Sunday 24th March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[Terminal Moraine]

Not been out to do any 'official' readings yet but, after an hour or so of dry weather after midnight, light snow has resumed giving about another 2cm.

Even colder this morning with the Davis on the roof mast currently showing -3.7c. The wind has increased again too so the drifting continues.

[Methuselah]

Cloudy and breezy with light/mod snow, -1C...

[The PIT]

A dry cloudy very cold start

Temp -1.8C

Wind F4 ENE

Rainfall unmeasured.

[SteveB]

Dry cold cloudy start 0.3c

[Coast]

0.9°C

1006.5 mb rising 0.3 mb/hr

Wind 10.0 mph gusting 15.9 mph max NE

Windchill -3.6°C

DP -0.4°C

Humidity 91%

0.8 mm rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 537 ft

'Precipitation due in next 12 hours, possible heavy' - but what will it be??

[Polar Maritime]

Snow showers overnight has led to persistent light snow this morning, with drifting continuing and an overnight low of -3.9c, local lanes and roads are still impassable.

Current Conditions.

Temp -3.2c

Dp -4.1c

Wind Chill -9.1c, East Gusting 28 mph

[ARTDEMOLE]

Icy...F2 Breeze. Cloud Base 214m. Grey.

Current data for WH1081

24 March 2013 08:59:14

Temperature (°C):

Current -1.2

Trend (per hour) 0

Average today 0

Wind chill -5.1

Heat Index -1.2

Dew Point -2.9

Rel Humidity 88%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 17.3 E

Average Speed 11.2 E

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 1.8

Total this month 61.8

Total this year 68.1

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1007.5

Trend (per hour) +0.3

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[Terminal Moraine]

The snow became intermittent after 2300 yesterday evening but further light-moderate showers this morning put down another 1.5cm. No change in the overall depth though because the snow is constantly blowing and drifting.

At 0900;

Temp; -3.4c

24 hr max; -1.6c

24 hr min; -4.3c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.4c ( thermometer buried )

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; wating for snow from gauge to melt

Mean wind speed; 19 mph E

8 oktas St and Ns

Intermittent light snow

Vis; 9 km

Mean depth of lying snow 41 cm. Drifts up to 2m

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 24th March 2013:

Cloudy with intermittent light snow overnight, the snow becoming more continuous through the early hours with drifting commencing in the fresh east wind.

This morning has seen a very unusual sight for this location in the Trent Valley, continuous moderate blowing snow with moderate drifting, some drifts only a short distance away from this station are over a meter deep, even along some of the exposed parts of the A444 there are deep drifts reaching out in to the road, road still possible with care. Current depth of un-drifted snow 9cm.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 0.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight –1.9°C

24-hour maximum 0.3°C

24-hour minimum: -1.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.9c, (them buried in snow.)

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 26.8 mph ENE

Rainfall total: 3.2mm

Current Conditions:

8 Oktas: Nimbostratus.

Visibility: very poor, < 300 yards, blowing snow.

Temperature: -1.4°C

Humidity: 89.8%

Dew point –2.8°C

Wind Direction: Force 5 NE

Barometer 1015.9 mb: Trend: rising slowly.

Yesterday:

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. The day remained cloudy with outbreaks of light to moderate snow. There was a slow thaw from around 10:30 GMT until mid afternoon when the temperature dipped back below freezing. High just 0.9c feeling bitterly cold in the fresh to strong E wind.

March 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.8c (-3.5c) 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

Edited March 24, 2013 by Polar Continental

[The PIT]

Very cold out there and an increasing wind will make it drift even more. Snow depth has gone down probably due to been blown away melt from the warm ground and evaporation.

Temp -0.5C

Wind F4 ENE

Rainfall 3.6mm

[The PIT]

Temps peaked at 1.2C according to the Davis odd sunny spells but increasing cloud again

Temp 0.3C

Wind F3 ENE

Rainfall 3.6mm

[SteveB]

Another rubbish cold & cloudy day with a max high of 1.7c

Temp 0.5c

[Terminal Moraine]

The early morning snow died out by 1015 and the rest of the day was dry and mainly cloudy with continuous drifting snow in an E wind gusting to 50 mph at times.

With no additional snowfall today the mean snow depth has shown a reduction due to compaction and some of it blowing away.

A third consecutive 'ice day', unprecedented at this time of year in my 50 years of records.

At 1800;

Temp; -2.0c

Max' today; -1.4c

Min' last night; -4.3c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 8.3 mm

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.1 mm

Sunshine today; 0.06 hrs

Mean wind speed; 24 mph E

Highest gust today; 52 mph E at 1318

7 oktas Sc and Ci

Vis; 25 km

Mean depth of lying snow 35.1 cm. Drifts between 1 and 3m deep

Edited March 24, 2013 by Terminal Moraine

[Stargazer]

Cloudy and exceptionally cold with an occasional snowflake blowing in the wind - the maximum temperature must be a near record for this location for late March. Maximum 1.0, minimum -0.2. Wind light NE.

[Polar Maritime]

Today has seen severe drifting with gust's 40mph+, snow showers fading in the morning, but winds picking up during the afternoon, Some areas in the fields that are East facing have been scoured leaving a thick scrim of ice and massive drift's in excess of 4m in some hollows, most B roads are still impassable and the lanes are full of snow in places from wall to wall. A max temp of -0.9c.

Current conditions.

Temp -2.5c

Dp -3.7c

Wind Chill -6.8c

Amazing stat's TM..!

Edited March 24, 2013 by Polar Maritime

[TonyH]

A few clear intervals and frost last night.

An exceptionally cold late March day, mainly cloudy with a few brief sunny intervals. Moderate to fresh ENE wind. A few snowflakes in the headlamps driving near here earlier this evening.

Min: -1.4c @ 0630

Max: 1.1c @ 1400

Trace rain yesterday and today

Currently: Very cold, clear intervals, breezy.

Temp: -0.6c

RH: 76%

Pressure: 1015mbar, steady.

And Saturday:

[reef]

After being mostly cloudy overnight there were long spells of sunshine for the majority of the day before the cloud returned before sunset. We still had a 50% cover at 9am which qualified as a snow day by the MetOffice definition, but a combination of the sunshine, very dry air and strong winds saw it sublime away quickly.

Max Temp: 3.9C

Min Temp: 0.2C

Mean Wind: 17mph E

Max Gust: 39mph

Low Windchill: -5.1C

Rainfall: None

Snow: 50% cover at 0900

Currently dry and overcast with a temp of 2.2C.