Saturday 23rd March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Mark Neal.]

Snowing here moderately. Temperature 0.7c Dewpoint -1c- Wind- ENE 21mph, gusting 30mph

[Eye to the sky]

Overcast with moderate snow falling though the flakes are very small.Probably around 5 inches here now blowing around in a strong and gusty NE wind

[The PIT]

Very Cold Light to moderate Snow mostly light

Temp -0.3C

Wind f3 ENE

Rainfall Snow so unmeasured as yet

[March Blizzard]

It's Saturday the 23rd, guys!

[SteveB]

Horrible cold wet start to the day

Temp 2.3c

Edited March 23, 2013 by SteveB

[hillbilly]

-2deg aprox 12 inch of snow still snowing and blowing .worst conditions here since 1995,worst conditions in march since 1979

[Polar Maritime]

Heavy snow is ongoing this morning, with blizzards and severe drifting continuing all night leaving 54cm of level snow and drift's well over 2m+ high in places, all roads and lanes are blocked locally here.

Temp -1.6c

Dp -1.8c

Wind Chill -3.4c, N/N/E 12mph

[sunny scunny]

Very cold and breezy with a covering of snow.Temp is -0.7c.

[Methuselah]

Dry, cold, cloudy and breezy, 2.2C...

[Coast]

2.9°C

1003.6 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 17.6 mph gusting 21.0 mph max E

Windchill -2.4°C

DP 1.4°C

Humidity 90%

5.8mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 609 ft

Dull, wet and cold

[Tamara]

No stats, although I estimate the cloud base to be about 1ft higher than in Eastbourne. Its very cold with very light snow flurries after being wet and windy overnight

Edited March 23, 2013 by Tamara Road

[Methuselah]

Cloudy and breezy with continuous light/moderate snow, 2.0C...Now slipped back to 1 on the Murr Scale...

[Terminal Moraine]

A major task to do all the readings this morning. All thermometers not in a screen, and all the rain gauges, completely buried.

Both screens filled with blown snow and impossible to find anywhere with undrifted snow.

The middle of the fields on the tops are scoured down to about 5cm of snow with drifts around the edges limited only by the height of the walls, which in this area are about 1.5m high. Some drifts over 2m deep where the walls are higher.

At 0900;

Temp; -1.9c

24 hr max; -0.5c

24 hr min; -2.0c

Grass min; -1.1c ( thermometer buried)

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; waiting for snow from gauges and several snow cores to melt )

Mean wind speed; 24 mph E

8 oktas Ns

Continuous light-moderate snow with drifting.

Vis; between 400 and 800 m

Mean depth of snow away from obvious drifts; 36 cm

[Polar Maritime]

There's going to be some massive drift's by Sunday morning if this keeps up TM.

[Harve]

Indeed. The wind direction means that the snow is going to accumulate in the hollows which catch plenty of sun, but I wonder how long snow patches could last all the same.

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 23rd March 2013:

Moderate to heavy snow overnight and through the early hours and this morning has produced a cover of 8cm, some slight drifting with the deepest being 30cm at top of garden exposed to fields.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 2.4°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.1°C

24-hour maximum 2.4°C

24-hour minimum: -0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 36.7 mph E

Rainfall total: 11.7 mm.

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: poor, < half a mile.

Temperature: 0.0°C

Humidity: 96.2%

Dew point –0.5°C

Wind Direction: Force 5-6 ENE

Barometer 1012.9 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

Wet snow continued through the night, moderate at times producing a thin cover. The day dawned cloudy and windy with light to moderate wet snow. The morning saw more moderate wet before turning light then just the odd flake falling around observation, Feeling bitterly cold in the fresh to strong east wind. Snow depth 2.5cm, 65%. There were further mainly light outbreaks of snow through the morning with the laying snow thawing almost completely by lunchtime. The early afternoon saw a drier slot before more moderate snow arrived around 16:00 GMT. Feeling cold and raw in the strong east wind, high 2.4c. The snow began to settle by mid to late evening.

March 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 3.0c (-3.3c) 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 60.2 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 160.2 mm

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

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

[The PIT]

Moderate Snow has just returned here.

Temp high so far 0.1C

Wind F3 ENE

Rainfall 18.7mm as Snow.

[Terminal Moraine]

There's going to be some massive drift's by Sunday morning if this keeps up TM.

Yes, juding by what it was like on the tops this morning I would think the western side of the Moor must have drifts well over 2m deep by now.

Still snowing steadily here and still drifting. Temp' is -1.8c. About 6cm of fresh snow since 0800 when I cleared the yard.

[Kent Snow]

1.4C, overcast, grey, wind from the E, 1010hPa.

[Methuselah]

Steady moderate/heavy, unevenly-settling snow, 1.5C...

[The PIT]

Light Snow has returned after having a slight break

Temp -0.8C

Wind F3 ENE

Rainfall 18.7mm plus some more unmelted snow.

[Terminal Moraine]

The snow from the gauge has finally melted. The rain gauge was completely buried but the snow I salvaged yielded 14.0 mm giving a 24 hr total of 17.9 mm

The rainfall equivalent of two snow cores taken from an undrifted area of average depth yielded an average of 24.1 mm.

Moderate snow again here at the moment and the temperature has fallen to -2.2c.

[Airedalejoe]

Incredibly cold day considering there's been no heavy rain/snow to lower temps, just cloud and a strong wind straight off the sea. High today 0.8C with a low of 0.3c, which for the end of March in my location is unbelievable. I think average temps now should be 9/10c? Actually, my thermometer maybe reads too high as it currently shows 0.6 but icicles are starting to form on the overflow pipe! Making it even more remarkable is the fact that there is no snow cover to lower the temp.

[Stargazer]

Overcast with light wet snow - our first of this cold spell - turning to sleet and dying out by early afternoon. Just about enough on the grass at 9am to count as a day of lying snow, but nearly all gone by late afternoon. Exceptionally cold for late March. Maximum 1.8, minimum 0.5. Wind moderate ENE.

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous light-moderate snow and drifting all day and as far as I can tell about another 8 or 9cm of fresh snow since 0900.

Very difficult to obtain accurate measurements of the snow as there are deep drifts everywhere, the depth limited only by the height of the walls. Many drifts over 1.5m deep and extending 20 to 50 metres from the walls into the fields, albeit with the depth tapering off.

The mean depth of lying snow, away from obvious drifts, is now 41 cm which is the deepest I've measured in March though still not up to the level of late April 1981.

At 1800;

Temp; -2.6c

Max' today; -1.6c ( second consecutive ice day unprecedented at this time of year in the last 40 years; possibly equalled on March 22nd and 23rd 1969 when my records were at a site 150 m lower )

Min' last night; -2.0c

Grass ( snow ) min; -1.1c ( thermometer buried )

Rainfall from 0900-1800 ( waiting for snow from gauge and snow core to melt )

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 20 mph NE

Highest gust today; 45 mph E at 1332

8 oktas Ns and St

Continuous moderate snow with drifting

Vis; between 800 m and 3 km depending on the amount of blowing snow.

Mean depth of lying snow; 41 cm