Sunday 17th March 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

Rain and sleet cleared overnight to leave a cloudy morning with the odd sunny spell. An overnight low of -0.3c.

Current Conditions.

Temp 0.0c

Dp -0.6c

Wind Chill -2.8c, S/S/W 6mph.

[Coast]

6.4°C

991.7 mb falling 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 18.0 mph gusting 19.5 mph max S

DP 3.9°C

Humidity 84%

1.2 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 1034 ft

Brighter earlier but now clouding over

[johnholmes]

increasing upper cloud with a light SW breeze and a temperature of 3.7C from a low of 1.3C

[The PIT]

A cold cloudly start after overnight rain

Temp 2.7C

Wind S F3

Rainfall 0.8mm since midnight

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 17th March 2013:

Moderate rain cleared after midnight and a few clear spells arrived from the south. A ground frost developed with icy patches by dawn. The morning to observation has turned increasingly cloudy from the south, suns disc visible through a vale of Altostratus.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.4°C

24-hour maximum 7.4°C

24-hour minimum: 0.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.7°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.8 mph E

Rainfall total: 8.4 mm.

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Altostratus, Cirrostratus, Stratus fractus..

Visibility: poor, around 3 miles.

Temperature: 1.0°C

Humidity: 98.1%

Dew point 0.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SSE

Barometer 990.8 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

Continuous light rain last night turned moderate after midnight and continued through the early hours. The day dawned overcast, rain turned lighter. The morning so far has been overcast with a few spots of light rain. There was further intermittent light rain through the morning. The afternoon saw some brief sunny spells, but was quickly followed by more thick cloud and heavy showers broke out producing small hail, these lasted in to the evening. Another spells of moderate rain arrived around 22:00 GMT.

March 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.2c (-3.1c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 9.6c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -5.1c on the 14th

Grass Minimum: -9.4c on the 14th

Rainfall 41.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3mm on the 15^th.

Maximum wind gust: 19.8 mph ENE on the 1st.

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 141.9 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3.mm on the 15th March.

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

[Terminal Moraine]

Sleet during yesterday evening, turning to snow shortly before midnight and leaving a snow cover above 290m; At 270m just the thinnest scattering of snow and a layer of frozen snow half way up the car windscreens; at 290 m white over with 0.5cm of snow and above 320m 1cm lying.

Fog developed around 0600 and became thick from 0700.

Currently dry but foggy, the fog just beginning to thin a little.

At 0900;

Temp; -0.3c

24 hr max; 5.4c

24 hr min; -0.7c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 6.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 8 mph S

Sky obscured by fog

Vis; 110 mts

Ground 98% covered with 1cm of frozen snow.

Edited March 17, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 7.5C...

[SteveB]

Sun trying to come out after some light patchy rain which had some sleet mixed in with it.

Temp 5.3c after an overnight low of 1.1c

[DR Hosking]

2.0c HEAVY SNOW! Been snowing heavily all morning, about an inch and a half settled and still coming down fast!

Edited March 17, 2013 by DR Hosking

[Interitus]

Sleet during yesterday evening, turning to snow shortly before midnight and leaving a snow cover above 290m; At 270m just the thinnest scattering of snow and a layer of frozen snow half way up the car windscreens; at 290 m white over with 0.5cm of snow and above 320m 1cm lying.

Flash Bar Stores webcam showed a covering last night but all gone now whilst still a good cover round the corner at Cat & Fiddle.

From other webcams some can be seen in the distance from the HSL site in Buxton and above the M62 near Blackstone Edge whilst currently snow spreading northwards through parts of the east Midlands. Most substantial falling snow currently appears to be in the Scottish southern uplands.

[Kent Snow]

7.1C, recent rain shower, broken cumulus, wind from the S/SE, 991hPa.

[sunny scunny]

Heavy rain earlier has now turned to heavy snow.Temp is 1.5c

[SteveB]

Not a bad day, feeling chilly when the sun goes in though.

Temp 5.5c

[TonyH]

Clear periods with a moderate frost last night.

1 to 2cm remaining snow lying at 0900 - the latest day of snow lying since 6th April 2008.

Fog at times 06-10am, then dry with sunny spells, more cloud after 1700. Thaw of lying snow complete by this evening.

Min: -3.7c @ 0700

Max: 8.1c @ 1300

Rain (snow melt) yesterday: 10.5mm

Trace rain so far today.

Currently: Clear intervals.

Temp: 3.2c

RH: 1,1c

Pressure: 988mbar, steady.

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy morning with intermittent light snow which never amounted to anything. The sleet and snow died out early in the afternoon and there were sunny intervals by mid afternoon. This morning's thin snow cover melted by mid-morning leaving only the old drifts under the walls.

At 1800;

Temp; 1.1c

Max' today; 2.8c

Min' last night; -0.7c

Grass min; -1.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.3mm

Sunshine; 1.02 hrs

Mean wind speed; 4 mph E

4 oktas Sc, Ci and Ac

Vis; 25 km

[Thundery wintry showers]

Dry with sunny intervals until mid-morning, following an overnight minimum of 1.7C. It progressively clouded over towards mid-afternoon with no sun after 11am, and the temperature reached a maximum of 5.7C.

At 3:30pm rain spread up from the south and unexpectedly turned to snow, and eventually produced some accumulations on the ground, with a minimum temp of 0.8C during the heavier snow. It's been mainly dry since but with only a very slow thaw, currently 1.0C with some light snow and about half a centimetre lying on non-concrete surfaces.

Edited March 17, 2013 by Thundery wintry showers

[SP1986]

Already below 0C, looking odds on for the coldest night since December 2010 tonight

[johnholmes]

a dry and bright day in the Peak but rain by the time, this evening, we got north of Junc 30 on the M! and turning to rain and snow as we came DOWN the M18, quite unusual that, still doing a mix of rain and snow here with T=1.5C and Td=0.2C.

well north of TM's area, Stoney Middleton-Eyam area.

2039=now all snow but fairly light although quite large flakes and not settling anywhere so far

Edited March 17, 2013 by johnholmes

[sunny scunny]

14mm of rain so far since early afternoon, with more to come overnight.

[Stargazer]

Cold and cloudy, with rain most of the day finally clearing just before sunset to give a cold misty evening with broken cloud. Currently partly cloudy, 0.0 deg C, wind light S. Today's maximum 5.7, last night's minimum 2.9.

[Mark Neal.]

-0.7c. 2mph SSE. Todays Rainfall- 6.5mm(Includes 4cm of snow)

[johnholmes]

update on 2025 post

not lamp post watching but I now have a back garden with 90% snow cover, less than 1cm and the front has snow on roofs, trees, shrubs and cars.

T=0.8C