Today's Weather And General Chat

[frostyjoe]

currently 3.5c and raining? know idea why it isnt snowing as it was snowing this morning, could anyone answer this?

[Guest Shetland Coastie]

currently 3.5c and raining? know idea why it isnt snowing as it was snowing this morning, could anyone answer this?

Maybe the dewpoint is too high? At 3.5C thats kind of borderline anyway for temps, best if its 3C or below. For snow the dewpoint needs to be at 0C or below. Theres an excellent guide written by John Holmes here:

John Holmes snow guide

Edited March 27, 2009 by Shetland Coastie

[frostyjoe]

but ive seen it snow at 7c before?

[Guest Shetland Coastie]

but ive seen it snow at 7c before?

indeed but air temp isn't the only thing. More important is a low dewpoint, wet bulb temp and the 850hpa temps in the atmosphere etc. Like I said have a read of Johns guide.

For example, its chilly up here today, the temp is just 2.9C but its still raining, why? Because the dewpoint is still above freezing at 1.9C, but , later on this evening, when the dewpoint drops, it will turn to sleet and snow.

[frostyjoe]

is the dewpoints to drop nationwide tonight?

[Cheese Rice]

currently 3.5c and raining? know idea why it isnt snowing as it was snowing this morning, could anyone answer this?

Not enough evaporating cooling, although having a dewpoint below 0.c does increase your chance for snow you can have snow falling with dewpoints well above freezing, begining of march saw a heavy prolonged snow shower with a dewpoint of 3.9c and a temp of 4.3c, this type of scenario is more common in spring than in winter.

[Kent Snow]

7.2C, broken cumulus, grey, wind from the SW, 995mb.

[Koppite]

A mostly dry day with a fair amount of sunshine, it's felt cool in the wind.

[Northernlights]

Very wet here today with a max of 6c and a strong northerly wind, hope the better weather for next week materialises as we had only 2 days last week when it dried up enough to sow barley. It must be nearly 9 months since I last saw dust in the fields and apart from those two dry days last week and the frosty midwinter spells we have been walking around in mud on the farm for the whole of that time. The ski slopes must have caught a lot of fresh snow though!!!!

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals and short showers of hail and soft hail, the showers largely dying out after 1500.

At 1800;

Temp', 4.4c

Max' today, 7.5c

Min' last night, 2.1c

Grass min', -0.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800, 0.9 mm

Sunshine today, 2.12 hrs

Mean wind speed, 20 mph W

Highest gust today, 48 mph W at 0431

4 oktas cumulus, stratocumulus and cirrus

Vis', over 50 miles.

[frostyjoe]

totally ragin its 5c and cloudy the temperature wont drop at all infact it had gone up from 3.5c to 5c its as if its doing this so i dont see any snow again as the dew poing is 5c aswell and is definately not budging does anyone know when these dewpoints should drop?

[Bottesford]

After a day of sunshine and showers things have calmed down this evening with clear skies after sunset. The result being a lingering twilight to 7pm - with the clocks move it'll be 8pm next week under any clear skies - fantastic, the light season is upon us at last!

6.8c under clear skies at mo- gonna get chilly.

[Andy Bown]

Clear, Cumulonimbus was visible to the N/NW at dusk, 2.9c, 77% humidity.

[stewfox]

Soft hail today in some heavy showers

Sleet (in the heavy showers) is forcast for tomorrow

Too much wind for frost in most places

Max of 9c but felt colder in the wind and I guess 2/3 drop in the heavy showers

[Stargazer]

Dry and mainly cloudy, with occasional brighter spells. Currently 5.4, maximum 12.4, last night's minimum 3.8. Blustery N-NW wind.

[weather1967]

Time 22:45 Greece time

Air temperature : 10,7 C--51,3 F

Humidity : 65 %

Wind : NE 8 km/h

Pressure rel : 1018,1 hpa steady

Dew point : 4,9 C

clouds : 0/8 sky clear

Daily rain : 1,2 mm

Rain month : 58,1 mm

Rain year 2009 : 192,6 mm

Min Air Temperature today : 7,5 C

Max Air Temperature today : 16,5 C

Best regards from Greece

Dimitris

http://www.geocities.com/meteo19671967

[MP-R]

Well I've managed to miss all the showers today which was a bit of a shame really and with high pressure invading on us yet again with boring sunshine next week, we need to get some of those showers that were down south - up north a bit further. It is now cold at 4.3C after a high of 9.1C.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 4.4c

Outdoor humidity 76%

Pressure 997mb

Wind direction North

Wind speed 50mph

Gust 75mph

Highest gust today 75mph.

Cloud Height 1604ft

Wet Bulb 3c

Rain in last 24hours 4mm

Total rainfall This Month 102.5mm

Dew Point 0.5c

Wind Chill -10c

Weather Cloudy heavy showers dark

Over The Last 24hours averages and extra details,

Temperature dropped 2c

Pressure rose 11mb

Humidity dropped 1%

Average wind speed 58mph

Dewpoint dropped 2.1c

Average wind direction North

Moon age 1 day 2%

Sunrise and Sunset 6:14am - 6:59pm

Moonrise and Moonset 6:02am - 8:33pm

[snowray]

totally ragin its 5c and cloudy the temperature wont drop at all infact it had gone up from 3.5c to 5c its as if its doing this so i dont see any snow again as the dew poing is 5c aswell and is definately not budging does anyone know when these dewpoints should drop?

Dew points should start falling off quite quickly after midnight, starting off in NW Ireland.

[TonyH]

Drove to Coventry late afternoon in sunny periods arriving 8 o clock. Line of nasty showers just south of the A40 and the Brecon area.

A clear cool evening here in Coventry.

Currently 4.8c.

[Liam J]

some very strong wonds in the western isles and the north coast of ireland severe gale to storm force with gusts of 70mph on xc wind map

[Fozfoster]

wind today was cool/cold in Wallsall, last week got a sun tan!

[frostyjoe]

yea i agree its really windy here its actually scary.

[damianslaw]

A distinctly chilly day in the blustery NW/W winds although we managed to escape with a mainly dry day, one or two showers at times more so this evening.

A predominantly cloudy day aswell.

I think we will catch one or two beefy showers tomorrow morning/lunchtime possibility of some sleetiness or even one or two wet snowflakes in them but not expecting anything noticeable. thereafter it looks like the shower activity will die down, so a lovely clear albeit cold evening is likely, with a moonlit night and sharp frost tomorrow ... Expect the snowline on the lakeland fells to be quite low around 400m by the afternoon.. great thing is that we will have a dry and clear day on Sunday to enjoy viewing them.

[frostyjoe]

when should these winds go away?its getting scary