Saturday 23rd February 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Overnight Snow showers didn't turn up and instead skies cleared slightly to lead to the sharpest frost of the cold spell.

Temp -1.4C

Wind f2 NNE

Rainfall trace

[Methuselah]

Grey and windy (1mm of snow) 1.4C...

[Coast]

- 0.1°C

1018.2 mb rising 0.6 mb/hr

Wind 1.3 mph gusting 18.3 mph max NE

DP -5.5°C

Humidity 67%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2224 ft

Overcast and cold, light dusting of snow overnight

[johnholmes]

cloudy but 1 or 2 very small gaps in the Sc sheet, lowest was -1.1C and its now 0.4C with a very light N'ly drift

[Terminal Moraine]

After a few snow grains yesterday evening the rest of the night was dry and cloudy.

Currently dry and cloudy but brighter than recently as the cloud is mostly medium and high level stuff.

At 0900;

Temp; -2.0c

24 hr max; -0.8c

24 hr min; -2.9c

Grass min; -4.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 12 mph N/NE

7 oktas As and Sc

Vis; 40 km

The same old snow patches remaining plus a thin scatter of snow grains.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 23rd February 2013:

Another cloudy and dry night. Low –1.3c with –3.4c on the grass. At observation, cloudy and dry, ground frozen, evidence of a few snow grains on the ground.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight –1.3°C

24-hour maximum 1.1°C

24-hour minimum: -1.3°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 17.2 mph ENE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good around 10 miles.

Temperature: -0.5°C

Humidity: 92.2%

Dew point --1.6°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 NE

Barometer 1023.4 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

No change to the overcast and dry conditions overnight. The morning so far has been overcast, light snow flurry now at observation, feeling bitterly cold in the fresh ENE wind, ground frozen. A dry very cold and overcast day followed, the stiff east wind making for a significant sub-zero wind chill.

February 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.8c (-1.4c) 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

[johnholmes]

Quite a different cloud type now with little if any Sc and 6-7/8 shallow Cu and glimpses of the sun which are very welcome after the last few dull and cold days. Even a VERY isolated snow flake seen!

[reef]

Mostly cloudy with bright spells after a clearance overnight allowed a light air frost. Min Temp was -0.1C. No sign of any snow at all, not even a flurry.

Currently 3.3C and 72% humidity.

[Kent Snow]

1.1C, light snow flurry, broken cumulus, wind from the NE, 1019hPa.

[marky810]

Overcast with light sleet in a light north easterly.

Currently 0.8c after an overnight low of -0.4c.

Bitterly cold.

[The PIT]

Sunny Spells and dry still cold but less cold than the last two days.

Temp 2.1C

Wind f3 NNE

Rainfall nil

[ARTDEMOLE]

Dry.Cold.Brighter now..

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Current data for WH1081

23 February 2013 13:07:20

Temperature (°C):

Current 1.5

Trend (per hour) +0.4

Average today -0.1

Wind chill -1.8

Heat Index 1.5

Dew Point -4.8

Rel Humidity 63%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 14.8 NE

Average Speed 11.2 NE

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 1017.3

Trend (per hour) 0.0

[Stargazer]

Overcast and cold with one or two light snow flurries. Maximum 3.5, minimum -0.1. Wind moderate NE.

[Terminal Moraine]

Most of the day was dry and cloudy. There were a few brief glimpses of sunshine this morning and also a few snow grains or flakes from late morning into mid-afternoon but it was not until around 1730 that some more significant light snow showers arrived and gave a thin snow cover.

At 1800;

Temp; -0.6c

Max' today; 1.1c

Min' last night; -2.9c

Grass min; -4.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 0.41 hrs

Mean wind speed; 7 mph N

Highest gust today; 20 mph NE at 1052

8 oktas Cu

Light snow shower falling

Vis; 6 km

Thin cover of fresh dry snow; 80% of ground covered.

[TonyH]

Clear spells with a moderate frost last night.

Sunny intervals am, cloudy afternoon, cold, light NE breeze.

Clear spells and frosty this evening.

Min: -4.0c @ 0730

Max: 3.4c @ 1230

Dry again yesterday and today = tenth successive 'dry' day with less than 0.2mm falling

Currently: Clear intervals.

Temp: -2.4c

RH: 90%

Pressure: 1025mbar, rising slowly

Correct chart!

Edited February 23, 2013 by TonyH

[Snowyowl9]

Had a few late snow showers giving a dusting much later than was forecast,temp isn`t very cold at the moment at 1.3c

Max today 2.3c with more sun than recently,still afew snow drifts left from the last cold spell,it felt very cold this morning out in the wind.