Sunday 3rd February 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[marky810]

Overcast with light rain in a light westerly wind.

1.9c.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 03rd February 2013:

Moderate frost slowly lifted thorough the early hours as cloud spread in from the west. The morning so far as been cloudy and dry, ground still hard with ice, though thawing.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 5.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight –3.0°C

24-hour maximum 5.8°C

24-hour minimum: -3.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -7.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 14 mph NW

Rainfall total: 0.0mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Altostratus, Altocumulus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: 3.0°C

Humidity: 93.0%

Dew point 2.0°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 SW

Barometer 1016.2 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

There were further light showers overnight, possibly wintry. Clear spells in between with frost. The day dawned clear and frosty, low –0.8c with –3.1c on the grass. At observation, clear and frosty, feeling cold in the moderate west-north-west wind. Dry with sunny spells for the rest of the day, feeling colder than of late with frost persisting in the shade. The evening quickly turned cold with further frost.

[Terminal Moraine]

Clear and cold until after midnight. Increasing cloud during the early hours brought a little light snow but this soon turned to intermittent drizzle.

Currently chilly and windy with intermittent light drizzle.

At 0900;

Temp; 1.9c

24 hr max; 2.5c

24 hr min; -2.0c

Grass min; -6.3c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 31 mph W

8 oktas St

Intermittent light drizzle

Vis; 8 km

The same few snow drifts and snow patches still there.

[johnholmes]

re your snow patches TM, driving over the 'short cut' to Sparrowpit last evening, coming back from Manchester Airport, there were still the odd patches from the drifts of 2 weeks ago!

Here, a frost early now cloudy with a breeze from the WSW and a temperature of 6.8C

[Coast]

6.4°C

1020.4 mb falling 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 14.8 mph gusting 18.1 mph max W

DP 2.1°C

Humidity 74%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1772 ft

Dull and overcast

[Kent Snow]

6.2C, overcast, grey, wind from the SW, 1016hPa.

[Norway Nut]

Current temp 0.9C Wind - from the NE( what little there is of it) ,Snow, Visibility - about 1.2Km Depth of snow - about 7 cm Forecast from yr.no for this time was 4C and rain and wind from WNW. What has happened?

Edited February 3, 2013 by Norway Nut

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and windy morning with periods of drizzle. The drizzle became light and intermittent during the afternoon and the wind gradually decreased to f4 by early evening.

At 1800;

Temp; 7.1c

Max' today; 7.4c

Min' last night; -2.0c

Grass min; -6.3c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.2 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph W

Highest gust today; 52 mph W at 1419

8 oktas St

Intermittent light drizzle

Vis; 55 km

A few snow drifts and snow patches remaining; the patches of undrifted snow now small and fragmented.

[TonyH]

Clear and frosty early in the night, soon clouded over with light rain and drizzle at times from 0300.

Cloudy today, a little drizzle at times to 1200, then mainly dry. Mild with a moderate SW breeze.

Min: -2.6c @ midnight

Max: 9.9c @ 1400

Rain yesterday: 2.3mm

Rain since 0900 today: 0.5mm

Currently: Cloudy, mild

Temp: 9c

RH: 92%

Pressure: 1015mbar, falling slowly

Yesterday:

[Stargazer]

Clear spells overnight led to an early frost but overcast all day. Maximum 9.2, minimum -2.2. Wind light SW.