Thursday 24th February 2005

[johnholmes]

here=donny

stopped sleety rain and even a cloud break visible to east,almost nil snow left in back, max 2.7C, the coldest this winter. I have had 6 consecutive mornings with snow lying, each time it goes, but on each night its got replenished. I must look in my records to see when this last happened here this late in winter.

Mean temp for the last 6 days=2.5C having been 6.1C before, mean now down to 5.1C

[GrimReaper]

At 17:15

Temp is 0.0c

Wind NE about 15kts

Total cloud cover Nimbostratus

Continuous snow all day - mostly light for the last hour

Snow has continued to thaw - and is very wet but still about 7cm on the grass.

Roads around Ashbourne are clear and the snow is now too wet to drift - expcept much higher up - check out the reports by Terminal Moriane

[Paulworld]

What a day,I have seen damp drizzly conditions this morning followed by Whiteout conditions this afternoon now just patchy snow.

Temp -0.1C

Pressure 1011MB rising

Clear and cold.

Paul

[Terminal Moraine]

Snow stopped here at 1900 after falling for 23 hours continuously.

Much of the snow was light or moderate and there was a slow thaw of lying snow from beneath due to unfrozen ground, for this reason the snowfall today added only another 6cm or so the total. This is verified by the 2cm depth soil temperature which has risen from 0.0c on the 21st to 0.6c today, this temperature rise has occurred due to the insulating properties of the snow and heat being advected from warmer soil beneath ( temp' at 1m depth is 5.6c )

There was continuous drifting of the snow throughout the day, drifts are commonly 1-1.5m deep with some up to 1.8m.

Temp' at 1800 0.1c

Max' today 0.2c

Min' today -1.9c

Grass min' -2.5c

Sunshine today nil

Mean wind speed at 1800 26 mph NE, gusting to 36

Highest gust today 42 mph at 1203

Vis' at 1800 600m due to blowing snow

Average undrifted depth 25.0cm

8 oktas nimbostratus with continuous moderate snow falling and moderate drifting snow.

Barometer 1015.1mb, steady.

T.M

[J10]

Light snow/ice pellets today, but surprisingly dry at 5pm.

Now dry but with a distinctly orange sky.

[Shanice]

Report for Thursday 24th February 2005: Pollards Hill, Surrey

Current Conditions: (Recordings taken at 12.0 Midnight)

Light Snow

Temp: 0.3c

Humidity: 88%

Barometer Reading: 1015 Rising

Wind: ENE/9mph

Past 24 Hours Recordings

Drizzly Rain and Sleet Thru the day, Light Snow this evening giving a light covering.

Max Temp: 2.9c

Min Temp: -0.4c

Rainfall: 3mm

The Month So Far....

Max Temp Avg: 8.18c (-0.91c below normal)

Min Temp Avg: 3.1c (-0.07c below normal)

Mean Temp Avg: 5.64c (-0.49c below normal)

Highest Daytime Max Temp: 13.7c on the 12th

Lowest Night Min Temp: -0.7c on the 20th

Highest 24 Hours Rainfall: 6mm on the 22nd

Total February Rainfall: 23mm

The Year So Far.....

Highest Daytime Max Temp: 13.8c on 7th January

Lowest Night Min Temp: -0.7c on 20th February

Highest 24 Hours Rainfall: 6mm on 10th January and 22nd February

Total Year Rainfall: 50mm