Tuesday 5th February 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A rather cold start with light snow showers and a stiff breeze. A slight covering as well. Maybe a centimetre

Temp 0.3C

Wind f4 WSW

Rainfall 0.8mm

[Polar Maritime]

Heavy snow showers, around 1inch.. 100% snow cover.

Temp -1.6c

Dp -2c

Wind Chill -3.5c W/N/W 6mph Gusting 15mph

[johnholmes]

half cover of CuSc after heavy rain, hail and wet snow showers last evening turned to scattered snow showers in the early hours. Low of 1.0C with about 85% snow cover, less than 1cm, and still a breezy westerly.

[Terminal Moraine]

Re; topic title. I'm pretty sure it's Tuesday, not Thursday.

Anyway; sleet showers during yesterday evening turned to snow after midnight giving a covering before dawn. Further brief light-moderate snow showers since sunrise have added a little more to the lying snow.

Currently we have light snow showers and sunny intervals with a brisk W wind blowing the snow about a bit in the showers.

At 0900;

Temp; -0.4c

24 hr max; 6.7c

24 hr min; -1.4c

Grass min; -3.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 2.9 mm

Mean wind speed; 24 mph W

7 oktas Cu, Cb and St fractus

Light snow showers ( heavier to north )

Vis; 5 km

2cm of powdery snow lying; 100% cover.

[Kent Snow]

3.1C, sunny skies, wind from the W, 1001hPa.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 05th February 2013:

Squally showers cleared away after midnight and the early hours saw clear spells, windy. Low –0.3c. with –1.6c on the grass. The morning to observation has been cold and windy, icy underfoot. Snow showers in the vicinity, currently a very light snow flurry.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 9.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.3°C

24-hour maximum 9.0°C

24-hour minimum: -0.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 1.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 41.7 mph WSW

Rainfall total: 2.0mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratocumulus, Cumulonimbus.

Visibility: good > 10 miles.

Temperature: 0.7°C

Humidity: 86.3%

Dew point –1.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 W

Barometer 999.0 mb: Trend: falling slowly.

Yesterday:

Dry and windy overnight. Clear spells towards dawn. At observation, bright and windy. Sunny spells, windy throughout. A few showers broke out by mid afternoon, though only a few light spots were noted here. The evening turned cloudy with showers around, the late evening saw a short squally heavy shower here with westerly winds past gale force.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 4.3c (0.1c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 9.5c on the 3rd

Minimum temperature: -3.0c on the 3rd

Grass Minimum: -7.9c on the 3rd

Rainfall 2.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 2.0mm on the 4th

Maximum wind gust: 41.7 mph WSW on the 4th.

2013 so far:

Maximum temperature: 13.4c on the 29^th January

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16^th Jan

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16^th Jan

Rainfall 59.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 13.0.mm on the 25^th Jan

Maximum wind gust: 43.5 mph WSW on the 30^th Jan

[Gibby]

Nice webcam image here this morning with CB clouds passing by on the Southern horizon.

http://www.norton-radstockweather.co.uk/page8.htm

[Coast]

5.5°C

1001.1 mb falling 0.7 mb/hr

Wind 12.9 mph gusting 34.8 mph max W/NW

DP -1.4°C

Humidity 61%

0.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2856 ft

Cloudy but bright with some sunny spells

[sunsetter]

A few sleety showers but mainly fine but feeling cold in the N'easterly

temp 5.1°C

feels like 3.3°C

pressure 1000.3mb falling

dewpoint 1.4°C

wind 3.0 mph NE

gust 15.2mph NE

rain 1.5mm

cloud base 1589ft

visibility 10 miles

[Stargazer]

Stormy overnight with one or two squally showers, dry all day today with sunny intervals, feeling cold in the wind. Maximum 5.8, minimum 1.1. Wind fresh W.

[TonyH]

Thunderstorm with hail yesterday evening 2015, mostly dry and windy (WNW) overnight.

Sunny intervals and a few brief hail showers this morning, cloudy pm, spells of light rain since 1600. Fresh to strong WNW wind, feeling cold.

Min: 1.7c @ 0600

Max: 5.9c @ 1430

Rain yesterday: 3.4mm

Rain since 0900 today: 2mm

Currently: Windy, light rain.

Temp: 5.3c

RH: 92%

Pressure: 997mbar, falling

Edited February 5, 2013 by TonyH

[The PIT]

Oops forgot to change the day...

Anyway Heavy Snow showers this morning before a more general band of snow passed through the region introducing milder conditions and a thaw.

Max temp so far 3.3C

Wind F3 WNW

Rainfall 5.8mm as Snow

[Snowyowl9]

A covering of snow from overnight snow showers most of the morning with strong winds and drifting from a westerly,odd blizzard in the heavy snow showers whipping the lying snow up.

Still a few snow this afternoon,then later it turned more to wet snow showers/sleet and drizzle.

The few snow drifts from the easterly the other week are waiting for this snow to take it away,which it won`t yet.

Max 2.1c min was 0.3c first thing.

[Terminal Moraine]

The early morning snow showers died out by 1000 and the rest of the morning was dry with sunny spells. It became cloudy shortly after midday and the cloud thickened to bring a short spell of heavy snow around 1430 followed by a longer period of lighter snow.The snow cleared by 1615 and was followed by a period of moderate-heavy sleet around 1800 and then a slow thaw.

The thaw has increased during the evening with the temperature, according to the Davis on the roof, currently 3.0c.

At 1800;

Temp; 1.8c

Max' today; 1.8c

Min' last night; -1.4c

Grass min; -3.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 3.6 mm ( melted snow )

Sunshine today; 1.54 hrs

Mean wind speed; 29 mph W

Highest gust today; 50 mph W at 1412

8 oktas Ns

Continuous moderate-heavy sleet

Vis; 15 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 3.5cm.

[TonyH]

Just realised it's Tuesday!

So much for the cold week, further rise to 6.7c this evening, which is around the February average.