Tuesday 19th March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cold dry frosty start

Temp -1.8C

Wind F1 ESE

Rainfall nil

[SteveB]

Dry and very foggy start to the day after an overnight low of -0.3c

Current Temp 1.1c

[johnholmes]

dry, frosty with a few small patches of Sc and Ci, lowest was -1.8C, currently -0.4C

[Eye to the sky]

Partly cloudy skies and yet another hard ground frost.Occasional flakes of snow falling but the sun is currently shining as well.

[Methuselah]

Dry, cloudy, a bit misty, 3.2C...

[Coast]

4.3°C

996.3 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 0.0 mph gusting 4.5 mph max E

DP 3.1°C

Humidity 93%

2.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 489 ft

Grey and dull

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and mainly dry night; just a few flakes of snow falling during the late evening. Clear intervals during the early hours and then a few light snow showers since 0730. The heaviest of these was just beginning to whiten the ground when it stopped.

Currently cloudy with a few flakes of snow.

At 0900;

Temp; 0.3c

24 hr max; 4.1c

24 hr min; -1.9c

Grass min; -4.8c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 7 mph S/SE

7 oktas Cu, Ac and St

Vis; 6 km.

A thin scattering of snow lying on bare frozen ground. The usual snow drifts remaining under the walls.

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 19th March 2013:

Rather cloudy overnight with just a few cloud breaks. The day dawned cloudy and misty, frost. Low –0.8c with –3.9c on the grass. The morning to observation has been mostly cloudy and dry, frost thawed.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 6.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.8°C

24-hour maximum 6.0°C

24-hour minimum: -0.8°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 11.2 mph E

Rainfall total: 0.0 mm.

Current Conditions:

7 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: poor, about 3 miles.

Temperature: 1.7°C

Humidity: 94.4%

Dew point 0.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SE

Barometer 997.8 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

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. The depth of fog increased for a couple of hours, then slowly lifted in to low cloud. Still misty and cold with the temperature struggling to 3c by midday. The afternoon began much the same. By mid afternoon the low cloud began to break allowing sunny spells and the temperature climbed to 6.0c.

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 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 142.3 mm

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

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

Edited March 19, 2013 by Polar Continental

[sundog]

A few cm of snow here this morning. overnight low 0.7c,current temp 1.9c and cloudy.

[Kent Snow]

5.2C, broken cumulus, wind light and variable, 999hPa.

[Methuselah]

4.1C with continuous light/mod sleety rain...Dire, in other words!

[Thundery wintry showers]

Dry, plenty of cloud, but some scattered sunny intervals about, and quite hazy. 5.8C max so far, following a min of 1.7C overnight.

[sunsetter]

Persistent morning fog has been slow to clear to leave a grey overcast dull day.

temp 6.5°C

pressure 996.2mb steady

RH 87%

dewpoint 4.5°C

wind calm

rain nil

[Andy Bown]

Cold and dull with Stratocumulus and mist, calm, 6.9c .

[hillbilly]

currently 5 deg and cloudy ,-4this morning still snow cover above 250m

[Summer Sun]

Dry and cloudy today doesn't feel as cold today now the wind has gone light

Temperature 5.4°C

Dew Point: 4.7°C

Edited March 19, 2013 by Gavin.

[reef]

A suprisingly good day considering the wind is easterly. After a clear start with a ground frost this morning it has been partly cloudy with long spells of sunshine. Not too cold either.

Max Temp: 7.7C

Min Temp: 0.2C

Mean Wind: 6mph E

Max Gust: 12mph

Rainfall: None

Currently 5.3C and 78% humidity with sunny spells.

[SteveB]

A dry day after a foggy start, managed to miss the showers completely, and it wasn't to bad with decent sunny spells.

Temp 6.4c

[IanR]

Max 8c, as in last 4 days! mostly cloudy,some sunny intervals, few spots of light rain at times

[The PIT]

A dry day with clear skies soon disappearing and it becoming mostly cloudy but dry.

Max temp 5.2C

Wind F1 E

Rainfall 0.2mm according to Davis which is probably melting frost.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light snow showers early this morning but since about 0915 it's been mainly dry and cloudy. The cloud has thinned and broken since sunset.

At 1800;

Temp; 3.0c

Max' today; 3.9c

Min' last night; -1.9c

Grass min'; -4.8c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 0.45 hrs

Mean wind speed; 8 mph E

Highest gust today; 18 mph E at 1334

7 oktas Cu and Sc

Vis; 15 km

Drifts remaining under the walls and in some of the hollows.

Edited March 19, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[Stargazer]

Similar to the last couple of days - mainly dry and cloudy with occasional brightness. Patchy drizzle from late afternoon omwards. Maximum 8.4, minimum 0.6. Wind light E.

[Methuselah]

Damp and mizzly, 4.7C...

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a slight frost last night.

Feeling pleasant in the sunny intervals and light variable/ SE breeze today. Showers of rain, soft hail and sleet 19-2100 this evening, rather heavy and prolonged at times.

Min: -0.9c yesterday evening

Max: 9.3c @ 1130

Rain yesterday: 0.1mm

Rain since 0900 today: 6mm

Currently: dry, clear intervals

Temp: 0.8c

RH: 96%

Pressure: 999mbar, rising slowly