Thursday 10th October General Weather Chat

[smithyweather]

Ok that is embaressing. The cloud is here and it won't go away. Not sure why because it was supposed to be clear tonight.

[sunsetter]

Observations at 8.30 pm

^{Max temp yesterday 15.8°C
Min temp overnight 6.1°C
Current temp 7.9C
Temp trend -1.0°C/hr
Current pressure 1021.4mb
Pressure trend +0.1mb/hr
RH 73%
Dew point  3.4°C
Rain today nil
Wind 1.5mph N
Wind gust today 16.5mph N
Cloud base 1859ft
Visibility  n/a
Outlook settled fine}

[TonyH]

Light showers and quite windy last night.

Sunny am, sunny spells pm, very cool with a moderate to fresh north wind.

 

Min 3.5c @ 0730

Max 11.7c @ 1400

Rain yesterday: 2.3mm

Dry since 10am today

Est sun: 7 hours

Max wind: N 28mph @ 0030

 

Currently: Clear intervals

7.4c/ 80%/ 1026mbar steady

 

[Terminal Moraine]

When do you expect the first snow TM, or indeed the first lying snow at your elevated height?

Over the last 36 years, John, the average date for the first sleet or snow falling here is November 7th and the average date for the first lying snow is December 1st.There is a very wide variation though. The earliest date for falling sleet or snow is October 3rd in 1994 and the latest is December 4th in 1995 and 2011.The earliest date for lying snow is October 30th in 2000 and the latest is January 21st 1988; only one other year has failed to have lying snow before December 31st and that was 2006/07 when the first lying snow was on January 7th 2007.

[smithyweather]

5c

3c

Clear. Nothing spectacular as it was cloudy to 10pm. I expect a min of about 2.5c and no lower due to cloud holding us back.

Edited October 10, 2013 by smithyweather

[johnholmes]

Over the last 36 years, John, the average date for the first sleet or snow falling here is November 7th and the average date for the first lying snow is December 1st.There is a very wide variation though. The earliest date for falling sleet or snow is October 3rd in 1994 and the latest is December 4th in 1995 and 2011.The earliest date for lying snow is October 30th in 2000 and the latest is January 21st 1988; only one other year has failed to have lying snow before December 31st and that was 2006/07 when the first lying snow was on January 7th 2007.

 

many thanks for that, a really wide variation there