Friday 14th December 2012- Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Horrid start to the day with freezing rain overnight leaving a skating ring

Temp -0.8C

Wind f1 ESE

Rainfall trace but frozen anyway so maybe more

[BARRY]

temp 9.1c

pressure 97.6 falling

wind sse 39.6 mph

highest gust 52 mph

rain 2.1mm

[Coast]

7.6°C

989.9 mb falling 1.4 mb/hr

Wind 17.3 mph gusting 28.0 mph max S

DP 5.6°C

Humidity 87%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 835 ft

Breezy but milder

[Methuselah]

Dry, cloudy and breezy, 7.9C...

[GulberwickWeather]

Overcast and wind steadily increasing.

Temp: 3.3C

Dew: 2.4C

Wind: ESE @ 17.2kts

Top gust: E @ 29.8kts

Pressure: 996.8 hPa (falling)

Humidity: 93%

Rainfall: 1.2mm

[johnholmes]

Certainly not been outside yet but everywhere 'looks' wet after slight rain overnight with a breeze from the SE, temperature is 2.5C, after the fog cleared late evening; frost with a low of -3.2C at 2100 and still -2.3C at 2400.

0510 when it got above zero C.

[Bradowl]

Very dangerous conditions around here. Freezing drizzle. Roads are like a skating rink.

[Polar Continental]

Friday 14th December 2012:

Cloudy overnight with the temperature slowly climbing from a sub-zero lifting the frost to around 2.5c around dawn. Light rain and drizzle set in around 04:30 GMT. Rain and drizzle died out before observation, now overcast, breezy, thaw. Fog, visibility <500 yds. The temperature is 3.5c which is also the 24 hour maximum.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: -0.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight: -2.5°C

24-hour maximum 3.5°C

24-hour minimum: -4.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -4.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 11.7mph E

Rainfall total: 0.4mm.

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratus. Fog.

Visibility: very poor < 500yards.

Temperature: 3.5°C

Humidity: 96.6%

Dew point 3.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5E

Barometer 985.4 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Clear spells developed overnight allowing another widespread severe frost. Low –5.0c with

–10.0c on the grass. At observation, very frosty, turning partly cloudy. Despite good sunny spells through the day the temperature only managed a high of –0.7c to 18:00 GMT. Persistent frost. Cloud increased from the south-east around dusk preventing the temperature falling away as previous nights.

December 2012 so far:

Mean temperature: 1.1c (-3.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.0c on the 9th

Minimum temperature: -5.0c on the 6th

Grass Minimum: -10.0c on the 13th

Rainfall 23.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 8.9 mm on the 6th

Maximum wind gust: 22.1 mph WSW on the 3rd.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 29.0c on the 24th July.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th Feb

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4^th Feb

Rainfall = 881.2 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 30.7mm on the 24th November

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[marky810]

-2.0c in freezing fog with a moderate easterly making it feel bitterly cold.

Roads and paths are covered with a sheet of ice and probably the worst I've seen in 25 yrs of motoring.

People are on their hands and knees and I saw a few abandoned vehicles on the journey in.

[SnowdropMay28]

It's snowed here in Newcastle this morning,it's absolutely freezing.

[Gibby]

Back to reality this morning. Dark, dank, wet, miserable, mild and windy.. Welcome to the real world of a standard British winter day for the UK. 6.8C currently with 5.2mm of rain already on the gauge.

http://www.norton-radstockweather.co.uk/page8.htm

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature

Temperature 5.1 °C

Windchill 3 °C

Dew Point 4.6 °C

Wind

Wind Speed (avg) 3.0 mph

Wind Speed (gust) 11.0 mph

Wind Bearing 120° ESE

Conditions

Pressure 984.90 mb (Falling Rapidly -1.93 mb/hr)

Clouds Mostly Cloudy (Cloudbase 204 ft)

Moisture

Humidity 97%

Rainfall 0 mm

Damp and dreary

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and cloudy night with hill fog developing from late evening. Freezing drizzle set in during the early hours making all untreated surfaces lethally icy.

Currently overcast with thick fog and continuous light drizzle. All the rime is gone from the trees but the ground and grass is still thick with it.

At 0900;

Temp', 1.0c

24 hr max', 1.0c

24 hr min', -4.6c

Overnight min', -3.4c

Grass min', -3.2c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 0.8 mm

Mean wind speed, 20 mph E

Vis', 60 yds.

[Kent Snow]

6.4C, rain, overcast, wind from the SE, 984hPa.

[Andy Bown]

Dull,light rain, nearly half an inch has fallen so far today, breezy, nearing the highest temp so far this month at 9.0c !

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous moderate-heavy rain this morning accompanied by a strong E wind gusting to 46 mph, and with thick hill fog above 290 m. Current temp' is 3.4c and all the ice has thawed.

[ARTDEMOLE]

8.8c.Heavy downpours.Barometer dropped to stormy..

[GulberwickWeather]

Windy with alternating rain, sleet & wet snow.

Temp: 4C

Dew: 2.4C

Wind: ESE @ 20.7kts

Top gust: E @ 47kts

Pressure: 992.9 hPa (Falling)

Rainfall: 1.2mm

[Methuselah]

Bissing it down, 9C...

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Cloudy but still dry, did get an hours worth of rain yesterday evening though.

Wind: 25mph gusting to 35mph.

Temp: 5c.

[The PIT]

Thankfully temperatures rose rapidly this morning so things were improving quickly by 9.00am

Max temp 5.3C and rising

Winds F3 SSW

Rainfall 16.4mm

[johnholmes]

no freezing rain here thankfully but it caused lots of problems higher up to the NW, Leeds, Bradford areas reading the local thread. Up to 6C and the rain has largely cleared for the time being.

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous moderate-heavy rain from 0945 this morning until around 1400. A short break in the rain early this afternoon then further moderate-heavy rain later this afternoon and this evening. Thick fog all day, clearing by about 1830.

A strong E wind this morning, decreasing rapidly and veering S/SW once the first area of rain had passed.

At 1800;

Temp', 5.2c

Max' today, 5.2c

Min' last night, -3.4c

Grass min', -3.2c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, 19.1 mm

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed, 10 mph S/SW

Highest gust today, 46 mph E at 1132

Sky obscured by fog

Continuous moderate rain

Vis', 100 mts.

[laserguy]

-2.0c in freezing fog with a moderate easterly making it feel bitterly cold.

Roads and paths are covered with a sheet of ice and probably the worst I've seen in 25 yrs of motoring.

People are on their hands and knees and I saw a few abandoned vehicles on the journey in.

Woke up to raised voices outside my window this morning. Looked out and saw a group of folk surrounding a very posh car parked in the middle of the road,perpendicular to the normal flow of traffic. No idea what was going on but one guy set off walking up the road with a bucket which he had presumably got from a resident. Came back ten minutes later and was doing something around the car, still didn't register what. All became clear when I set out the door for school with my lad and we both promptly fell on our butts - a scenario repeated maybe half a dozen times on the walk to school. Cars were piled up all over our very steep road 'cos of the incredible layer of ice. Ain't seen it like that for many a year. The guy with the bucket was walking up the road to get some grit...

[Stargazer]

Overcast, windy and much milder than recently. Rain all day, occasionally heavy, finally cleared after dark. Currently partly cloudy, 6.2 deg C, wind moderate SW. Today's maximum 9.9, last night's minimum 0.0.