and rising slowly

winds light NE F1

[Stargazer]

Moderate rain, temperature firmly stuck at around 3 deg C, after a brief dip to 1.0 yesterday evening with a ground frost. Wind moderate E.

Edited December 29, 2009 by Stargazer

[Gleno-South Coast]

Cool and moderate rain and 3.9c here nr Eastleigh.

Looking at various weathercams over the southern half of the country,this rain seems to want to stay falling as rain,even in the forecasted areas Wales/Midlands etc!!

[grab my graupel]

Cool and cloudy

Wind Speed 4 mph

Wind Gust 4.5 mph

Wind Direction 45.0 °

Temperature 3.5 °C

Wind Chill 4.0 °C

Dew Point 4.0 °C

Humidity 97.0 %

Pressure 999.0 mBars

Rainfall .4 mm

[Polar Continental]

Light to moderate rain has turned to sleet in the last half hour, current mix around 50%, temperature 1.8c and falling. Wind force 5 NE.

[Snowyowl9]

A min of 0.1c but with thick freezing fog all night which then gave a power cut this morning, nearly

1 inch of rime/ice of the wires and trees higher up :lol: which has now blown off in the fresh/strong east wind.

Also woke to a dusting of snow which I didn`t expect,been snowing on and off all morning but not that heavy moderate now,slight patchy covering in places.

[Marcus_surfer]

horrible cold, woke up to very wet and windy conditions, not what i wanted. Heavy rain at times, turning to sleet and hail occasionally

[Kiwi]

Yuk here

Rain, tep 3.8c, dp 1.9c

[johnholmes]

cloudy all day here with just the briefest glimpses of the sun through various cloud layers at times-temp on 2.7C from a low, since midnight, of -1.6C, the 11th air frost since 17 December.

[Methuselah]

Dry with inversion-cloud starting to form, -3C and frozen solid!

[Kent Snow]

3.7C, lashing rain, stratus, overcast, wind from the E, 993mb.