Wednesday 6th February 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy damp start with light showers. Snow cover mostly gone overnight.

Temp 2.8C

Wind F3 NNE

Rainfall 0.6mm

[Methuselah]

Cloudy and dry, snow all gone, 3.2C...

[Coast]

4.7°C

1000.6 mb rising 2.1 mb/hr

Wind 12.1 mph gusting 19.6 mph max N

DP 1.0 °C

Humidity 77%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1521 ft

Light drizzle

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy and windy night with a steady thaw of lying snow and showers of sleet, these turning to light snow flurries by early morning as the temperature began to fall again.

Current conditions; Brief, light snow showers and bright intervals. Most of yesterday's lying snow has thawed.

At 0900;

Temp; 1.9c

24 hr max; 3.2c

24 hr min; -0.7c

Overnight min; 0.8c

Grass min; -0.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900;6.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 26 mph N

7 oktas Cu, Sc and Ac

Vis; 12 km

Light snow flurries

Ground about 5% snow covered.

[Kent Snow]

3.7C, broken cumulus, wind from the N, 1003hPa.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 06th February 2013:

Spells of light to moderate rain overnight and through the early hours. The morning so far has been overcast and damp underfoot.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 3.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight 2.7°C

24-hour maximum 5.2°C

24-hour minimum: 0.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 2.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 29.5 mph WNW

Rainfall total: 4.1mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: moderate, around 8 miles.

Temperature: 3.1°C

Humidity: 89.5%

Dew point 2.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 N

Barometer 1009.8 mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

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. Sunny spells through the morning. Cloud increased from the west just afternoon and there was a spells of light to moderate snow, though little accumulation. The snow turned to light rain by late afternoon. Feeling cold in the fresh to strong WNW wind. Light to moderate rain continued in to the evening.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 4.0c (-0.2c) 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 6.6 mm

Wettest 24 hours 4.1mm on the 5th

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 63.1 mm

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

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

[sunny scunny]

Windy with sunshine and wintry showers.Temp is 2.7c.

[The PIT]

A dry day after early showers cleared away around 06:45am.

Max Temp 4.2C

Wind F4 NNW

Rainfall trace

[Stargazer]

A dry and rather cloudy day with some brighter intervals. According to the thermometer it's not particularly cold, but it certainly feels colder in the wind. Maximum 6.2, minimum 2.4. Wind fresh NNW.

[Terminal Moraine]

Any light snow showers died out by 0915 and the rest of the day was dry, chilly and windy with large amounts of Sc. The cloud began to break up and disperse towards sunset.

At 1800;

Temp; 1.4c

Max; today; 2.6c

Min' last night; 0/8c

Grass min; -0.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 0.70 hrs

Mean wind speed; 26 mph NW

Highest gust today; 48 mph N at 1124

4 oktas Ac and Sc

Vis' over 80 km.

A few small patches of snow remaining.

[TonyH]

Very windy with severe northerly gusts last night, and some hail and rain showers.

Sunny periods and a fresh to strong north wind today. Distant shower streamer (Pembrokeshire Dangler) visible much of tne day.

Clear periods and breezy this evening.

Min: 3.0c @ 0800

Max: 5.9c @ 1400

Rain yesterday: 5.5mm

Rain since 0900 today: Trace

Currently: Clear

Temp: 2.5c

RH: 79%

Pressure: 1022mbar, rising slowly