Friday 16th December 2011 Weather & General Chat

[Spurry]

Woke up to a covering of wet snow, then about 11.00 it started again and snowed heavy for 2-3 hrs, we've still got a covering on the grass but everywhere is starting to freeze now, daytime max of 0.7c ..must admit i wasn't expecting this at all.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly cloudy and cold day with a few light snow showers this morning and one or two very light ones since 1700.

At 1800;

Temp', 0.5c

Max' today, 0.8c

Min' last night -0.1c

Grass min', -1.9c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, trace

Sunshine today, 0.27 hrs

Mean wind speed, 15 mph NW

8 oktas St and Cu

Vis',40 km

The thinnest possible scattering of fine snow on the ground

Very light snow shower falling.

[SteveB]

Pressure 995.0hPa

Temp 5.3c

Max Temp 6.2c

Min Temp 2.3c

Humidity 84%

Dewpoint 2.7c

Rainfall 5.6mm

Monthly Rainfall 55.9mm

[SnowObsessor90]

Woke up to a covering of wet snow, then about 11.00 it started again and snowed heavy for 2-3 hrs, we've still got a covering on the grass but everywhere is starting to freeze now, daytime max of 0.7c ..must admit i wasn't expecting this at all.

Pretty much the same as this really, has been over 1C for the last few hours which is higher than it was for most of the afternoon.

[Backtrack]

Maxed out at 2.0C, and the minimum (strange) looks like being 0.0C at 4:01pm this afternoon.

1.2C atm, hoping for a sharp fall soon!

[Mark Neal.]

Clear Skies- Currently 0.9c here in Headington,Oxford, Dew Point is @ -1c. Very chilly out there after todays rain/sleet/snow. Grass Frost forming rapidly now. Ice will be a problem in morning for most places in the United Kingdom.

[ZONE 51]

It snowed here in North Surrey this morning! , nothing settled though.

[TonyH]

Friday report (just got in)

Spells of mostly light sleet and rain last night. Ground frost by dawn. Covering of snow on adjacent higher ground.

Sunny intervals and occasional wintry showers (rain, sleet and hail), some heavy. Rather cold with a fresh NW wind.

Clear spells and a slight frost this evening.

Drove back from Llanelli recently through a sleet, rain and hail shower streamer that has now cleared east.

Min: 0.0c @ 0700

Max: 5.9c @ 1400

Rain yesterday: 7.5mm

Rain since 0900 Friday: 4.7mm

Currently: Clear spells, ground frost

Temp: 0.8c (as low as -0.7c @ midnight before the latest showers)

RH: 95%

Pressure: 1007mbar, rising slowly.

Edited December 17, 2011 by TonyH