The PIT

Dry cloudy mild start to the day. Temp 4.6C low 4.4C, Barometer 1031mb falling, Wind F2 NNE, Rainfall nill

Seems to have quietened down on there now. Dunno what they found wrong. Got our first little snow symbol for end of Monday. It's still outside the reliable time frame annoyingly the early push much weakened. From comments earlier in the week the setup should provide plenty of snow showers. We shall see.

Sunny Sheffield at 2.9C -1.4C one more at least of rising temps then a stall then it should start falling again. Rainfall at 32.5mm 54.1% of average. Looking almost certain we will be well below average this month.

A pleasant day with plenty of sunshine before cloud increased leading to a cloudy evening. Mild once again Max temp 9.1C now 7.2C low 5.8C, Barometer 1028mb rising, Wind F2 NNE, Rainfall Nil

mild and damp start Temp 6.9C, Barometer 1022mb rising, Wind F3 WNW, Rainfall Trace

Dull miserable day with the odd spot of rain through the day. Max temp 10.3C now 9.7C low 3.2C, Barometer 1020mb rising, Wind F3 WNW, Rainfall 1mm

Sunny Sheffield up to 2.6C -1.7C below normal. Rainfall 31.9mm 53.1% of normal.

Cloudy mild and damp Temp 7.2C, low 6.2C, Barometer 1018mb falling, Wind F1 SSW, Rainfall 0.4mm

ECM tonight throws a spanner in the works and fairly early as well. Hopefully it will be on it own.

We will know if the easterly is going tits up in the next few runs. No guarantee the high will end up favorably even now. It's case of wait and see and the next few runs are now very important.

Nothing is locked in yet. How many times have I heard phrases similar to that only for things to go tits up. The placement of the high is crucial and it still could end up in the wrong place for us.

Poor ECM over all. A hint that the really cold air could push south of us leaving on the edge grinding our teeth. Thankfully it's lala land and hopefully not a trend. So GFS 9/10, UKMO 8/10 ECM 5/10 must do better. Next few days will show whether this will be a beast from the east or just a little lamb that nobody really notices.

This one time you hope ECM is 3rd in the rankings for once deep cold stuck in fi land which isn't a good sign.

ECM oh dear I hope it was watching the spurs match. The placement of the high so far is the death knell. This may explain the earlier fresher comment.

UKMO pretty good as well

GFS delays the cold slightly then it brings it on. Afternoon forecast just mentioned getting fresher which would be the GFS outlook. All eyes ecm.

A cloudy cool day after a mild start. A few spots of rain early on then dry with thickening cloud ending up dull and grey Max temp 6.8C now 6.4C, Barometer 1022mb falling, Wind F2 SW, Rainfall Trace.

The last time we finished with a min below zero was March 2013 we may have a chance this month.

Davis vp2 with the 24hr fan for me everyday. Wireless unless you want to lay out cables. I'm using the up rated temperature humidity sensor which works well but humidity seems to be a bit off for some reason and reads a bit high. Temperature matches the Stephenson screen 99% of the time once or twice the readings are slightly different for reasons unknown. I was going to go for a full digital setup in the Stephenson screen but the cost is too much. Davis used to have an issue with the usb and this was mainly due to the cable connection and not drivers. I would still say serial is better but then you've got an issue of getting serial to usb converter that works properly. I'm going to tape the usb connector up as the connectors on the earlier versions would wear out and the slightest tap or movement on the cable would disconnect the usb connection. The other downside to Davis is they are expensive and you need to know how to use a soldering iron due to the boards blowing the supercap. Still a problem to this day. I've got a stack spare caps and a few units will most likely or not need a new fitting. The problem again is design issue and you've got a cap rated at 2.7C across a 3V line so they will pop eventually. The anemometer is more reliable these days and last several years. The last failed due UV and the casing started cracking. Since the it's on the Chimney it's hard to replace but I've got an alternative home for next time it goes.

GFS 06oz agrees with the ecm in keeping the cold air over us. Surprisingly good agreement at T240 as well.

Sunny Sheffield up to 2.5C -0.8C below normal. Rainfall 29.4mm 48.9% of average.

Some on here will remember the other beast of the east which marched down to T120 and then went tits up on all models on the next run. The cold down is the reliable time frame now so we are on but as to how cold is up in the air so to speak. As time goes on the power of the sun comes more into play as we had into spring but no guarantee the cold will be around then anyway. When I was younger we used to have great heavy snow showers followed by spring sun going from white out to bright sunshine and rapid thaw in minutes.

ECM drifting towards ukmo and gfs in not delivering the deep cold early on. Still cold mind you and good agreement. GFS develops a low pressure which manages to drift around against the air flow which looks plain wrong. GFS kills the cold off while ECM brings the deep freeze in lala land.

odd spot of rain earlier now dry but mostly cloudy Temp 3.4C, low 2.4C, Barometer 1024mb rising, Wind F2 SSW, Rainfall 0.9mm

Yup would be nice too see if entering the reliable time frame of T96. Still a cool down definite as to how much time will tell.