Wednesday 12th Feb General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

Well overnight snow failed to materialise. Now to look forward to rain and strong winds. Breezy with temps just above the mean at the moment.

Temp 1.8C

Barometer 994mb falling

Wind F4 SSW

Rainfall trace

[knocker]

Cloudy

 

Temp 8.0C

 

Wind South west 20 mph gusting 30

 

Pressure 996 falling

 

At the moment the moderate rain is centred over SW Ireland

[SteveB]

Dry start

 

Temp 6.0c

[Eye to the sky]

Cloudy and damp start,no snow showers overnight,all very calm at the moment.

[johnholmes]

dry, cloudy with a fresh SSSE'ly breeze, low in the early hours of 1.6C and still bits of white showing on cars and roofs, temperature now on 2.6C

[Terminal Moraine]

Light snow showers early this morning gave another 0.5cm of snow and filled in the gaps where any thawing had taken place.

Currently dry and cloudy with intermittent fog above 300 mts and a slow thaw of lying snow. The snow line is around 290 m.

 

At 0900;

Temp; 1.4c

24 hr max; 3.1c

24 hr min; -0.8c

Grass min; -4.1c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 12.0 mm

Mean wind speed; 20 mph S

8 oktas St

Vis; 12 km.

Mean depth of lying snow 2.7cm; 80% of ground covered.

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 12th February 2014:

 

Turning mostly cloudy overnight. Overcast so far this morning, dry, southerly wind increasing.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 6.0°C

Minimum temperature overnight 1.0°C

24-hour maximum 6.0°C

24-hour minimum: 1.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.6°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 30.8 mph W

Rainfall total: 9.9mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Okta, Altostratus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 3.9°C

Humidity: 88.2%

Dew point 2.1°C

 

Wind Direction: Force 5 SSE

Barometer 991.1mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday:

 

Cloud increased after midnight and frost lifted. A spells of light rain before dawn. The morning so far, overcast light to moderate rain. The rain suddenly turned to moderate snow around 10:30 GMT accompanied by a rapid drop of temperature from 5.0c at 10:25 to 1.9c at 10:35 GMT. The snow stopped around 11:15 GMT after producing a slight cover, this thawed quickly. Sunny spells developed by afternoon with the odd shower in the locality. The evening saw a few clear spells, also with the odd light shower.

 

February 2014 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.2  (1.0c) 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 39.4mm

Wettest 24 hours 9.9mm on the 11th.

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

 

Winter 2013-2014 Dec-Jan-Feb:

 

Days sleet/Snow Falling 2

Air frosts 11

Ground frosts 38

 

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 173.0mm

Wettest 24 hours 21.8mm on the 8th. Jan

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

[Methuselah]

Bucketing down and blowing a hoolie...

[johnholmes]

front through here around 1500, went from moderate rain and overcast to half cover of CuSc and patchy Ci very quickly, wind still SSE, max gust so far here is 35mph at 1404, so probably closer to 45mph in a more open site; the worst to come here in 3-4 hours.

[Weather26]

We have just recorded a 59mph wind gust here in Sheffield.

 

ETA:Scrap that we have just hit a 76mph gust.

Edited February 12, 2014 by Weather26

[The PIT]

Now dangerous outside. Average wind 39mph gusting to 76 mph

Max temp 6.6C so far

Barometer 970mb falling

Wind F8 SSW

Rainfall 12.2mm

We have just recorded a 59mph wind gust here in Sheffield.

 

ETA:Scrap that we have just hit a 76mph gust.

I find you're reading my station lol

[SteveB]

Wild wet and windy day

 

Temp 7.2c

Max Temp 10.0c

Min Temp 3.1c

[TonyH]

Ground frost early last night lifted as light showers moved over, moderate SSW breeze.

Mostly cloudy and soon became very windy today, gusts reaching storm force. Moderate rain showers early morning became periods of heavy to very heavy rain 0730 to 1230. A few sunny intervals afternoon, and just a few showers. SSE winds morning veered SW afternoon.

 

Min -0.3c yesterday evening

Max 8.2c @ 1247

Rain yesterday 5.3mm

Rain since 0900 16mm

Est sun 0.4 hours

Max wind SW 61mph @ 1237 -highest speed recorded since roof anemometer installed last Summer 

Not just an 'Its raining cats and dogs' message from my Vue but a 'hold onto your hats' one too!

 

Currently Clear spells, less windy

5c/ 76%/ 982mbar rising

[GulberwickWeather]

Becoming windy, currently dry.

 

Temp: 4.8C

dew: 1.1C

Wind Chill: -1C

Wind: ESE @ 24kts

Max gust last hr & today: SE @ 36kts (41mph)

Pressure: 975.3hPa

Humidity: 77%

Rainfall today: 3.2mm

[reef]

I've just recorded a 53mph gust which is the highest since I got my Davis.

 

We're very sheltered here, so I imagine 70-80mph isn't out of the question locally.

[Terminal Moraine]

Light-moderate rain this morning, becoming heavy for a time during the early afternoon but followed by a sudden clearance around 1445 with a few sunny intervals. The rain was accompanied by a southerly gale gusting to 66 mph. From 1500 it was mainly cloudy with a few brief light showers and a SW gale.

 

At 1800;

Temp; 5.3c

Max' today; 5.3c

Min' last night; -0.8c

Grass min; -4.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 10.0 mm

Sunshine today; 0.21 hrs

Mean wind speed; 51 mph SW

Highest gust today; 78 mph SW at 1748

7 oktas Cu and St fractus

Light rain showers

Vis; 25 km.

[johnholmes]

Lost power for 20 minutes just after 6.30pm. I don't think my Davis has recorded a higher gust than this evening with 51mph at 1831, the airport seems to have got to the upper 60's, which seems about right in my very sheltered location.

Edited February 12, 2014 by johnholmes

[hillbilly]

Showers and spells of rain pretty much all day the wind picking up in the afternoon with very strong winds and damaging gusts from aprox 3pm to 7 pm

Max 5 deg

min 1 deg

[Stargazer]

Windy in the morning with rain from around 10am; dry with sunny intervals from early afternoon.  Maximum 8.5, minimum 1.8.  Wind moderate S.