Tuesday 11th Feb General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A damp start to the morning with some sleet.

Temp 2.1C

Barometer 991mb falling

Wind F3 SSE

Rainfall 1.2mm since midnight

[knocker]

Moderate rain.

 

Temp 8C

 

Wind south west 30mph gusting 53.

 

Pressure 990mb falling.

[SteveB]

Wet windy start

 

Temp 7.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

Most of the night was dry with clear periods but cloud increased and thickened during the early hours to bring light sleet by 0530.

Since then it's been cold and overcast with continuous moderate sleet, and wet snow above 400 mts.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 2.5c

24 hr max; 4.2c

24 hr min; 0.4c

Grass min; -3.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 5.4 mm

Mean wind speed; 21 mph S

8 oktas Ns and St

Continuous moderate sleet

Vis; 400 mts.

[johnholmes]

A white ground frost before 11pm last night, still there about 0200 but gone with light rain by 0600, still raining and dull with very little wind now, a low of 0.6C late last evening, now on 4.2C

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 11th February 2014:

 

Cloud increased after midnight and frost lifted. A spells of light rain before dawn. The morning so far, overcast light to moderate rain.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.1°C

24-hour maximum 7.0°C

24-hour minimum: -0.1°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -3.3°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 10.5 mph W

Rainfall total: 4.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Okta, Nimbostratus.

Visibility: poor, about 1 mile.

Temperature: 4.3°C

Humidity: 96.7%

Dew point 3.8°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 3-4 SSE

Barometer 985.9.0mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Clear overnight, widespread slight frost. Sunny so far this morning, frosty. Sunny spells for a time through the morning, cloud increased after mid morning with showery light rain setting in around 11:45 GMT The afternoon continued with further light showery rain, clearing towards evening. Ground frost forming after dark.

 

February 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.4  (1.2c) of local average)

Maximum temperature: 8.9c on the 2nd

Minimum temperature: -0.8c on the 10th

Grass Minimum: -4.4c on the 10th

Rainfall 29.5mm

Wettest 24 hours 3.7mm on the 5th.

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th.

 

Winter 2013-2014 Dec-Jan-Feb:

 

Air frosts 10

Ground frosts 36

 

2014 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 11.3c on the 6th Jan

Minimum temperature: -1.8c on the 20th Jan

Grass Minimum: -7.1c on the 20th Jan

Rainfall 163.1mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

Maximum wind gust: 46.6 mph SE on the 5th Feb.

Edited February 11, 2014 by Polar Continental

[Eye to the sky]

The day dawned cloudy and dry,but rain soon spread in from the west becoming heavy for a time.The rain has turned to wet snow which isn't settling,and is slowly dying out from the west.Winds are light.

[johnholmes]

rain just about dying out here as the trough edges through with the wind veering westerly, 8.0mm in my garden so maybe 30% more generally in this area and probably wet snow on the higher parts of the M18 west of here.

[martk1972]

Rain/Snow cleared, now bright with sunny spells

Temperature: 4.3°C
Temperature change in the last hour: +1.7°C
Humidity: 96%
Dew point: 4.0°C
Rain today: 8.4mm
Pressure: 986.0mb - Steady
Wind speed: 2.9mph
Wind direction: NNW

[johnholmes]

Derbyshire web cams still show snow in the Buxton area with a couple of roads still closed

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[The PIT]

The first Snow of the winter on the moors overlooking Sheffield. Still a blank here though. Early morning sleet gave way to light rain before the next band of heavy rain moved in. Evaporative cooling change this back to sleet for a while before turning back to rain.

Max temp 5.2c now 3.8C

Barometer 989mb rising

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall 12.8mm

[Stargazer]

Wet and windy in the morning, dry with sunny spells in the afternoon.  Maximum 8.0, minimum 0.2.  Wind moderate W.

[Snowyowl9]

A max today of 2.8c after quite heavy morning snow with 2 inches,a clear sunny afternoon then a few more snow showers.

[SteveB]

Cold showery day

 

Temp 3.9c

Max Temp 8.2c

Min Temp 3.9c

[TonyH]

Ground frost soon lifted midnight as it clouded over. Heavy to very heavy rain 02 to 0700 with gusty S/SW wind. Wind moderate and veered NW 0600.

Further rain and sleet to 0900, brightened 1030 with sunny spells to 1430, then cloudier with a few light sleet showers. Moderate SW/ west breeze. Rather cold feeling.

 

Min -0.2c yesterday evening

Max 6.4c @ 1340

Rain yesterday: 23.6mm

Rain since 0900 today: 0.5mm

Est sun 2.5 hours

Max wind SSW 47mph @ 0410

 

Currently: Clear spells, dry

2.4c/ 81%/ 995mbar rising slowly

Edited February 11, 2014 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

Early morning sleet turned to heavy snow for just over an hour from about 0945  and by midday there was 3.5cm lying.

Sunny periods during the afternoon and a slow thaw but the snow cover remained above 260 m.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 1.0c

Max' today; 3.1c

Min' last night; 0.4c

Grass min; -3.9c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 11.4 mm

Sunshine today; 2.47 hrs

Mean wind speed; 18 mph SW

Highest gust today; 40 mph SW at 1746

7 oktas Cu, Sc and Ac

Light snow showers

Vis; 15 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 2.8cm. 90% cover.

[hillbilly]

Rain,sleet and snow during the morning,brighter and sunny in the afternoon,snow later,just on the snowline here all the hills have a white covering.Max 4 deg,min 2 deg