Saturday 16th February 2013: weather reports and chat.

[Methuselah]

Morning peeps...

A mild morning with stratocumulus cloud, 4C...

[Polar Maritime]

Overnight low of -0.8c, dry, clear.

Current Conditions.

Lovely sunny morning with patchy high cloud.

Temp 0.8c

Dp 0.1c

Wind Chill 0.6c, S/S/W 2mph

Just snow shadows left under the walls and hollows now.

Edited February 16, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[johnholmes]

partly cloudy with a mix of Sc and Ci, frost earlier with a low of -0.4C, now on 1.1C

[Coast]

4.5°C

1023.3 mb rising 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 4.8 mph max N/NE

DP 2.6°C

Humidity 87%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 815 ft

Dull and cloudy

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with clear periods and with fog patches developing in the valleys before dawn.

Currently dry with hazy sunshine and a good deal of thin high cloud.

At 0900;

Temp; 3.0c

24 hr max; 6.8c

24 hr min; 1.9c

Grass min; -2.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 6 mph SW

6 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis; 9 km

Patchy snow lying. 20% of ground covered. 8% of ground covered on the tops.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 16th February 2013:

Clear spells developing through the early hours with frost developing and thick freezing fog. Low –1.0c with –3.6c on the grass. The day dawned cold and frosty with freezing fog, visibility <100 yards. The morning to observation has seen the fog thin to mist, still frosty, sunny spells.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 8.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight –1.0°C

24-hour maximum 8.7°C

24-hour minimum: -1.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 10.0 mph W

Rainfall total: 0.0.mm

Current Conditions:

4 Oktas: Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus, contrails, Altocumulus.

Visibility: poor around 0.5 mile.

Temperature: -0.5°C

Humidity: 92.2%

Dew point -1.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 NE

Barometer 1024.0 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Clear spells last night gave way to cloudy condition during the early hours. Low 0.3c with –3.4c on the grass. The morning to observation has remained cloudy, ground frost now thawed. Bright and sunny spells developed through the morning and continued in to the afternoon. Feeling mild. Turning rather cloudy again through the early evening.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.0c (-1.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 9.6c on the 14th

Minimum temperature: -3.0c on the 3rd

Grass Minimum: -7.9c on the 3rd

Rainfall 42.9 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 99.4 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]

8.2C, bright, stratocumulus, wind light, 1024hPa.

[The PIT]

A dry night with a slight ground frost. High cloud now blocking the early morning sun but still pleasant.

Temp 7.3C

Wind F2 SW

Rainfall Nil

[ARTDEMOLE]

Mist still about every where.

Current data for WH1081

16 February 2013 12:22:52

Temperature (°C):

Current 5.7

Trend (per hour) -0.1

Average today 5.5

Wind chill 5.7

Heat Index 5.7

Dew Point 5.6

Rel Humidity 99%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 5.0 W

Average Speed 1.1 SE

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 0.0

Total this month 6.0

Total this year 6.0

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1019.5

Trend (per hour) +5.7

[Summer Sun]

A lovely day out there today dry and sunny with no wind feeling mild in the sun

8.1°C

[TonyH]

Clear intervals with a ground frost last night, this after a short-lived air frost in the late evening.

Rather cloudy and mild today, a few sunny intervals. Light to moderate SSE breeze.

Min: -1.5c @ 2300 yesterday

Max: 9.6c @ 1430

Rain yesterday/ today: Nil

Currently: Mostly cloudy

Temp: 7.2c

RH: 84%

Pressure: 1021mbar, steady.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with lengthy spells of sunshine but also a good deal of thin high cloud. Patches of Sc developed during the second half of the afternoon and made it rather cloudy at times.

At 1800;

Temp; 4.0c

Max' today; 6.5c

Min' last night; 1.9c

Grass min; -2.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; nil

Sunshine today; 6.70 hrs

Mean wind speed; 5 mph S

Highest gust today; 14 mph S at 1419

6 oktas Sc and Ac

Vis; 65 km

Patchy snow lying; about 7% of ground covered.

[Stargazer]

Dry, mild and quite pleasant for February, with sunny spells after a cloudy start. Maximum 10.7, minimum 2.9. Wind light SE.

[Aaron]

A frosty morning, with a minimum of -1.1°C, was followed by a very sunny and mild day, with a maximum of 9.5°C. 6.5 hours of sunshine today.

Currently 4.2°C, clear and calm.