Today's Weather And General Chat

[sunny scunny]

Post your reports and general weather chat here please.

[grab my graupel]

Latest observations from York:

Wind Speed 6.3 mph

Wind Gust 9.2 mph

Wind Direction 71.0 °

Temperature 1.6 °C

Wind Chill -1.2 °C

Dew Point 2.0 °C

Humidity 97.0 %

Pressure 1021.0 mBars

Rainfall .6 mm

[Optimus Prime]

Yet another dull day expected today. A coldish morning, down to -0.6c. There has been some light snow which has given about a cm. For all the snow that was forecast (aside from the main one) this wasn't and it actually came - oh dear.

Currently -0.1c. Maximum yesterday 1.8c.

[Coast]

0.1 DgC

1020.6 mb rising 0.6 mb/hr

Wind 4.6 mph gusting 8.5 mph max E/NE

Windchill -2.6 DgC

DP -2.1 DgC

Humidity 85%

No precip last 24 hours

Cloud base 916 ft

Overcast start to the day. Main roads are clear but side roads in Sussex are frozen slush and ice

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 4c

Outdoor humidity 76%

Pressure 1022mb

Wind direction East

Wind speed 20mph

Gust 30mph

Cloud Height 1538ft

Wet Bulb 2c

Total rainfall This Month 0.0mm

Dew Point 0c

Wind Chill -4c

Weather Cloudy dry dull

[johnholmes]

overcast and damp with a slow thaw continuing-no idea of the rainfall overnight-some sleet late on but also rain-rainguage is still melting the snow from last week!

lowest was o.3C but there has been no ground frost for sure.

ground still mostly snow covered.

[Methuselah]

Dry and bright with a fresh ESE wind, -2Cish...

[lettice]

Gosport

No frost overnight, grey skies this morning, no thaw yet!

Temperature: 1.4 °C

Wind: Light ENE

Barometer: 1020.0 mb (1020.0 hPa )

Humidity: 61 %

Dew point: -5.3 °C

Maximum temperature: 1.9 °C at time: 12:00 AM

Minimum temperature: 1.4 °C at time: 3:38 AM

[Polar Continental]

There has been continued light sleet and snow overnight, but with only slight accumulations as there has been a partial thaw. Though there was a re-freeze for a time overnight, so some very icy conditions. Low 0.3c. and –1.6 on the grass / snow cover. Mean snow cover at observation 80%, 1.5cm. Currently overcast with a few light snow grains.

Sky: 8 Oktas, Stratus.

Temperature: 0.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 ENE.

Humidity: 98%

Barometer: 1021mb steady.

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

Maximum temperature: 1.1°C

Minimum temperature: 0.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.6°C

Rainfall total: 3.5mm

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Yesterday:

The night has been cloudy with the temperature slowly rising and was above freezing at 0.5c by 06:00GMT. At observation, overcast windy and feeling very cold, light snow grains. The day remained dull and overcast with outbreaks of light sleet and snow. Maximum 1.1c, so a slow thaw. Maximum wind gust 18mph NE.

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January 2010 so far:

Mean temperature: -2.5c (-6.2c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 3.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -10.0c on the 7th

Grass Minimum: -12.6c on the 7th

Rainfall = 9.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours: on the 10th 3.5mm

Maximum wind gust: 23mph W on the 2nd.

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2010 so far:

Maximum temperature: 3.6c on the 2nd January.

Minimum temperature: –10.0 on the 7th January.

Grass Minimum: –12.6c on the 7th January

Rainfall: = 9.05mm

Wettest 24 hours: 3.5mm on the 10th of January.

Maximum wind gust: 23mph, W 2nd January.

[Kent Snow]

0.1C, broken cumulus, grey, wind light, 1019mb.

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start with the odd flake

Temp 1.2c

Humidity 92%

Dewpoint 0.0c

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy and dry with a current temp of 2c,with lighter winds than yesterday.

[Verglas]

light rain, ovc, 2.8c

most lying snow around the garden all gone

[Snowyowl9]

Another 1.5inches of snow on the path,probably 2 inches on the grass,but the last snow has sunk so overall 11inches on the grass more overnight drifting and this morning when more snow came,wind is only gentle east today,very very slight drifting now a min of -0.5c now 0.1c the first day above 0 for 6 days!!!!

Thick freezing fog too/lots of rime on trees higher up,fog has thinned alot.

[Andy Bown]

Still got a good 3 inches on the ground here and today is a vile, cold, damp day with persistent light sleet/graupel since around 09.30! The temperature has been stuck between 0.1c and 0.6c since around 17.00 yesterday and between 0.1c and 0.3c all of today so far.

[Kent Snow]

1.9C, thaw, broken cumulus, grey, wind light, 1019mb.

[Terminal Moraine]

Finally thawed out the snow from the gauges this morning so here's a rather late report.

Snow, mainly light, has been falling for 24 hours now adding another 6cm to the existing depth. The mean depth at 0900 was 24cm and it's now 25cm.

There's also been thick freezing fog since 1600 yesterday so everthing not covered in snow is covered with 0.5 to 1cm of rime.

Temp' currently is -0.6c, as it has been all morning. The overnight min' was -0.7c and the grass min was -0.6c but the thermometer was buried.

Rainfall ( melted snow ) in 24 hrs to 0900, 8.2 mm

Mean wind speed is 13 mph E

Vis', 100 mts.

[Rollo]

Cloudy all day with the odd bit of drizzle-temperature peaked at 3.1c (a degree down on yesterday) and is currently 2.4c. Yesterdays thaw has slowed but obviously we still have some melt.

[Kent Snow]

0.4C, stratocumulus, grey, wind light, 1019mb.

Todays maximum 2.0C, overnight low -1.0C.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 5c

Outdoor humidity 75%

Pressure 1019mb

Wind direction South East

Wind speed 24mph

Cloud Height 1525ft

Wet Bulb 3c

Total rainfall This Month 0.0mm

Dew Point 1c

Wind Chill -5c

Weather Cloudy dry dull

[grab my graupel]

A cloudy and cool day, with occasional rain/drizzle

Current temps 2c

[SteveB]

Been cloudy all day with the odd flake of snow.

Temp 0.8c

[meerkat63]

Current temp. 0.8c

Dewpoint -1.0c

Humidity 88%

1014.7mb

Mean wind speed 4mph NE

Cloudy - has been so all day.

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick freezing fog all day and continuous light snow until 1630 when it became intermittent and, after 1730, no more than a few flakes. 7.5cm has fallen in the last 24 hours.

Mean depth of undrifted snow is 25cm and everything not covered in snow ( which isn't very much ) has a 0.5cm - 1cm layer of rime. The drifting snow stopped this morning as the easterly wind decreased to f3.

At 1800;

Temp', -0.6c

Max' today,-0.4c

Min' last night, -0.7c

Grass min', -0.6c ( thermometer buried overnight )

Rainfall from 0900-1800 ( melted snow ) 1.7 mm ( 8.2 mm in 24 hrs to 0900 )

Sunshine today, nil

Mean wind speed, 10 mph E

Highest gust today, 21 mph E at 0903

Sky obscured by thick fog

Vis', 100 mts.

[Marcus_surfer]

Only a very slight thaw here today. The day started overcast with a light easterly wind and a few snow flurries. Most of the morning was cloudy and cold, some light snow fell too. At midday, moderate snow fell for about 1 hour. The rest of the day remained cloudy and dull with foggy conditions. Temperature steady all day at 1c