Sunday 20th January 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

Overnight low of -2.1c, a few light snow showers this morning. 20cm 100% Snow cover.

Current Temp -1.8c

Dew Point -2.9c

Wind Chill -3.6c E/N/E 4mph Gusting 14mph

Edited January 20, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Coast]

-0.6 °C

993.9 mb falling 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 3.3 mph gusting 16.3 mph max NE

Windchill -1.9°C

DP -3.3°C

Humidity 81%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1179ft

Light snow blowing in the wind

[johnholmes]

dry, cloudy, no wind, a low of 0.6C which is the first time since Monday no air frost

snow depth 2cm with 100% cover

off skiing today and I think its the first time in 27 years that I will be leaving with a snow cover, wonder if it will be still here on 2 February?

Edited January 20, 2013 by johnholmes

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with intermittent light snow or grain snow. Slightly less cold than yesterday morning but windier.

At 0900;

Temp; -1.6c

24 hr max; -1.6c

24 hr min; -2.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -2.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.5 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NE

8 oktas St

Light snow grains and flakes

Vis', 12 km

Mean depth of level snow; 16.4cm

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 20th January 2013:

Remaining mostly overcast overnight, preventing the temperature from falling lower than –1.4c with –3.4c on the snow. At observation overcast, icy. Temperature just hit 0.0c the highest for the 24 hour period, so just missing out on another ice day. Light snow grains adding a dusting to the existing cover. Mean snow depth, 7cm 90%

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: -0.2°C

Minimum temperature overnight -1.4°C

24-hour maximum 0.0°C

24-hour minimum: -1.4°C

Minimum temperature on snow / grass: -3.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 19.5 mph ENE

Rainfall total: 0.2mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratus.

Visibility: poor, 3 miles.

Temperature: 0.0°C

Humidity: 88.6%

Dew point –1.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 NE

Barometer 999 mb: Trend: falling slowly.

Yesterday:

Only the odd flake of snow since last evening. Also the temperature has been slowly rising since 18:00 GMT yesterdayt, so the minimum of –3.0c occurred during daytime, the maximum of –0.9c around dawn. At observation, cloudy, slight snow, ground covered by a mean depth of 10cm of snow 100%. Cloudy icy and dull with a few light snow shower, later these turned to sleet and freezing drizzle, although the temperature remained a little below zero.

January 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.2c (-0.5c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 12.5c on the 3rd

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16th

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th

Rainfall 16.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 5.4mm on the 18th

Maximum wind gust: 24.2 mph W on the 1st.

2013 so far:

[Methuselah]

Dry, cold and windy, -1C. Needless to say, not a single grain or flake of snow to be seen!

Edited January 20, 2013 by Rybris Ponce

[The PIT]

Slow thaw in place one or flakes of snow coming from the sky.

Temp 0.2C Min temp -1.1C which was yesterday morning

Wind F2 NNE

Rainfall 1.2mm as Snow

[sunsetter]

Dry and overcast

current temp -1.0°C

pressure 995.5 mb

dewpoint -3.0°C

wind 2.5 mph NNE

gust 7.9 mph NE

cloud base 837ft

[Kent Snow]

0.1C, light snow, overcast, wind from the NE, 993hPa.

[marky810]

Overcast with a light south easterly.

-0.7c and still about 3in of lying snow.

[Zenarcher]

Weather: Cloudy dry.

Wind: 22mph South East.

Temp: 2.5c.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Over head cloud. Bright.Calm ..-0.3ºC. Plenty of snow cover.

[BARRY]

pressure 996.6 falling fast now at 996.2

temp - 1.2c

dew point - 3.4c

wind chill - 4.3c

wind NNW force 2

Edited January 20, 2013 by BARRY

[Stargazer]

Remaining very cold, with light snow showers in the morning and snizzle in the afternoon. A slight thaw in the afternoon but the snow cover is still around 5cm. Maximum 2.0, minimum -1.4. Wind light N.

[Terminal Moraine]

Overcast and cold with a moderate-fresh NE wind and a few light flurries of snow or snow grains.

At 1800;

Temp'; -1.1c

Max' today; -1.1c

Min' last night; -2.5c

Grass ( snow ) min' ; -2.7c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph NE

Highest gust today; 38 mph NE at 1333

8 oktas St

A few flakes of fine snow falling

Vis' ; 20 km

Mean depth of level snow; 15.5 cm

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a slight frost last night.

Bright intervals first thing, then cloudy but mainly dry. Very cold but a slow thaw. Light SE breeze.

Min: -2.2c @ 0830

Max: 1.1c @ 1300

Rain yesterday and today: Trace

Currently: Cloudy slight frost.

Temp: -0.4c

RH: 90%

Pressure: 994mbar, falling slowly

And Saturday:

[Kent Snow]

-1.8C, cold, snowy, wind light, 993hPa.

[Polar Maritime]

Light snow showers all day now turned to heavy persistent snow.

Temp -1.3c

Dew Point -1.8c

Wind Chill -2.9c East 4mph Gusting 12mph

[Polar Maritime]

Snow now turned light with odd mod burst..