Friday 30th December 2005

[Summer of '47]

The mild air has dragged its feet in getting here, temp stayed steady just above 4ºC for several hours but has just started rising. Currently 5.1ºC.

[KT]

Temperature

0.2°C

Humidity

94%

Dewpoint

-0.6°C

Wind

SSE at 12.0 mph

Barometer

1001.5 mb

:blush: :lol:

[Stuart]

From Late Monring it was some rain and this evening it was dry Temp 2.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

Snow early this morning, turning to sleet, hail and freezing rain from about 0700 until shortly after 1015. Thick fog all day, eventually clearing around 1600. A slow thaw of lying snow after 1100.

Temp' at 1800.........4.1c

Max' today..............4.4c

Min' last night.........-4.6c

Grass min'..............-9.3c

Rainfall from 1800 yesterday.......16.7mm

Sunshine today............nil

Mean wind speed at 1800........17 mph W, gusting to 21

Highest gust today.................31 mph at 0757 and 0835

8 oktas nimbostratus and stratus

Intermittant moderate rain falling

Vis' at 1800...............5 miles

Barometer.................989,4mb, rising slowly

Ground 95% covered with 2.5cm of thawing snow.

T.M

[Dazza]

A dry day here. No snbow to report on yesterday although there was quite a dumping about 30 miles from me.

Current conditions:

Air Temperature:- 6 degrees Celsius :blush:

Ground Temperature:- 6.8 degrees Celsius

Barometric Pressure:- 981 milliBars

Wind Speed:- 8.4 knots

Wind Direction:- 194 degrees East from North

Rainfall for the last hour:- 0 mm

[Tracey C]

Woke up this morning to a mini snow blizzard, which turned into sleet and then rain which has only just stopped. Very wet,cold,windy and 'orrible here

Luv T...xxx

[Methuselah]

Welcome to N-W, Tracey... :blush: :lol:

Dry now, after sleet, 2.9C with horrible stretches of black ice on the pavements...

[reef]

Report for Friday 30th December 2005, Readings taken at 00:00.

The day began overcast with light snow and a strong southerly wind. This gradually turned to sleet by midday before stopping completely an hour later. It then became rather misty, thickening to fog in the evening. With a maxima of 2.6°C and minima of -2.7°C it was another exceptionally below average day for the time of year and only allowed a partial thaw.

Current Temp: 2.2°C

Max Temp: 2.6°C (at 19:44)

Min Temp: -2.7°C (at 00:09)

Humidity: 93%

Min Humidity: 87% (at 08:14)

Pressure: 988.0hPa (Steady)

Dewpoint: 1.1°C

Wind: SW (4mph)

Rain Today: 2.5mm

Snow Cover: ~2.0cm

My December average currently stands at 4.6°C (-0.5°C Below the 1971-2000 average).

Edited December 31, 2005 by reef