Sunday 31st March 2013 - Weather and General Chat

[The PIT]

Avery cold frosty start with patchy cloud

Temp -3.9C

Wind Calm

Rainfall nil

[Polar Maritime]

Morning and Happy Easter.. A penetrating frost last night with clear sky's, and an overnight low of -6.7c.

Current Conditions.

Very cold and frosty

Temp -6.2c

Dp -7.9c

Wind Chill -6.2c, S/S/W 0mph

All the same snow and drift's remain, with 80% snow cover.

[Evening thunder]

Just too far south and west to get the cold min temps to add some interest (too much cloud/wind), story of the whole season. On the plus side a nice sunny start now.

Currently:

Sunny with just contrails and some stratocumulus to the SW.

Temp: 1.5c

Dew point: -3.2c

Humidity: 71%

Wind: 7mph gusting 16mph ESE

Pressure: 1013.2mb

Min temp: -0.2c just before midnight yesterday evening.

[johnholmes]

Happy Easter folks

dry and bright with sunny spells along with 4 at times 6/8 Sc, a low of -2.8C and now up to -0.6C with no wind.

[Coast]

Happy Easter to you all!

1.8°C

1014.0 mb rising 0.1 mb/hr

Wind 5.6 mph gusting 9.1 mph max NE

Windchill -0.8 °C

DP -1.3°C

Humidity 80%

No rain last 24 hours )(a few light snow flurries)

Cloud base 1272 ft

Rinse and repeat!

[Terminal Moraine]

A clear and cold night followed by a cloudy early morning as a sheet of broken Sc moved over from the east.

This is now clearing and it's chilly and sunny.

At 0800 g.m.t;

Temp; -1.1c

24 hr max; 3.3c

24 hr min; -3.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -8.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0800 g.m.t; Trace

Mean wind speed; 7 mph E

5 oktas Sc

Vis; 20 km

Mean depth of lying snow 21cm; 96% cover

[Stargazer]

Currently 3.1 deg C with wall-to-wall sunshine after an exceptionally cold night - in fact the minimum of -4.8 was the coldest here since February 2012.

[Kent Snow]

2.3C, overcast, broken cumulus, wind from the NE, 1014hPa.

[Methuselah]

Dry and mostly cloudy, 2C...

[SteveB]

Lovely Easter morning with plenty of sunshine, but still feeling cold.

Temp 2.8c

Overnight low of -2.5c

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 31st March 2013:

Clear overnight with a widespread moderate to severe frost. Low –3.9c with –9.0c on the grass. The morning to observation has been sunny and frosty. Very few snow patches left at this station, however there are still plenty of drifts up to 1m remaining in near by fields.

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

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 4.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight –3.9°C

24-hour maximum 4.8°C

24-hour minimum: -3.9°C

Minimum temperature on grass: : -9.0°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 19.0 mph E

Rainfall total: tr.mm

Current Conditions:

3 Oktas: Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cumulus humilis.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles

Temperature: 2.8°C

Humidity: 61.9%

Dew point –3.8°C

Wind Direction: Force 3 E

Barometer 1016.2 mb: Trend: steady.

Yesterday:

The night was cold and clear with a moderate frost. Low –2.8c with –7.5c on the grass. The morning to observation has seen cloud increasing, enough to produce a short light shower of snow pellets around 08:00 GMT. The cloud broke up again toward observation allowing sunny spells, frosty, a sprinkling of snow pellets remain on the ground. Still patches of snow in shaded areas. Many snowdrifts up to 1m deep remain against hedges in nearby fields. The day saw a few glimpses of the sun, though cloud built enough at times to produce further light showers of snow pellets.

March 2013 so far:

Mean temperature: 2.3c (-4.0c) 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 64.0 mm

Wettest 24 hours 14.3mm on the 15th.

Maximum wind gust: 19.8 mph ENE on the 1st.

2013 so far:

Maximum temperature: 13.4c on the 29th January

Minimum temperature: -4.6c on the 16th Jan

Grass Minimum: -9.8c on the 16th Jan

Rainfall 164.0 mm

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

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

[hillbilly]

thats surprising - 7deg last night almost as good as ive had all winter!

[johnholmes]

Well I got fed up sitting inside nursing a sore throat and cold so went off into the Peak partly to do bit recce of entries/exits of parts of the path for 3 weeks time. Too much snow for anything else. The recce was in the Foolow-Little Longstone-Creswell Dales area and the areas close by walls were 3-5ft generally deep in snow, up to 8 ft in piles from tractor shovels and rotary and push ploughs in places and even by Wadshelf cross roads this was the case for those knowing this area. Even main roads were less than two widths in places. A long time since I have seen the High Peak with so much snow over a week after a fall. The B&B owner where I often stop for coffee in Little Longstone said over 1 foot fell and this was supported by a farmer I spoke to in Wardlow who said that some villagers did not go outside for over 48 hours.

Arriving home to find my mean March temperature looks like being 3.2C, this the lowest since December 2010 and the only month since then with a mean below 4C.

so March 2013 is a month to long remember for many of us, temperatures for sure, and for some snow as well.

[TonyH]

Clear periods and a hard frost last night.

Sunny, rather cold with a moderate to fresh SE wind.

Min: -6.6c @ 0700

Max: 7.9c @ 1630

Dry yesterday and today

Currently: Sunny, breezy.

Temp: 7c

RH: 47%

Pressure: 1011mbar, falling slowly.

[ocean]

Sorry, bit off topic here but does anyone know which company Stewart (Glacier Point) went to work for. His long range forecasting was a must watch with a great explanation of how he arrived at his conclusions. I'm not suprised he was snapped up as his forecasts patterns were generally pretty close to the mark and would be interested if he is out there still, forecasting for a online company with access for some form of subscription fee.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry day with sunny intervals this morning and early afternoon but becoming mainly cloudy after about 1300 g.m.t.

The slow thaw continues.

At 1800 g.m.t;

Temp; 1.5c

Max' today; 3.1c

Min' last night; -3.5c

Grass ( snow ) min; -8.1c

Rainfall from 0800-1800 g.m.t; Nil

Sunshine today; 4.40 hrs

Mean wind speed; 11 mph E

Highesg gust today; 31 mph E at 1304 g.m.t

7 oktas Sc

Vis; over 80 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 18.4cm. About 88% cover.

[SteveB]

Lovely sunny day and feeling warm in the sunshine.

Max Temp 9.6c

Current Temp 3.1c

[Stargazer]

Exceptionally cold overnight with a hard frost; dry all day with sunny periods. Maximum 7.9, minimum -4.8. Wind light E.