Wednesday 20th March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cloudy cold start with light sleet at times

Temp 1C

Wind F2 NNE

Rainfall 0.2mm

[SteveB]

Damp start after a heavy shower last night

Temp 3.1c

[Polar Maritime]

A cold cloudy night here with an overnight low of -0.8c. Snow started to fall at around 5.30am and has turned persistent mod snow now, with around 0.5cm covering. Thick fog above 380m.

Current Conditions.

Temp -0.9c

Dp -0.7c

Wind Chill -0.2c, East 2mph.

The odd old drift still remains under the walls, 95% fresh snow cover.

[johnholmes]

cloudy with light rain at times, a low of 1.4C now on 1.9C

[Coast]

3.8°C

1001.7 mb rising 0.9 mb/hr

Wind 7.0 mph gusting 10.4 mph max N/NW

DP 1.7°C

Humidity 86%

0.2 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 878 ft

Grey and overcast again

[marky810]

Heavy snow, thick fog 0.7c.

[Methuselah]

Dry and cloudy, 3.2C...

[Terminal Moraine]

Clear intervals during the first half of the night and remaining dry until around 0530 when light, occasionally moderate, snow moved in from the east. Thick fog developed around 0300 and lasted until 0830 before lifting.

Currently cloudy with light snow. The lying snow line is around 200 m.

At 0900;

Temp; -0.4c

24 hr max; 3.9c

24 hr min; -0.6c

Grass min; -2.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.1 mm

Mean wind speed; 19 mph E

8 oktas St and Ac

Vis; 5 km

1cm of lying snow; 99% of ground covered.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 20th March 2013:

Clear spells for the first part of the night, though enough of an easterly wind to prevent an air frost. Turning cloudy after midnight. The day dawned overcast with light sleet or freezing drizzle. No change to observation, still a little light half melted freezing drizzle. Feeling cold and raw in the fresh NE wind.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 6.7°C

Minimum temperature overnight 1.2°C

24-hour maximum 6.7°C

24-hour minimum: 1.2°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.2 mph E

Rainfall total: 0.1 mm.

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: poor, about 1 mile.

Temperature: 2.0°C

Humidity: 92.6%

Dew point 0.9°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 NE

Barometer 1006 mb: Trend: rising.

Yesterday:

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. Again remaining cloudy through the morning and in to early afternoon with the temperature struggling to rise above 4c. By mid afternoon a few cloud breaks appeared and the sun helped the temperature up to 6.5c. Dry here though there was some showers scattered around the area.

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 42.4 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 142.4 mm

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

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

[Andy Bown]

Sunny spells and large banks of Cumulus which have developed and spread out, 8.5c and calm.

[Kent Snow]

4.6C, overcast, dull, wind from the N, 1007hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

All this morning's lying snow has thawed, as much due to residual heat in the unfrozen ground rather as the air temperature.

The current air temp' is 0.8c and the soil temperature at 0900 today was 1.3c at 5cm and 1.9 cm at 10 cm.

Currently overcast with brief showers of snow grains and snow flakes.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Was a sunny day...

Current data for WH1081

20 March 2013 17:35:56

Temperature (°C):

Current 4.7

Trend (per hour) -1.0

Average today 3.4

Wind chill 4.7

Heat Index 4.7

Dew Point 1.4

Rel Humidity 79%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 9.7 SSE

Average Speed 3.6 E

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 0.3

Total this month 35.7

Total this year 42.0

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1007.7

Trend (per hour) +0.9

[The PIT]

A very cold day with sleet then snow then sleet then rain then snow again. No great amounts involved though just light stuff.

Max temp 2.6C

Wind F3 NNE

Rainfall 2.0mm

[SteveB]

A partly cloudy day with good sunny spells

Temp 5.2c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and cloudy day with periods of light-moderate snow during the morning, eventually becoming very light and intermittent after about 1115. The afternoon was cloudy with brief showers of grain snow and a few snow flakes.

At 1800;

Temp; 0.1c

Max' today; 1.4c

Min' last night; -0.6c

Grass min; -2.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.6 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 6 mph NE/E

Highest gust today; 27 mph E at 1011

8 oktas St and St fractus

Vis; 12 km

A few snow grains at times

Drifts remaining under the walls and also a few small remnants of this morning's snow.

Edited March 20, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[Polar Maritime]

The light/mod snow this morning eased around lunchtime, the odd light snow pellet's during the day slowly turned to light snow showers this evening the snow has settled in the fields leaving around 0.5cm so far. A max temp today of 1.9c.

Current Conditions.

Temp -0.2c

Dp -1.2c

Wind Chill -0.4c, East 9mph.

The odd drift under the walls still remain.

[Stargazer]

Clear spells overnight led to freezing fog in the early hours. Cold and dull all day, remaining dry. Maximum 6.5, minimum -0.6. Wind light NE.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a slight frost last night.

Cloud and some sunny spells today, especially 12-1500. Light to moderate SE breeze. A few spits in the air early this evening. Quite cool.

Min: -0.9c @ 0230

Max: 8.4c @ 1300

Rain yesterday: 6.6mm

Trace rain since 0900 today

Currently: Clear intervals.

Temp: 2.4c

RH: 90%

Pressure: 1013mbar, rising