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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

A dull dry cold start.

Temp 0.6C

Wind F1 N

Rainfall nil

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset

Dry frosty start with an overnight low of -1.1c

Current Temp -0.8c

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Thick freezing fog this morning up to around 400m where the sun is starting to burn through, an overnight low of -2.8c.

Current Conditions.

Temp -2.1c

Dp -2.5c

Wind Chill -2.2c, E/S/E 0mph

The odd snow patch still remains here and there under the walls.

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

cloudy but dry, as Davis is still playing up, not sure if precip recorded is rain and snow overnight or snow melt. Minimum temperature=0.8C at 0000 its now on 1.4C with just patches of snow left.

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)

5.3°C

988.9 mb steady

Wind 4.7 mph gusting 7.1 mph max S

DP 4.1°C

Humidity 92%

4.4 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 492 ft

Damp and dull, some CB's out over the Channel

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.

A dry night with clear periods after a cloudy start to the evening. Shallow fog developed on lower ground by 0615 and rapdily thickened and extended up the hillsides.

Currently thick fog but with hazy sunshine and clear sky visible directly overhead.

Snow drifts remaining under the walls.

At 0900;

Temp; -0.6c

24 hr max; 2.8c

24 hr min; -2.6c

Grass min; -5.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.3 mm

Mean wind speed; 4 mph NW

2 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis; 50 mts

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  • Location: @scotlandwx
  • Weather Preferences: Crystal Clear High Pressure & Blue Skies
  • Location: @scotlandwx

For those looking for some reading material this morning.

The ECMWF Winter 2012/13 newsletter is out today.

http://www.ecmwf.int...ers/pdf/134.pdf

Will post this in model resolution thread too.

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  • Location: South Derbyshire nr. Burton on Trent, Midlands, UK: alt 262 feet
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme winter cold,heavy bowing snow,freezing fog.Summer 2012
  • Location: South Derbyshire nr. Burton on Trent, Midlands, UK: alt 262 feet

Monday 18th March 2013:

Quit a lot of high cloud overnight, though thin enough to allow the temperature to fall to -2.4c with –6.4c on the grass. A frosty and misty start. The morning saw the mist thicken to shallow freezing fog, visibility <300 yards. Blue sky visible overhead at observation.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 5.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight –2.4°C

24-hour maximum 5.1°C

24-hour minimum: -2.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -6.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 13.0 mph W

Rainfall total: 0.4 mm.

Current Conditions:

2 Oktas: Cirrus, contrails.

Visibility: very poor, < 300 yards.

Temperature: -0.3°C

Humidity: 96.1%

Dew point –0.8°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 ENE

Barometer 990.6 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

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. Light rain set in for a short while after 10:00 GMT, though this died out by early afternoon with a few sunny spells following by late afternoon. Feeling cool despite lake of wind. High just 5.3c briefly in the sunny spells. The evening turned frosty under a clearing sky.

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 42.3 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3mm on the 15th.

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

2013 so far:

Maximum temperature: 13.4c on the 29th January

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16th Jan

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 142.3 mm

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

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

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  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire
  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire

Overcast with heavy rain overnight, giving a total of 11.6mm since midnight. Min temp 3.3C.

Currently overcast with light rain and a temp of 3.8C. Max so far 4.1C.

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  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire

Quite a frustrating day as although dry there was dense fog/frost which lifted into low cloud and mist by 10.00 and then burned off by 11.00

leaving pleasant sunny spells. However within an hour Cumulus had developed and spread out leaving it no cloudy/bright.

9.2c and calm.

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  • Location: halifax 125m
  • Weather Preferences: extremes the unusual and interesting facts
  • Location: halifax 125m

2degrees and snowing could be like this all week acording to forcast

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

A dry dull cold morning gave way to light rain/sleet with the odd flake of snow. Over all a miserable none descript day.

Max temp 4.6C

Wind F3 NNE

Rainfall 0.4mm

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  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Hot sunny , cold and snowy, thunderstorms
  • Location: Weston-S-Mare North Somerset

Lovely sunny day with no breeze or rain.

Temp 5.9c

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.

Thick freezing fog to start the day, eventually clearing by about 1130. The afternoon was dry, apart from a few spots of drizzle around 1630-1700, and there were hazy sunny intervals early in the period.

Currently dry, cloudy and noticeably colder than a few hours ago.

At 1800;

Temp; 0.9c

Max' today; 4.1c

Min' last night; -2.6c

Grass min; -5.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 1.42 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph NE

Highest gust today; 21 mph NE at 1502

8 oktas St

Vis; 6 km.

A few snow drifts lying under the walls, the lowest I can see are around the 270 mt mark.

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  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)

Some sleety rain showers last night.

Rather cloudy with some sunny intervals today, mostly am. Light variable breezes.

Clear and frosty this evening.

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Min: 1.7c @ 0700

Max: 8.4c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 2.7mm

Dry so far today

Currently: Clear, frosty

Temp: -1c

RH: 94%

Pressure: 994mbar, rising slowly.

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