Tuesday 3rd February General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A clear dry start with an slight air frost

Temp -0.1C

Barometer 1002mb rising

Wind F2 NNE

Rainfall Trace

[sunny scunny]

A nice covering of snow this morning around an inch. Currently clear at -1.1c.

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start

 

Temp 1.2c

[johnholmes]

fairly cloudy start with a very thin snow cover; not sure when it fell, but looking at the temperature trace, probably sometime after 0630 with a low of -1.7C then, now -0.6C

[Polar Maritime]

A cold dry night with clear periods, An overnight low of  -1.6c. Still around 5cm of compacted snow cover.

 

Currently; Dry and cloudy.

Temp -0.1c

Dp -2.4c

WC -2.3c

Wind N/N/E 6mph

Snow Cover 95%

[knocker]

Clear sky with a touch of Cu and Ci. Temp 0.2C and wind ENE light.

Min 0.0C and GM -3.0.  I see there was a GM of -13C in some places in Scotland.

[GulberwickWeather]

Overcast. Snow showers.

 

Temp: 0.5C

Dew: -0.4C

Wind Chill: -6.3C

Wind: N @ 15 kts

Max gust last hr: 25kts

Max gust today: 27kts

Pressure: 1011.7hPa (rising)

Humidity: 94%

Snow: 10cms

Cloud: 8/8

Visibility: Moderate to poor

[Polar Continental]

Tuesday 03rd February 2015

 

A good deal of cloud overnight, one or two clear spells. Moderate frost. At observation, rather cloudy, light snow flurry.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 1.1°C

Minimum temperature overnight -3.0°C

24-hour maximum 1.1°C

24-hour minimum: -3.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -6.1°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 8.2 mph NW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

4 Oktas Cirrostratus, Stratus, Stratus fractus.

Visibility: good, around 10 miles.

Temperature: -1.5°C

Humidity: 79.7%

Dew point -4.5°C

Wind Direction: Force 1 N

Barometer 1008.1mb: Trend: rising slowly.

 

Yesterday.

 

Clear for the first half of the night, a good deal of high cloud after midnight, moderate frost. No change so far this morning. High and medium level cloud persisted through the day allowing only weak, water sunshine at times. Cold. 

[Summer Sun]

Dry and sunny to start but cold

 

temp -0.4c

[Stargazer]

Overnight showers left half an inch of level snow on the ground this morning, the most we've had so far this season (and since January 2013).  Currently cloudy, 0.6 deg C after an overnight low of -0.9.

[Terminal Moraine]

A light snow shower yesterday evening but the rest of the night was dry with variable cloud cover. Further light snow showers moved down from the north east around 0800 and lasted a couple of hours without amounting to anything. Since 1000 it's been dry and mainly sunny.

 

At 0900.

Temp; -0.6c

24 hr max; -0.4c

24 hr min; -2.9c

Overnight min; -2.0c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 21 mph N

6 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis; 50 km

Light snow showers

Mean depth of lying snow; 9.4cm. 99% cover.

[reef]

Occasional snow showers overnight left a 0.5cm cover, making it the first day of the winter to have one at 0900. Since then it has been mostly cloudy with occasional light rain showers before clearing in the last couple of hours.

 

Max Temp: 4.2C
Min Last Night: -0.6C

Mean Wind: 7mph NW

Max Gust: 14mph

Rainfall: 4.0mm (melted snow)

Sunshine 4.7hrs

Snow: patchy cover ~25%

 

Currently clear and cold with a temp of 2.4C and 90% humidity.

Edited February 3, 2015 by reef

[sundog]

Severe frost last night,some of which has lasted all day in the shade. Clear and sunny crisp day today.

Last nights low was -5.0c,coldest temp ive recorded since Dec 2010.

Todays max was 2.4c.

Currently clear,,current temp 1.7c.

[johnholmes]

Less cold today than yesterday in spite of a covering of snow to start the day, a second snow shower around 0830 almost topped it up to 1cm and it took until early afternoon for it all to disappear, variable cloud now down to nil with a high of 6.2C

[TonyH]

Llanwnnen, Ceredigion daily summary

Clear periods with quite a severe frost last night, near calm.
Sunny today, rather cold but shade frost mostly thawed. Light to moderate NNW breeze.
Clear with frost soon setting in again after sunset.

Overnight min:-7.1c 0758
24 hour min: -7.1c
Daytime max: 4.4c 1436
24 hour max: 4.4c
24 hour rain to 0900 today: 0.3mm
Rain since 0900 today: Nil
Monthly rain to date: 0.9mm
Annual rain to date: 175.6mm
Estimated sunshine from webcam captures: 7.5 hr
Currently-
Temperature: -1.0c
Dewpoint: -3.0c
RH: 85%
Pressure: 1014mbar rising
Trendper hour: 0.73
Weather: Clear frosty
State of ground: Damp and icy patches, lawn frosted 

[The PIT]

A cold dry day bar the odd early flurry less cold than of late though

Max temp 4.8C

Barometer 1010mb rising

Wind F2 N

Rainfall Trace

[SteveB]

Dry day with good sunny spells

 

Temp 3.8c

Max Temp 6.0c

Min Temp 0.5c

[Terminal Moraine]

Light snow showers until 1000 then dry and mainly sunny but with almost no thaw of lying snow.

 

At 1800.

Temp; -0.9c

Max' today; 2.7c

Min' last night; -1.9c

Grass ( snow ) min; -3.7c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 5.76 hrs

Mean wind speed; 10 mph NW

Highest gust today; 28 mph N at 0929

1 okta Ac

Vis; 50 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 9.1cm. 99% cover.

[hillbilly]

A cold raw feeling daywith lots of sun,little thaw,max 3 deg,min -1 deg,still patches of snow with full cover at 250m

[Stargazer]

Half an inch of lying snow at sunrise, gone by midday. A quiet cloudy day with bright intervals. Maximum 3.4, minimum -0.9. Wind light N.

[Zenarcher]

Greenock 3rd February Summary

 

Highest Temperature 4c

Lowest Temperature -7c

 

Top Wind Speed 11mph

Average Humidity 80%

Pressure 1015mb

Visibilty Good

Weather Conditions Partly cloudy with sunny spells.

Edited February 3, 2015 by weathermaster