Sunday 10th February 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A covering of snow again this morning, light snow falling now. 100% cover.

Current Conditions

Temp -0.4c

Dp -0.5c

Wind Chill -0.2c E/S/E 3mph

[Methuselah]

Cloudy and damp, 3.9C...

[Ninman]

Currently 2.3c, raining (not snow, which the Met office forecast just 24 hours ago) , light northerly breeze.

[johnholmes]

slight rain and drizzle here with the temperature on 1.8C in a SSE breeze with the pressure falling, not worked out by how much in the last 3 hours, probably about 2 to 2.5mb?

[The PIT]

Light rain and drizzle turned to Wet Snow around 7ish just starting to cover

Temp 0.8C

Wind F1 E

Rainfall 2.2 mm

[Polar Maritime]

Continuous light/mod snow here now for over an hour. temp 0c Dp -0.4 e/n/e

[Coast]

4.7°C

1001.9 mb falling 1.0 mb/hr

Wind 14.7 mph gusting 20.8 mph max S

DP 3.2°C

Humidity 90%

4.4 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 618 ft

Dark and drizzly

[Terminal Moraine]

Thick fog and drizzle throughout yesterday evening and into the early hours, the drizzle eventually replaced by a short spell of frozen rain, then snow, during the early hours.

Light, occasionally moderate, snow for the last 2 hours or so, with a few ice pellets mixed in at times.

At 0900;

Temp; 0.1c

24 hr max; 1.6c

24 h min:-0.1c

Grass min; 0.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 3.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 10 mph E/SE

Sky obscured by fog

Vis; 70 mts

Continuous light snow and occasional ice pellets

1.5cm of lying snow; 100% cover.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 10th February 2013:

Cloudy overnight with further light rain.. The morning so far has seen no change.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 4.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 2.1°C

24-hour maximum 4.0°C

24-hour minimum: 1.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: 0.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 11.6 mph ESE

Rainfall total: 4.1mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: poor about 1mile.

Temperature: 3.0°C

Humidity: 98.2%

Dew point 2.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 E

Barometer 999.9 mb: Trend: falling.

Yesterday:

Cloudy overnight with light rain commencing around 03:30 GMT, the light rain slowly turned to sleet, and changed to light to moderate snow by around 07:30 GMT. At observation, the snow has turned back to slight sleet. Just a sprinkling of wet snow on lawns. Staying cloudy with further light sleet during the morning. The afternoon saw a few spots of light rain, the evening continued much the same.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.2c (-1.0c) 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 14.4 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 70.9 mm

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

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

[AWD]

Wet wet wet here, temperature 5.1c

Dewpoint 4.4c. Had 5.1mm of rainfall so far today.

[Kent Snow]

2.3C, overcast, grey, wind from the S/SE, 1002hPa.

[marky810]

Continuous moderate sleet/wet snow in a moderate south easterly.

The ground is far too wet for it to settle though.

Temp is 1.7c.

Not very pleasant at all, roll on spring!

[Polar Maritime]

Snow has now turned to rain here, temp 0.6c, Dp 0.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

Snow has now turned to rain here, temp 0.6c, Dp 0.2c

Yes, just posted similar on the Midlands thread.

Steady rain here with a temp' of 1.6c. The thick fog has thinned to 400m and there's a slow thaw; snow cover now about 98%, 1.5cm deep.

[johnholmes]

thanks for that input TM, using a mix of web cams, reports and my ordnance survey soft ware, in the Peak area there is lying snow anywahere from about 750ft at Monsal Head, Foolow at 950 ft and Ringinglow outside Sheffield at 1000ft by the pub. I suspect a patch of slightly warmer air which did seem to show on the 850mb chart from Extra with pulses of colder air edging west and SW in the afternoon and more so during the evening.

[Terminal Moraine]

thanks for that input TM, using a mix of web cams, reports and my ordnance survey soft ware, in the Peak area there is lying snow anywahere from about 750ft at Monsal Head, Foolow at 950 ft and Ringinglow outside Sheffield at 1000ft by the pub. I suspect a patch of slightly warmer air which did seem to show on the 850mb chart from Extra with pulses of colder air edging west and SW in the afternoon and more so during the evening.

Snow line here is now around 275m ( 900 ft ). Your post ties in well with the latest Met' Office warning update which suggests around 10cm of snow for this area later today. A definite pulse of warmer upper air this morning as the temperature rose quite quickly from around 0.3c at 1030 to 1.6c shortly before midday.

[johnholmes]

thanks TM-good to see the weather report and forecast are close this time

[weather eater]

All rain here at the moment snow on the final third of Chinley Churn 440m which I can see out of the window, but it looks rather watery

[weather eater]

All rain here at the moment snow on the final third of Chinley Churn 440m which I can see out of the window, but it looks rather watery

If anything now turning more to rain and the snow is being washed off Chinley Churn

[Terminal Moraine]

If anything now turning more to rain and the snow is being washed off Chinley Churn

Yes, still raining here and the snow line is now around 340m. Just a patchy cover of slush from about 320m down to 290m and almost nothing below that.

[sunsetter]

Heavy rain for most of the day and an all over dismal grey sky

temp 6.6°C

pressure 988.7mb falling -1.5mb/hr

RH 95%

dewpoint 5.9°C

wind 5.1mph gusting 9.4mph SSW

rain 15.0mm

visibility 4 miles

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy and wet, with a current temp of 3c.

[johnholmes]

yes the rise in elevation for snow should start to begin to stop increasing in the next couple of hours and then a very slow dip down again. I would prefer to see the 12z output first but I would suggest down to 250m during this evening and possibly lower by midnight?

[Terminal Moraine]

300m seems to be the cusp of sleet and wet snow here at the moment; sudden bursts of pure wet snow followed by short spells of sleet. Unfortunately I don't know what the temperature is as I'm at work.

[weather eater]

Still rain here, less and less on Chinley Churn.