Wednesday 16th January 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Stargazer]

Clear at first overnight allowing a sharp frost to develop, but clouded over in the early hours. Cloudy all day, with a little brightness at times in the afternoon, and still very cold. Maximum 0.1, minimum -3.9. Wind light N.

[The PIT]

Just missed out on an ice day by about 0.2C. Temps now dropping rapidly so going to be a hard frost tonight.

Temp -1.5C

Wind Calm

Rainfall Nil

[johnholmes]

made it here at -1.9C, the coldest day since December 2010 when we had 8 of them!

[Polar Maritime]

A cold day, with the sun broke through the fog just after lunch, stayed below freezing all day hovering around -2c. Very icy. 100% snow cover around 5cm

Current Temp -4.1c

Dew Point -5.3c

Wind Chill -4.6c East 2mph

[Kent Snow]

-2.3C, frosty, clear skies, wind from the N, 1014hPa.

[Summer Sun]

-1.6°C here with the dew point at -4.6°C

[duckeyh]

-4.1°C in Herts..

[Terminal Moraine]

A morning of sunny spells and intermittent thick fog; a few flakes of snow during mid-morning too. The afternoon was dry with sunny periods and a good deal of high cloud.

At 1800;

Temp; -2.9c

Max' today; -2.0c

Min' last night; -5.2c

Grass( snow ) min; -9.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; trace

Sunshine today; 3.16 hrs

Mean wind speed; 5 mph S

Highest gust today; 14 mph E at 1126

7 oktas Ac and thin Sc

Vis'; 80 km above a layer of fog towards Derby and Nottingham

Mean depth of lying snow 6.6cm; 100% cover

[Polar Continental]

Clear for a time last night, low cloud and patchy freezing fog spread in to the area after midnight. Low –4.1c before the low cloud. At observation, overcast, light snow, producing a light dusting, mist occasionally thickening enough to qualify as freezing fog. Mean snow depth 1cm, 55%. Remaining bitterly cold all day with a falling temperature and the odd light snow flurry. The maximum temperature to 18:00 only managing –2.5c in a brief brighter spell in the middle of the afternoon, though sat around –3.5c for the most part.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and slight frost last night.

Mainly cloudy and cold today, bright intervals am. Light to moderate SE breeze. Light snow since 1900 this evening not amounting to much though.

Min: -1.3c @ 0500

Max: 2.5c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: Trace

Rain (snow) since 0900 today: 0.3mm

Currently: Gentle snow.

Temp: +0.3c

RH: 87%

Pressure: 1015mbar, steady.

[Summer Sun]

Freezing fog, -2.2°C