Thursday 21st February 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Dull cold frosty start

Temp -0.2C

Wind f2 ESE

Rainfall Trace

[Polar Maritime]

A raw overcast morning, min temp last night of -2.1c

Current Temp -1.8c

Dp -5.1c

Wind Chill -4.8c, E/S/E 6mph

[johnholmes]

dull and cold with a 'low' of 1.1C

My Davis packs up recording other than the summary for the last 3 mornings around 0200-0330. The last twice I've managed to restart it but no luck this morning so far.

Anyone any ideas what may be the matter and how I can solve it please?

[Coast]

1.3°C

1023.3 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 11.2 mph gusting 22.3 mph max E

Windchill -3.3°C

DP -3.4°C

Humidity 71%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1930 ft

Bright but cloudy, bone dry and bitter in the wind

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry, cold, cloudy and breezy night.

Currently dry and cold with occasional glimpses of sunshine through small breaks in the sheet of Stratocumulus.

At 0900;

Temp; -1.1c

24hr max; 0.3c

24 hr min; -2.2c

Grass min; -2.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Nil

Mean wind speed; 13 mph E

7 oktas Sc

Vis; 40 km

The same snow drifts and snow patches remaining; 1% of ground covered.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 21st February 2013:

Overcast and dry overnight, windy. Low -0.1c with –0.9c on the grass. The morning so far has been mainly overcast with the odd bright spell, feeling very cold in the fresh east wind.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 3.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.1°C

24-hour maximum 3.5°C

24-hour minimum: -0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 29.3 mph E

Rainfall total: 0.0.mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 0.4°C

Humidity: 74.3%

Dew point -3.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 E.

Barometer 1026.8 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

After a clear start with ground frost last night, overcast conditions spread to the area from the east around 22:00 GMT. The early hours saw intermittent drizzle. The morning to observation has been cold overcast, feeling particularly cold in the fresh East wind. After an initial high of around 3.1c at dawn the temperature has now fallen to 2.6c at 09:00 observations. Staying mostly cloudy, feeling very cold in the fresh east wind. The temperature briefly reached 3.5 c in a brighter spells during mid afternoon.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.1c (-1.1c) 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 43.1 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 99.6 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]

1.3C, stratocumulus, wind from the E, 1024hPa.

[Andy Bown]

The sky cleared just after dawn allowing the temp to fall from -1.2c to -2.5c as the sun rose.

Bitterly cold ESE breeze, 1.6c with sunny spells and broken Statocumulus.

Edited February 21, 2013 by Andy Bown

[ARTDEMOLE]

Patches of blue amongst the grey in the cloud base at 10001m.Sun shine has just been seen. Very chilly to say the least...

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Current data for WH1081

21 February 2013 14:44:25

Temperature (°C):

Current 1.2

Trend (per hour) +0.1

Average today -0.5

Wind chill -1.8

Heat Index 1.2

Dew Point -6.8

Rel Humidity 55%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 20.9 E

Average Speed 9.7 ENE

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 0.0

Total this month 6.3

Total this year 6.3

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1017.7

Trend (per hour) -0.5

[The PIT]

A cold day now with the odd snow flurry

Max Temp 2.1C

Wind F2 ENE

Rainfall Trace

[Stargazer]

Looks like the pattern for the next few days has started, very much like the early part of this month. Cold, cloudy and dry with occasional brightness and a biting wind. Maximum 3.0, minimum -0.2. Wind moderate E.

[Terminal Moraine]

After one or two brief sunny intervals first thing this morning it's been a cold and cloudy day; the cloud thick enough to produce a few flakes of snow this afternoon. The third ice day of the month.

At 1800;

Temp; -1.1c

Max' today; -0.1c

Min' last night; -2.2c

Grass min; -2.0c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 0.10 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph E

Highest gust today; 31 mph E at 1009

8 oktas Sc

Vis; 65 km

No change in the remaining lying snow.

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy day with the odd sunny spell during the morning, some flake's blowing about in the afternoon.. Max temp 0c, Feeling bitter with now thaw of remaining snow patches.

Current conditions

Temp -1.9c

DP -5.7c

Wind chill -4.1c ,E/N/E 4mph.

Edited February 21, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[Carl46Wrexham]

Mainly cloudy but dry day with the occasional glimpse of sun.

Current conditions

Temp : -0.2c

DP : -8.1c

Wind chill : -3.7c E/SE 8mph

Edited February 21, 2013 by Carl46Wrexham

[TonyH]

Clear periods with a slight frost last night.

Cold with long periods of rather hazy sunshine today. Moderate SE wind.

Min: -2.4c @ 0230

Max: 3.3c @ 1400

Dry again yesterday and today, that's a whole week of dry weather!

Currently: Clear, frosty and breezy.

Temp: -2c

RH: 74%

Pressure: 1021mbar, falling slowly.

[Guest]

Currently 0.0ºC with a dew point of -4.4ºC. Today's high was a chilly 1.7ºC with cloud cover.