Wednesday 13th February 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

A ground frost overnight, before turning overcast now with a lovely Pink sunrise this morning, 5cm of snow 95% snow cover.

Current Temp -2.3c

Dp -4.2c

Wind Chill -3.2c S/S/W 23mph

Edited February 13, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Coast]

-0.3°C

1022.1 mb rising 0.8 mb/hr

Wind 0.5 mph gusting 13.0 mph max NE

DP -4.2°C

Humidity 75%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1605 ft

Dry and cold, partly cloudy

[johnholmes]

A lovely orangy red sunrise through the Ci Cs cloud already thickening into As, frrost with ice on the small pond but no white frost, calm and a low of -1.1C, currently -0.3C

[Methuselah]

Dull, cold and dry, 0.5C...

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear spells during the early hours but clouding over well before dawn.

Currently dry, cold and cloudy with a freshening S wind.

At 0900;

Temp; -2.0c

24 hr max; -0.8c

24 hr min; -3.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -5.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 21 mph S

8 oktas As

Vis; 8 km

Mean depth of undrifted snow; 8.7cm. 100% cover.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 13th February 2013:

Continuing overcast through the night, dry. Little change up to observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.6°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.6°C

24-hour maximum 1.6°C

24-hour minimum: -0.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.3°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.3 mph E

Rainfall total: 0.4mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratus.

Visibility: poor about 2 mile.

Temperature: 0.3°C

Humidity: 81.4%

Dew point -2.5°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 SE

Barometer 1020.8 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

Cloudy overnight with the a few light snow showers scattered around producing a slight sprinkling. Another cloudy day followed, feeling cold.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.8c (-1.4c) 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 29.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.2mm on the 10th

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 85.5 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.2.mm on the 10th Feb

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

[Kent Snow]

1.1C, clear skies, hazy sunshine, wind from the SE, 1023hPa.

[Snowyowl9]

Snow and drifting from the SSE once again today 2nd time this year from that direction,coldest night of this snap at -1.1c drifting has this past 15 minutes stopped as it`s now drizzly,temps on the rise at 1.6c and slow thawing.

[sunny scunny]

Cloudy with light snow, which is now starting to settle on all surfaces.Temp is -0.2c.

[johnholmes]

been snowing since about 1215 and a spell of moderate 1420-50 with 1+cm snow lying on all surfaces now, the roads covered over during the moderate snow; T=0.1C and Td=-1.1C; reckon, looking at the radar and surface observations about 2 maybe 3 hours for it to start to turn to rain.

[Polar Maritime]

Started snowing around 11pm here, slowly got heavy during the afternoon, snow has now stopped with drifting in the strong wind. A max temp of -0.2c.

Current conditions..

Temp -0.7c

Dp -0.5c

Wind Chill -6.6c , S/S/W 15mph Gusting 26mph

12cm of fresh snow today, mean depth 17cm, drifting up to 40cm. There should be some good sized drift's tomorrow.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and cloudy start to the day but snow arrived shortly before 1100 and continued until around 1700; some spells of fairly heavy snow during the afternoon with a good deal of drifting in the f6-7 S wind. From 1700 we had light-moderate freezing drizzle followed by intermittent freezing rain; this has put a crust of ice on the snow and stopped the drifting. Thick fog developed around 1600 and has persisted since. 9.5cm of fresh snow

The trees are crackling with ice as the wind moves them.

At 1800;

Temp; -0.8c

Max' today; -0.8c

Min' last night; -3.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -5.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800 ( waiting for snow from gauge to melt)

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 34 mph S

Highest gust today; 43 mph S at 1749

Sky obscured by fog

Vis; 50 mts

Mean depth of undrifted snow 17cm

[Polar Continental]

Snow set in around 10:30 GMT, this turned moderate and continued well in to the afternoon depositing 3.0 cm very wet cover over most surfaces. The snow turned to ice pellets and sleet by around 15:00 GMT, followed by drizzle in the early evening. The temperature fell in the snow to 0.3c, began rising after snow turned to drizzle, now 0.9c.

[TonyH]

Cloudy today, a touch of ground frost early last night.

A little sleet early morning soon turned to intermittent light rain and drizzle lasting to early afternoon, just a few spits thereafter. Moderate to fresh SE wind this morning, veered SW this evening. Rather cold, but turning milder this evening.

Min: +0.5c yesterday evening 2300

Max: 6.2c currently

Rain yesterday: 0.5mm

Rain since 0900 today: 3mm

Currently: Cloudy, dry.

Temp: 6.2c

RH: 95%

Pressure: 1012mbar, falling

[The PIT]

Snow gave way to brief period of freezing rain. As others have reported this soon put a stop to any further drifting. Temps slowy rising.

Max Temp 0.8C

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall unmeasured. Fresh snow fall 5cm

[J10]

A period of moderate snow with a temporary covering this morning soon gave way to rain to follow.

[Terminal Moraine]

Temperature just below freezing at -0.2c and with moderate freezing rain. The snow now decidedly crisp.

[sunny scunny]

A few inches of snow during the afternoon and early evening. Now it's raining with lots to come during the night.Temp is 0.7c.