Frost watch season 17/18

[Radiating Dendrite]

57 minutes ago, Nick L said:

This thread is likely to remain dormant for some time I fear! Getting minima below the teens is a struggle at the moment and will continue to be for the next week across much of southern Britain. I just want some chilly weather, that's all!

Yes, I was seeing lower minimums at the end of August. The 16th was the warmest average day here since August end also. 

Getting a sneaky suspicion this could be quite a mild and wet winter coming up!

[asjmcguire]

16 hours ago, Radiating Dendrite said:

Yes, I was seeing lower minimums at the end of August. The 16th was the warmest average day here since August end also. 

Getting a sneaky suspicion this could be quite a mild and wet winter coming up!

You must be wrong.... The Express tells us it's going to cold and snowy - and as we all know - The Express are ALWAYS correct when it comes to the over-the-top, not-at-all-disingenuous scary weather related headlines and stories......

[Jeremy Shockey]

we had a low of 2.5 c last night near Pocklington and our first decent ground frost of the season .........fantastic  

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

Bring on the frosts starting Sunday night!

[asjmcguire]

We managed 0.6C woohoo! ❄

[hillbilly]

5 degrees here last night but just 3 miles up on the hills around here it will have been down to 2 degrees and a groundfrost.,quite a change from what we have been having .

[Nick L]

Might have to scrape the car on the way home on Monday morning 

[Paul]

40 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Might have to scrape the car on the way home on Monday morning 

On the way home? Leaning out the window scraping as you drive?

[lassie23]

7c here in london at the moment

[Radiating Dendrite]

We are currently 4.4c - coldest temperature here this autumn. Perhaps a ground frost by morning though temperature has been steady for a little while so perhaps no further fall. 

[Nick L]

2 hours ago, Paul said:

On the way home? Leaning out the window scraping as you drive?

After effectively working a 7 day week, I wouldn't rule it out.

[cheese]

4.6C yesterday morning which was our lowest of the autumn so far. It's currently 8.8C and windy.

Frost on Monday morning possible.

Edited October 28, 2017 by cheese

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

It's feeling quite chilly here tonight for the first time since March. figures from Wunderground are showing 5.4c locally, although It'll still be a good few weeks still until I get a frost here I recon!

[Midlands Ice Age]

7 hours ago, SteveyKemp58 said:

It's feeling quite chilly here tonight for the first time since March. figures from Wunderground are showing 5.4c locally, although It'll still be a good few weeks still until I get a frost here I recon!

Steve..

I see this is your first post..

Welcome ......

I recorded a ground frost last night (min 2.4C), so we are (slowly) getting there.

Do you know your minimum?

 MIA

[Radiating Dendrite]

Well we ended up getting down to 3.5c here - probably a degree short of a ground frost. Think we could be close to an air frost on Sunday night. 

Of more importance though - yesterday was the first day to average below 10c here this autumn.

[MeophamWeather]

Sadly we only got down to 5.7c here in Meopham North Kent, whilst many other parts of Kent down to -1 and 0c,

Here are minimums from a selection of Met Office and Amateur stations I monitor, this morning:

[Frosty hollows]

First frost of the season here this morning. Walking to work at 7 am and there were patches of ground frost. 

[Chris.R]

 It’s probable I will receive my first frost tonight with an off-shore wind and clear skies. Should definitely beet 6.5°C for the autumn record so far at any rate. 

[damianslaw]

A widespread air frost in rural central and western parts looking probable overnight. The first of the season for many.

I suspect somewhere like Shap will be the coldest spot in England, about -3 degrees maybe.

[hillbilly]

Down to 4 degrees here ,already , the coldest this season has produced so far .

[Polar Maritime]

3c here.

[Chris.R]

 Already the coldest night of the autumn so far. 6.0°C, grass temp 3.2°C. 

[Frost HoIIow]

1.4C here, already equalling the coldest night so far this Autumn so certainly going to be a chilly one in the morning if skies remain clear for long enough. Sub zero easily achievable I reckon.

[iapennell]

The temperature has fallen to 1C at my home in the North Pennines. This is at 9.30 pm- and the delightful (!) Strato-cumulus has just formed, as I strongly suspected it might!  I think that means temperatures will not be falling and will probably increase during the night! Tonight was the last chance for an air -frost in October (tomorrow winds will turn to westerly and a warm front will bring milder air and cloud-cover for tomorrow night). 

So, it looks as this will make it another of those disgusting Octobers with no air-frost at all: Unless the skies miraculously clear and then stay clear whilst I sleep, that is! 

Wind veers to north or north-west with high-pressure moving in. In Octobers gone by you would be pretty much guaranteed clear night sky and frost where I live. These years, a northerly in October is almost unknown yet when it happens and high-pressure moves in- the air is more moist and less cold because of less Arctic ice at this time of year than there once was, low cloud has a great tendency to form over hills ( and other exposed locations) which nips any promising frost (even if forecast) in the bud!

I hate the way our climate has changed in recent years: A couple more totally frostless Autumns and mild winters with little snow or frost AND I AM DEFINITELY EMIGRATING. I went on holiday with my brother to Churchill in central northern Canada in February and I had a wonderful time. I am considering either moving there permanently or to somewhere in Arctic Sweden (it would not be difficult for me to learn the language as I know a smattering of Norwegian and have listened to a couple of Swedish pop songs last year -and can almost make out what the songs are about!).

PS: I am aware this is a Frost- Observation Site (or comment on the lack of it) but seeing the last possibility of an air-frost this October being totally Fluffed-Up by low cloud has led to me needing to vent my frustration - and to touch on the subject of leaving the country (because cloud-cover so readily comes in to mess up the rare potential occasions when air-frost could occur

 Ian Pennell 

 

Edited October 29, 2017 by iapennell

[iapennell]

Update, some good news from Nenthead in the North Pennines. 

The sky cleared out whilst I was venting my frustration at how the Strato-cumulus cloud was messing up the one decent chance of an air-frost in October.  The air-temperature has finally dropped to 0C!

My frustration has lifted!