Saturday 4th February - Weather & General Chat

[Ben_Cambs]

Morning all. A very cold start, currently -8C, which is the coldest temperature recorded here since December 2010.

Temperature: -8C

Pressure: 1040mb

Humidity: 96%

Dewpoint: -8.5C

No wind.

[Snowangel-MK]

Temperature -8.5 °C

Windchill -8 °C

Dew Point -11 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir Calm

Wind Gust 3.2 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1036.8 hPa

Clouds Few 914 m

Moisture

Humidity 85%

Rainfall 0 mm

[SteveB]

Dry frosty cold start.

Temp -4.7c

Humidity 85%

Dewpoint -6.8c

[Optimus Prime]

Clear and bone-chilling cold to the start the day. Currently -6.3c after a low of -7.5c.

[Aaron]

Low -6.5C, now -6.1C and sunny.. shame we cannot keep this.

[nick sussex]

Bitterly cold here current temperature -6.8c, snowing and this comes off an overnight low of -8, yesterday didn't get above -2.

[DeepSnow]

-1.0C here and cloudy, dry and virtually no wind.

[SP1986]

Cloudy after a largely clear early morning. Currently: -0.7C, overnight minimum: -1.0C

[lettice]

Gosport

Another cold morning, beating yesterdays record for the winter.

Hoping for the snow coming this way tonight.

Temperature: -5.3 °C

Trend: +1.1 °C /hr

Wind: Light NE

Barometer: 1041.0 mb (1041.0 hPa )

Pressure trend +0.0mb/hr

Humidity: 75 %

Dew point: -9.0 °C

Todays rain: 0 mm

Monthly rain: 0 mm

Yearly rain: 47 mm

Maximum temperature: -3.7 °C at time: 12:00 AM

Minimum temperature: -6.5 °C at time: 7:41 AM

Current Windchill: -5.3 °C

Created by "Weather Display"

Time of Weather report: 09:00:18 Date of report: 04/02/12

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp -6.7°C after an overnight low of -9.1°C

DP -12.2°C

Rh 65%

Wind Calm

1038.1 mb STEADY

Conditions: wall to wall blue, and brisk

[johnholmes]

a touch colder than the previous night, at -5.4C, itself the coldest since Boxing Day 2010, no cloud other than the odd patch of Ci starting to appear and no wind; currently -2.3C, a very long time since it was that low at 9.30 in the morning.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 04th February 2012:

Very severe frost overnight, even with an intermittent force 3 SW breeze, low –8.9c with wind chill at times below –13c, –11.2c on the grass. At observation, severe frost, bright, high cloud advancing rapidly from the west.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight: -8.9°C

24-hour maximum = 1.7°C

24-hour minimum: -8.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -11.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (last 24 hours) 9.5 mph SW

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm

Current Conditions:

4 Okta: Cirrostratus, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus.

Visibility: about 5miles.

Temperature: -7.4°C

Wind chill –13.9c.

Humidity: 89%

Dew point –8.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 SW

Barometer 1037 mb falling.

Yesterday:

Cloud cleared away after midnight with a severe frost, low –7.5c with –10.3c on the grass. At observation, severe frost, bright. Staying cold, persistent frost, with unbroken sunshine. The wind was just light and variable. Top temperature 1.7c. Hard frost quickly returned around dusk.

February 2012 so Far

Mean temperature: -1.4c (- 5.6c) of the local average)

Maximum temperature: 2.9c on the 1st.

Minimum temperature: -8.9c on the 4th

Grass Minimum: -11.2c on the 4th

Rainfall = tr. mm

Wettest 24 hours = 0.0 mm on the

Maximum wind gust: 27.3 mph ESE on the 1st.

2012 so far

Maximum temperature: 11.8c on the 11th January.

Minimum temperature: -7.5c on the 3rd Feb

Grass Minimum: -10.3c on the 3rd Feb

Rainfall = 64.8 mm

Wettest 24 hours, 17.2mm on the 4th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 48.6mph, NW 5th Jan

[Skip Spence]

Gin-clear and -10c at 06:30, coldest since Christmas morning 2010. Overcast now, could be interesting later.

[Coast]

-0.3 °C

Windchill -3.0 °C

1038.2 mb falling 0.5 mb/hr

Wind 4.9 mph gusting 7.8 mph max E

DP -3.3 °C

Humidity 80%

No rain or precip last 24 hours

Cloud base 1250 ft

Dull and cloudy

[Stargazer]

Even colder than the night before last. Currently clear, -4.7 after an overnight minimum here of -8.0 (-8.8 at Reading University). The second lowest temperature here in 10 years. Looks like Benson's the front runner for coldest last night at -11.

[huntso]

-6.3c on my little weather monitor at 08.30, definitely the coldest night thus far

[Snowangel-MK]

Post dog walk stats...

Temperature -3.6 °C

Windchill -4 °C

Dew Point -5 °C

Wind

Speed / Dir 1 km/h from SSW

Wind Gust 3 km/h

Conditions

Pressure 1037.8 hPa

Clouds Clear

Moisture

Humidity 87%

Rainfall 0 mm

Snow Depth 0 cm

[Scorcher]

Another member mentioned this last night I think, but the Rhone Valley in France is really being hit hard by this cold spell. Orange, which is not that far from Marseille is currently -6C with a 38mph wind from the north! It sounds a much colder than normal Mistral. Now that's a serious windchill!

[Snowangel-MK]

Pre lunch time quick check....

Temperature 0.7 °C

Windchill1 °C

Dew Point -2 °C

[Bottesford]

-4.7c overnight.

A sunny start now clouded over with light snow.

Currently 0.8c.

[conor123]

Coldest night of the winter last night with a low of -8.6c!

Cloudy this morning and then light-moderate snow since around 12:45 preceded by light freezing rain.

Currently -0.5c with moderate snow.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and clear night with a min' of -5.6c, the lowest of the winter so far.

A sunny start to the morning but high level cloud increased and thickened steadily bringing the first flakes of snow around 1330.

Currently continuous light snow with a temp' of -3.5c and a17 mph S/SW wind

[SteveB]

Pressure 1023.3hPa

Temp 1.1c

Max Temp 1.1c

Min Temp -5.3c

Humidity 90%

Dewpoint -0.3c

Rainfall 1.0mm

Monthly Rainfall 1.0mm

[Terminal Moraine]

Currently cloudy with continuous moderate-heavy snow which is drifting slightly.

At 1800;

Temp', -2.7c

Max' today, -2.2c

Min' last night, -5.6c

Grass min', -9.8c

Rainfall from 0900-1800 ( waiting for snow from gauge to thaw )

Sunshine today, 2.10 hrs

Mean wind speed, 24 mph S

Highest gust today, 39 mph S at 1410

8 oktas Nst and St

Vis', 500 mts

Mean depth of lying snow 3 cm ( now about 5cm )

[TonyH]

Hard frost yesterday evening, mostly cloudy by midnight.

Frosty if rather cloudy night.

A few snow flakes around dawn. Cloudy today, spells of light rain and some sleet from 0930 to mid afternoon. Light to moderate rain 16-2100.

Cold at below 3c until 1800, since when it became milder. Moderate to fresh SE, then south wind.

Min: -5.5c @ 2200 yesterday evening

Max: 5.9c @ 2200 this evening!

Rain yesterday: Trace

Rain since 0900 today: 8mm approx

Currently: 4.9c

RH: 94%

Pressure: 1024mbar, rising slowly.