Friday 25th January 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A rare clear start and cold once again

temp -2.1C

Wind f3 SW

Rainfalll nil

[Coast]

0.6°C

1018.4 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 3.8 mph max N/NE

DP -1.9°C

Humidity 83%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1053 ft

Slight frost overnight, seems to be partially cloudy in the darkness

[Polar Continental]

Friday 25th January 2013:

Mostly cloudy overnight, low –2.7c with –5.7c on the snow. At observation, frosty, feeling cold in the moderate SE wind. Some cloud breaks appearing. Mean snow depth, 8.0c, 80%.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight -2.7°C

24-hour maximum 1.7°C

24-hour minimum: -2.7°C

Minimum temperature on snow / grass: -5.7°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 8.8 mph ESE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

6 Oktas: Stratocumulus, Cirrostratus.

Visibility: Moderate, about 7 miles.

Temperature: -0.8°C

Humidity: 92.1%

Dew point –1.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 SE

Barometer 1016 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

A notable feature of this lengthy cold spell here has been the persistent cloudiness, only a couple of short spells have seen cloud breaks, when that did occur on the 16^th and 22^nd the temperature plummeted over the snow cover. This cold spell would have been considerably more severe had there been more nights clear of cloud.

Another mostly overcast night, icy and frosty. Low just –1.0c with –2.2c on the snow. At observation, overcast with a few snow grains. Mean snow depth 8.5cm 85%. Staying overcast for the rest of the day, slow thaw.

January 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.4c (-1.3c) 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 28.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 9.7mm on the 20th

Maximum wind gust: 25.0 mph SE on the 17th.

2013 so far:

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly cloudy night but the cloud was thinner than recently and a few stars were visible at times. An increasing S wind later in the night causing slight low level drifting of the existing snow, filling in all the footprints.

At 0900;

Temp; -2.4c

24 hr max; -0.7c

24 hr min; -3.6c

Grass ( snow ) min; -7.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; trace

Mean wind speed; 20 mph S

7 oktas Cs, As, Sc

Vis; 20 km

Mean depth of undrifted snow; 18.3 cm ( 20 measurements )

[Kent Snow]

-0.3C, overcast, mist, wind from the S, 1019hPa. (Manston)

[hillbilly]

-7 at 5am now 1 deg cloudy just had 5 mins of sunshine.dont know where the snow is met office!!!!!!!!!!!

[marky810]

Another grey sub zero day with a 'high' of -0.6c and still a good snow cover. There were some v.light snow showers around the middle of the day.

The wind has now picked up due to the incoming front and it feels bitterly cold.

[ARTDEMOLE]

1.7ºC, Southerly breeze 12mph...Spots of rain falling.

[Snowyowl9]

Coldest night of this solid snowy spell at -2.3c

Max today was lower than most days this past week at 0.4c

Wind become fresh/strong with drifting of lying snow,really dried it out from the SSE and blowing it all on the roads,only a brief patch of light snow late morning yet.

Currently watching some drifting on our lawn in the strong gusts of wind.

Down on by the severn the snow is a wet feel to it and thawing slowly.

[The PIT]

A dry and once again mostly cloudy day.

Max temp 1.3C

Wind f4 SSW

Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy day with a few light snow flurries this afternoon after a dry morning. Light-moderate snow set in around 1700, with slight drifting in the fresh S wind.

At 1800;

Temp; -1.5c

Max' today; -0.6c

Min' last night; -3.6c

Grass ( snow ) min; -7.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800 ( waiting for snow from gauge to melt )

Sunshine today, 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed, 25 mph S

Highest gust today; 37 mph S at 1816

8 oktas Ns

Continuous light-moderate snow

Vis; 1500 mts

Mean depth of undrifted snow; 18.2 cm.

[hillbilly]

finally snowing 2 inch fresh snow so far in last hour see what morning brings shame they forcast the rain tomorrow just getting used to it

[Stargazer]

Cloudy last night and all day today, just missing an air frost yet again. Dry up to about an hour ago, now raining steadily with none of the expected sleet or snow in the mix. Current conditions: moderate rain, 3.3 deg C, wind moderate SE. Today's maximum 3.4, last night's minimum 0.0.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and frost last night, cloudy well before dawn.

Spells of light sleet and rain 0900 - 1900, very heavy to torrential 19-2100.

Cold and raw with a fresh to strong SSE wind, became milder during this evening, squally winds veered NW late evening.

Min: -3.3c @ 0130

Max: 7.2c @ 2300

Rain yesterday: Trace