Tuesday 26th March 2013 - Weather And General Chat.

[Polar Maritime]

Snow showers started in the early morning and are continuing, An overnight of 3.1c.

Current Conditions.

Temp -2.8c

Dp -3.7c

Wind Chill -6.9c, E/N/E 7mph Gusting 28mph.

All the same snow still lying and drifting, with a fresh covering of around 1.5cm.

[Coast]

1.8°C

1011.4 mb rising 0.4 mb/hr

Wind 13.1 mph gusting 13.9 mph max E/NE

Windchill -3.1°C

DP -3.3°C

Humidity 68%

No rain last 24 hours

Cloud base 2176 ft

Dry and dull, still bitterly cold in the wind

[johnholmes]

mostly cloudy with some brightness through 7/8 Cu Sc, a low of 0.6C

snow still lying in back garden about 70% cover but overall cover is below 50%

[Methuselah]

Mostly cloud and dry with the usual lazy wind, 1C...

[Terminal Moraine]

Snow showers again this morning but with sunny intervals between them. Another 1.5cm of fresh snow which is drifting in the fresh NE wind.

At 0900;

Temp; -1.4c

24 hr max; 0.1c

24 hr min; -3.1c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.5c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.3 mm

Mean wind speed; 22 mph NE/E

6 oktas Cu and Ci

Vis; 8 km

Light showers of snow and snow pellets

Mean depth of lying snow; 37 cm. Drifts to 3m

[The PIT]

Light Snow overnight now sunny spells and the odd flurry

Temp 0.7C

Wind F3 ENE

Rainfall 0.8mm

Snow depth 9cm

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 26th March 2013:

Mostly cloudy overnight with the occasional light snow flurry. The morning to observation has seen bright spells and the odd very light snow flurry.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.9°C

Minimum temperature overnight –0.7°C

24-hour maximum 1.9°C

24-hour minimum: -0.7°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -2.6c

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 39.2 mph ENE

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

6 Oktas: Stratocumulus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles

Temperature: 0.4°C

Humidity: 63.5%

Dew point –5.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 4-5 NE

Barometer 1016.9 mb: Trend: falling slowly.

Yesterday:

Mainly cloudy overnight, frost, icy. The day dawned rather cloudy, though with a few breaks appearing. The morning so far has seen some brief sunny spells, feeling bitterly cold in the strong NE wind. Just missed an ice day here yesterday, maximum temperature 0.2c for the 24 hour period ending at 09:00 GMT this morning. There were further sunny spells through the day, again feeing bitterly cold in the strong NE wind.

March 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.6c (-3.7c) 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 63.8 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 163.8 mm

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

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

[Kent Snow]

1.0C, broken cumulus, grey, wind from the NE, 1013hPa.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Cold, Breezy

Current data for WH1081

26 March 2013 16:57:04

Temperature (°C):

Current 0.2

Trend (per hour) -0.2

Average today -0.5

Wind chill -2.2

Heat Index 0.2

Dew Point -6.6

Rel Humidity 60%

Wind (km/h):

Current Gust 15.8 NE

Average Speed 7.2 ENE

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate 0.0

Last hour 0.0

Total today 0.0

Total yesterday 0.0

Total this month 61.8

Total this year 68.1

Pressure (hPa):

Current 1008.6

Trend (per hour) -0.1

[Polar Maritime]

Light snow showers on and off most of the day, with the odd sunny spell, drifting still a big problem with most local B roads and lanes still blocked off with massive drift's, there are now big cornices forming and breaking off. Max temp of 0.8c.

Current Conditions.

Odd light snow shower continuing with the same snow cover, and drifts up to 4m+ in places.

Temp -1.9c

Dp -4.7c

Wind Chill -4.9c, E/N/E 8mph Gusting 27mph

[Terminal Moraine]

Light snow showers at first this morning but these died out by 0930 and the rest of the day was dry with sunny intervals.

Drifting at first this morning but this had mostly stopped by late afternoon.

At 1800;

Temp; -1.3c

Max' today; 0.5c

Min' last night; -3.1c

Grass ( snow ) min; -4.5c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 1.81 hrs

Mean wind speed; 19 mph E

Highest gust today; 48 mph NE at 1049

6 oktas Cu and Sc

Vis' 50 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 35 cm. Drifts to 3m

[Stargazer]

Another day, another dry cloudy and bitterly cold one. Maximum 2.9, minimum 0.1. Wind moderate NE.

[TonyH]

Clear intervals and a penetrating frost last night.

Cloud and sunny intervals today, these mainly am, moderate E/ NE breeze. Noticed a very few sleet grains late morning, and then a few flakes driving to Carmarthen. Very cold.

Clear intervals and frost this evening.

Min: -1.7c @ 0630

Max: 2.9c @ 1500

Dry yesterday/ trace today

Currently: Clear intervals, frosty

Temp: -0.8c

RH: 72%

Pressure: 1014mbar, steady.