Saturday 8th January weather observations

[Summer Sun]

A cold and frosty night with clear skies and calm

Temp -0.2c

[The PIT]

Light rain to welcome in the weekend

Temp 3.4C, low 2C, Barometer 999mb falling rapidly, Wind F3 SSW, Rainfall 0.6mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A couple more brief snow showers yesterday evening but it was dry by 1930. Clear spells at first but thickening cloud from late evening onward eventually brought light-moderate rain by about 0500, accompanied by thick fog. A steady thaw of lying snow now underway.

At 0900

Temp; 4.0c

24 hr max; 4.0c

24 hr min; -0.4c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 5.2 mm

 Mean wind speed; 19 mph S

Sky obscured by fog

 Vis; 200 mts

 Continuous light rain

Mean depth of lying snow; 3.6 cm. 90% cover

[johnholmes]

A dry night with increasing cloud. This cleared the evening ground frost. A low of 1.9 C; cloudy now with the odd drop of rain, just about enough to dampen the surface.

[Summer Sun]

Steady light rain with a gusty south to south westerly wind

Temp 2.5c

[The PIT]

Some morning rain drying out through the afternoon

Max temp 7.9C, now 5.9C, Barometer 988mb falling slowly, Wind F3 WNW, Rainfall 5.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A wet and foggy morning with a few brief bursts of heavy rain towards midday as the cold front moved through. Mainly dry and cloudy from 1300 but a few brief showers have moved in from the west since sunset.

At 1800

 Temp; 4.0c

Max today; 7.0c

Min last night; -0.4c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.0c

 Rainfall from 0900-1800; 6.6 mm

 Sunshine today; 0.0 hrs

Mean wind speed; 23 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 43 mph W at 1213

8 oktas Ns

 Vis; 30 km

Light-moderate rain showers

[hillbilly]

Showers and spells of rain becoming drier later,breezy.