Friday 04th March 2005

[SnowShoeHare]

Please post your current conditions reports for today here.

Thanks.

Just starting up for today..

(We're just inside the M25 directly north of London)

Currently very dry and very cold..

Temps -4.8oC

Humidity 91%

Pressure 1003

Keeping my eye on the radar..

(Not as cold as Sunday night / Monday morning where I recorded my lowest temperature of -6.8oC)

Edited March 4, 2005 by Paul B

[donvanallen]

Mild tonight here in Newcastle!! For once!

Temp: 3c

Sleety rain, Washing all the snow away!

[Verglas]

01.15am

steady rain after a glorious sunny day with clear blue sky.

Temp 6.6ºC

Barometer 1017 falling

light breeze

[The PIT]

Early light rain now mainly dry temps 3.6c and rising rapidly. 1.8C in 3/4 hour.

[full_frontal_occlusion]

Crowborough, East Sussex 220mASL

0715rs Friday 4/3/05

Overcast, light breeze, cold.

Coldest night of the year so far with temperatures falling to -6C and -9C dewpoint. Convective cloud fed on a NE wind from the North Sea, brought a mixture of sunshine and snow showers yesterday, giving several dustings on top of the lying snow. Surprisingly hardly any thaw is evident except from the tops of trees where the snow was mostly blown in the wind. With the temperatures pegged to around freezing for much of the day, side roads are still clogged in very icy conditions. Schools look to be shut for a third day today.

The band of cloud associated with an approaching warm front, will cross the SE this morning with sleet and snow on it's leading edge as it hits the cold air of snowfields in Kent and Sussex. Winds will strengthen from the NW and gusting to 30kts is possible. Behind the front, the snow will turn to rain for a time and a thaw will commence, but before long a cold front will once again cross the country bringing drier but colder conditions for Saturday.

Expected high of 3C as the warm front moves in this afternoon, feeling like -1C with windchill.

-4.1C (min -6.0C @04:12) windchill -4.2C

4kts WSW (10 minute average); gusting 7kts (1 minute average over last hour); max gust 12kts @ 06:08

0.0mm/hr last hour; max 0.0mm/min over last 12hrs; total 0.00mm/12hrs

1014.5hPa msl corrected, trend falling, -0.8hPa/hr

81% humidity

-8.9C dewpoint (-5.8C wetbulb)

Edited March 4, 2005 by full_frontal_occlusion

[Bubbles]

Morning all

No snow when I first got up at 5.50, but by 6.20am it was snowing hard, and we now have a covering. It’s slowly turning to rain now as long as it doesn’t freeze.

Readings at 7.00 am 04.03.05

Temp –05.c steady 77% rh steady

Soil temp 0.7c steady

Pressure 1013mb abd falling

Wind from North and calm

Gizmo forecasts Snow

24hour high 2.9c 83% rh

24 hour low –3.0c 55%rh

[deehamps]

Heavy snow here about 2cm's lying on ground. No wind whatsever

[johnholmes]

naturally no snow, a bit of sleet when it started around 3am then some rain, not much, temp now at 4.5C and rising after a min of -0.5c around midnight.

[neptune]

Morning all.

Currently dry and overcast - not sure what lies ahead but will be keeping an eye on the radar

Temp -0.9°C

Dewpoint -4.3°C

Humidity 78%

Wind S at 11.0 mph

Barometer 1014.2 mb & Falling

Wind Chill -6.1°C

[Lincs Observation]

Good morning we have heavy snow here in luton,traffic disruption on all the major roads around luton and dunstable the A1 at letchworth down to WGCity is at a standstill and the NW section of the M25 is slow due to heavy snow.

all the roads have snow undercut with ice and i think there are delays at luton airport.

the snow is due to clear later and turn to rain.

[deehamps]

Still snowing heavy here. No signs of letting up. The gritters have been working round the clock last night and no problems reported on the M4/M25 interchange just reduced visablity. How long is this due to last before it converts to rain. Its still very cold here.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

4.3º and showery (rain) after a minimum overnight of -19.5º (I think something went wrong there).

[Greenman]

Ealing, Middlesex Time: 08:45am

Wind from the SW (220 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT)

Visibility 1 mile(s)

Sky conditions overcast

Weather Moderate snow (settling on untreated surfaces)

Temperature 30 F (-1 C)

Windchill 19 F (-7 C)

Dew Point 28 F (-2 C)

Relative Humidity 92%

Pressure(altimeter) 29.94 in. Hg (1014 hPa)

[Cakie]

4c and sleety rain this morning. Was extreamly windy first thing but then the wind seems to have dropped all of a sudden

[Paul Gilliver]

A cold frosty start with light snow flurries but this soon turnrd to light rain all the settled snow was quickly washed away. Now dull overcast but the sun does look if it may break through.

Current Weather Conditions

As of:04/03/05 9:00

Temperature: 2.9 °C Wind Chill: 2.7 °C

Humidity: 88 % Heat Index: 2.9 °C

Wind: WSW at 4.0 mph Dewpoint: 1.2 °C

Barometer: 1007.3 mb Rain Rate: 0.0 mm/hr

Todays Rain: 0.8 mm Monthly Rain: 3.6 mm

Storm Total: 0.8 mm Yearly Rain: 59.7 mm

High Temperature: 2.9°C 9:00 Low Temperature: -1.4°C 0:08

High Humidity: 91% 8:01 Low Humidity: 74% 1:53

High Dewpoint: 1.7°C 8:39 Low Dewpoint: -5.6°C 0:08

High Wind: 14.0mph 6:31 Low Wind Chill: -2.2°C 6:36

High Barometer: 1017.2mb 0:14 Low Barometer: 1007.3mb 8:59

High Rain Rate: 0.5mm/hr 9:00 High Heat Index: 2.8°C 8:32

[SnowShoeHare]

(Just inside M25... North London)

Well.. just had heavy Snow from 7am.. which has just stopped..

Sky still very grey to North.. and temps up from -0.1oC to 0.0oC...

Trying to work out if more is to come..

[stano]

Light rain here for the past few hrs.

Wind ......... WSW 7 mph ............. Pressure 1007 mb ........... Temp 4c ............ Cloud full cover at presant ........... Rain yes ........... R/H 20%

[Terminal Moraine]

Light snow during the early morning gave a 2cm cover. The snow turned to light rain briefly before it stopped. Sunny intervals and a shower of sleet in the past hour.

Temp' at 0900 3.9c

Min' last night -1.7c

Grass (snow) min' -4.5c

Rainfall from 1800 yesterday 1.9mm

Mean wind speed at 0900 26 mph NW, gusting to 34.

7 oktas cumulus and cirrus fibratus

Vis' 15 miles

Mean depth of lying snow 9.3cm, 65% of ground covered

Barometer steady at 1009.5mb.

[Greenman]

Ealing, Middlesex Time: 08:45am

Wind  from the SW (220 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT)

Visibility  1 mile(s)

Sky conditions  overcast 

Weather  Moderate snow  (settling on untreated surfaces)

Temperature  30 F (-1 C) 

Windchill  19 F (-7 C) 

Dew Point  28 F (-2 C) 

Relative Humidity  92% 

Pressure(altimeter)  29.94 in. Hg (1014 hPa)

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Ealing, Middlesex Time 10:15am

Wind from the SSW (210 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT) (direction variable)

Visibility 4 mile(s)

Sky conditions overcast - getting brighter

Weather dry - melting snow on ground

Temperature 32 F (0 C)

Windchill 23 F (-5 C)

Dew Point 30 F (-1 C)

Relative Humidity 92%

Pressure (altimeter) 29.88 in. Hg (1012 hPa)

[SnowJoke]

The old snow might have been crap here this morning, just had something that put a smile back on my face though. torrential hailstorm and thunder & lightning. Roll on the electrically laden cumulonimbus. Yipee!!!!!!!!!

[Greenman]

Ealing, Middlesex Time 13:20pm

Wind from the WNW (290 degrees) at 12 MPH (10 KT) (direction variable)

Visibility greater than 7 mile(s)

Sky conditions mostly cloudy 80% coverage - showery

Weather Cumulonimbus clouds, towering cumulus clouds observed

NOTE: This has lead to a short but heavy hail storm followed by moderate rain. Which lasted about 8-10 minutes. Time 13:05 to 13:15pm (approx).

Temperature 44 F (7 C)

Dew Point 39 F (4 C)

Relative Humidity 81%

Pressure (altimeter) 29.77 in. Hg (1008 hPa)

[West is Best]

We've just reached double figures here: 10.1C to be precise.

If you like it mild, west is best!

[SnowShoeHare]

(Central London - Euston Underpass)

Well, big rain cloud heading west..

Just rained really heavily for about 10-15 mins..

Now seeing high clouds and blue skies in the east..

Not sure what temperatures are here (no equipment)..

Hopefully as it travels west, temps may be cooler for those peeps in that direction..

Cheers.

[jaybee]

Here in Jersey it is cloudy with patches of blue sky. The wind is from the NW, force 2-3 and the pressure ia 1013mm, falling slowly. This is probably the nicest day we have had for some time!! Not due to last however.

We have had snow showers over the past week but it was more like a sprinkle of dandruff than the real thing, still it's the first snow here for 8 years. Children would have been hard pushed to make a snowball, never mind a snowman.

[Greenman]

Ealing, Middlesex Time:15:40pm

Wind from the NNE (020 degrees) at 6 MPH (5 KT) (direction variable)

Visibility greater than 7 mile(s)

Sky conditions partly cloudy bright/dry - 50% coverage - Stratocumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus.

Temperature 41 F (5 C)

Dew Point 37 F (3 C)

Relative Humidity 86%

Pressure (altimeter) 29.80 in. Hg (1009 hPa)

Edited March 4, 2005 by Greenman