Thursday 21st March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

A cold frosty start with broken cloud

Temp -0.2C

Wind F1 NE

Rainfall since midnight nil

[SteveB]

Dry cloudy start

Temp 4.0c after an overnight low of 3.1c

[Polar Maritime]

A cloudy overcast night with the odd light snow shower and clear spell developing during the early hours, leaving a dry overcast morning and an overnight low of -1.5c, feeling raw in the East wind.

Current Conditions.

Temp -1.2c

Dp -2.1c

Wind Chill -4.6c, S/E 7mph.

The same old snow patches still remain under the walls, and a thin covering in places if ice/snow pellets. Tonight could turn very interesting..

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with light snow showers yesterday evening giving another thin snow cover; the lying snow line is around 280 m. Freezing fog above 300 m for part of the night, all the trees above that level covered in rime.

Currently dry and cloudy.

At 0900;

Temp; -0.9c

24 hr max; 1.4c

24 hr min; -1.6c

Grass min; -1.6c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900;0.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 8 mph E

8 oktas St

Vis; 5 km

Ground 90% covered with 0.3cm of dry snow. Old snow drifts remain under the walls.

[Methuselah]

Dry and sunny, 4C...

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 21st March 2013:

A good deal of cloud persisted overnight with a few cloud breaks appearing just before dawn. Low –0.5c with –2.4c on the grass. The day dawned partly cloudy with a widespread frost. The morning to observation has been mainly sunny as the rest of the low cloud thins and breaks up.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 3.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.5°C

24-hour maximum 3.9°C

24-hour minimum: -0.5°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -2.4°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.2 mph ENE

Rainfall total: tr.mm.

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Stratus fractus.

Visibility: poor to moderate, around 3-4 miles.

Temperature: 2.1°C

Humidity: 89.0%

Dew point 0.5°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 E

Barometer 1017.5 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

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. The morning saw a little light showery sleet and snow, though not amounting to anything, just making the ground damp at times. The afternoon saw the odd brighter spell and was mainly dry. Cold with the temperature around 3.0c for the most part, though it did briefly reach 3.9c during a brighter spell.

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]

Vile!

Dull, wet, windy and very cold, 4.2c .

[Kent Snow]

5.2C, few cumulus, altostratus, wind from the SE, 1018hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

A mainly dry and cloudy day; just a few flakes of fine snow early morning and early afternoon and a few brief sunny intervals during mid-morning as the cloud sheet temporarily broke.

An increasing E wind this afternoon. The thin snow cover this morning had melted by 1015.

At 1800;

Temp; 0.9c

Max' today; 2.1c

Min' last night; -1.6c

Grass min; -1.6c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 0.12 hrs

Mean wind speed;23 mph E

Highest gust today; 35 mph E at 1604

8 oktas As and St fractus

Vis' 40 km

Snow drifts remaining under the walls

[The PIT]

A mostly cloudy after a bright start which was already disappearing by seven. Dry through out though.

Max temp 3.2C

Wind F3 E

Rainfall nil

[TonyH]

Mostly cloudy and cold today.

A few clear intervals most likely gave a ground frost last night.

Bright intervals into early afternoon, then light rain and drizzle at times since 1400. Moderate to fresh ESE wind.

Min: +1.1c @ 0300

Max: 4.9c @ 1330

Rain yesterday: 0.1mm

Rain since 0900 today: 1.5mm

Currently: Light rain.

Temp: 3.9c

RH: 89%

Pressure: 1007mbar, falling

[SteveB]

Cloudy day with mostly light rain

Temp 5.1c

[Polar Maritime]

Moderate snow now blowing around in a strong wind gusting 26mph, a slight covering so far..

Temp -0.7c

Dp -2.3c

Wind Chill -3.1c, E/N/E.

[Stargazer]

Rather cold and cloudy with occasional bright intervals. Maximum 8.0, minimum 2.2. Wind light E.

[reef]

Clear and frosty to start then a partly cloudy day with long spells of sunshine.

Max Temp: 5.6C

Min Temp: -1.3C

Mean Wind: 9mph E

Max Gust: 20mph

Rainfall: 0.2mm (dew)

Currently 2.6C and 77% humidity and overcast with a strengthening easterly wind.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Dry with sunny intervals and broken cloud in Sandhutton. It was mostly sunny until mid-afternoon but mostly cloudy between mid-afternoon and sunset, but the sky cleared up again after sunset.

Max temperature 5.8C and min -2.9C, currently 1.5C.

[knocker]

Rain all day with an amber warning out for more. Utterly depressing.

[Sky Full]

6.30 am Brize Norton: Rain overnight. Currently heavy overcast, no rain, but strong se breeze.