Today's Weather And General Chat

[conor123]

The start of a potentially very interesting week.

Mostly cloudy with a light WNW breeze and 1.6c here.

[Samsta]

I haven't discussed or studied weather in a while (I got bitten by the cycling bug), but now that ice has came along and stopped me, I want to know what's going on :lol:

I've looked at the jet stream forecast, and it looks like starting tonight and tomorrow we will be under a ridge, what could this lead to? Will the ice go away?

Sorry if my terminology or understanding isn't correct, I haven't studied weather in a while.

Cheers,

Sam Kennedy

[Ross B]

Hi Samsta, the Ice is here to stay i'm afraid :lol:

-3c here currently.

[Guest]

Checking the obs around Europe and it seems that with the exception of the area we know as "Lapland", where it

is still -18C; much of Europe including the east and Moscow seems to have become positively balmy with temps at Moscow about freezing point.

Still early in the season but it does not bode well for a nice Scandi High with Easterlies. If it continues like this I will have to ammend my CET prediction for Jan. The charts for southern England do not hold out much hope either in the 384 hours. After such a promising start as well.

[MAF]

Cloudy

Temp (°C°F) -1°C 30°F

Wind (mphkm/h) South Westerly 5mph 8km/h

Humidity: 96%

Pressure: 1005mB, rising

Visibility: Very good

[Methuselah]

Dry and clear, -6C...

[Optimus Prime]

Very cold and frosty. Clear. -3.4c.

[Mondy]

-9.4

That means I've seen two -7's, one -12c and now -9c all in last few weeks. Inbetween them, numerous -2's or 3's. Looking like -12c may come under attack again soon

[SteveB]

Dry cold start.

Temp -0.6c

Humidity 90%

Dewpoint -2.0c

[sunny scunny]

Rather cloudy and frosty with a current temp of 0c.

[johnholmes]

cold and frosty with no fog-chunks of Sc cloud the min so far is -2.2C

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I thought it was cold as I put the bins out in my pyjamas this morning...-6.1C after a 'high' of -0.5C at midnight.

Never mind...it'll grow back.

[Polar Continental]

A cold start with thick freezing fog, low, -2.0c and –5.3c on the grass.

Sky:8 Oktas, Fog Stratus.

Temperature: -1.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 0 calm.

Humidity: 94%

Barometer: 1006mb steady.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 0900 GMT:

Maximum temperature: 5.3°C

Minimum temperature: -2.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -5.3°C

Rainfall total: 1.9mm

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Yesterday:

Variable cloud has produced a few light showers overnight. During clear spells the temperature has fallen low enough for a ground frost and icy stretches to form. Low 2.4c with –2.3c on the grass. At observation, Breezy, cool and cloudy. There were a few bright spells, but also a good deal of cloud around which produced a few light showers, feeling cool in the fresh westerly wind, maximum gust 29mph. Maximum temperature 5.3c.

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December 2009 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.6c (-1.7 of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 11.9c on the 5th

Minimum temperature: -8.3c on the 19th

Grass Minimum: -10.0c on the 19th

Rainfall = 57.0mm

Wettest 24 hours: on the 5th, 19.3mm

Maximum wind gust: 40mph ESE on the 7th.

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2009 so far:

Maximum temperature: 30.4c on the 1st July.

Minimum temperature: –8.3 on the 10th December

Grass Minimum: –10.0c on the 19th December

Rainfall: = 732.9mm

Wettest 24 hours: 23.3mm on the 7th June.

Maximum wind gust: 46mph 23rd March.

[grab my graupel]

Cool and cloudy after an overnight frost

Current observations:

Wind Speed 0 mph

Wind Gust 0 mph

Wind Direction 351.0 °

Temperature 0.1 °C

Wind Chill 0.0 °C

Dew Point 0.0 °C

Humidity 97.0 %

Pressure 1004.0 mBars

Rainfall 0 mm

[stormforce 10]

overnight low of -6.6c, currently -5.0c and everything is frozen solid.

[magicpatch]

Cooler last night than I was expecting, seemingly dropped to -0.6c! After the 7-8c of the past few days today is a lot cooler. Currently lots of sun but barely 1c yet, currently 0.8c

[Kent Snow]

2.6C, milky blue skies, wind light, 1005mb.

[meerkat63]

Patchy cloud after a clear and frosty start.

Current temp. 2.5c, dewpoint 2.0c

[Methuselah]

Dry but with patchy low cloud and a light-mod SW wind, -6C...

[magicpatch]

Still lots of blue skies around here, maybe the odd bit of high cloud now and again. Sneaked up to 2.3c now.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny intervals and patchy stcu. Just scraped an air frost in the back garden with a min' of -0.1c but just missed one at the site a bit higher up with a min' of 0.3c.

Patchy snow lying but only about 20% cover overall, even though my garden and the surrounding area is still 80% covered.

[Kent Snow]

3.3C, few cumulus, sunny, wind light, 1005mb.

[Marcus_surfer]

Frosty start, clear skies, some cloud to south. high cloud

[MAF]

Sunny

Temp (°C°F) 4.2°C 36°F

Wind (mphkm/h) North Easterly 2mph 3km/h

Humidity: 87%

Pressure: 1005mB, rising

Visibility: Good

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Clawed its way up to -0.9C now, and as I drove to Appleby and beyond this morning, it's clear that this part of Cumbria, over to the Lakes, still has 100% cover...within reason.