Thursday 14th Jan 2016 General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

After light overnight rain a cool dry start to the day with temps just heading below normal.

Temp 1.3C,,  Barometer 1001mb falling,, wind F2  SSW, Rainfall 0,8mm

[knocker]

Clear morning with temp 6C and wind NW 16mph gusting 30.

[Polar Maritime]

Light moderate showers overnight turned to snow in the early hours giving a slight covering of around 1cm. A low of currently at 0.6c

Currently; Light snow & feeling cold.

Temp 0.6c

Dp -0.2c

WC -1.4c

Wind W/N/W Avg 8mph

Rain 2.8mm

 

[SteveB]

Dry start

Temp 3.5c

[Mark Neal.]

Frosty start here at 0.1c. 6mph W. Clear spells 

[johnholmes]

overcast with slight rain at times, total so far=0.6mm, a low of 2.8C

[Summer Sun]

A gusty wind with sleet and cold

Temp 1.1c

[Terminal Moraine]

A cloudy night with intermittent light-moderate rain and sleet during the evening, eventually turning to snow for a short time during the early hours.

Cold and cloudy with the occasional light snow flurry at present.

At 0900

Temp; 0.5c

24 hr max: 3.1c

24 hr min; -0.1c

Grass min; -1.0c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 4.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 23 mph NW

8 oktas St

Vis: 10km

Ground 95% covered with 1cm of snow

[Airedalejoe]

Heavy snow, windy.

 

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 14th January 2016

 

Cloudy overnight, rain and sleet, moderate at times. Overcast this morning, feeling cold in a moderate to fresh NW wind.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 4.5°C

Minimum temperature overnight 0.6°C 

24-hour maximum 4.5°C

24-hour minimum: 0.6°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -0.2°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 18.5 mph W

Rainfall total: 4.5mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas  Stratocumulus.

Visibility, good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 2.0°C

Humidity: 98.2%

Dew point 1.7°C

Wind Direction: Force 4 NW

Barometer 1003.0mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Further showery outbreaks overnight. clear spells developing around dawn, ground frost and ice quickly developing. At observation, partly cloudy, icy. A good deal of high cloud throughout, bright. Feeling cold.

 

 

January 2016 so Far:

 

Mean temperature: 5.2c (1.0c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 9.9c on the 2nd.

Minimum temperature: -0.1c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -4.3c on the 1st.

Rainfall 44.1mm

Wettest 24 hours = 9.6mm on the 6th.

Maximum wind gust: 29.9 mph SE on the 3rd.

 

2015:

 

Maximum temperature: 33.1c on the 01st July.

Minimum temperature: -3.7c on the 19th January

Grass Minimum: -7.0c on the 19th January.

Rainfall 693.7mm

Wettest 24 hours = 24.8mm the 13th August.

Maximum wind gust: 50.8 mph W on the 17th November.

[The PIT]

light rain showers this morning died away leaving a dry cloudy morning. Lunchtime a light snow shower/flurry then a dry afternoon with sunny spells. However first snow of the winter.

Max temp 3,2C now 1.4C,  Barometer 1011mb rising,  Wind F4 NW, Rainfall 0.8mm

[reef]

Overcast with moderate rain turning to heavy wet snow during the afternoon. A little too wet to amount to much, but managed a covering on the grass.

Max Temp: 4.1C
Min Temp: 0.6C
Mean Wind: 18mph NW
Max Gust:  33mph
Sunshine: None
Rainfall: 8.2mm (so far)

Currently 1.3C and 93% humidity with moderate snow falling.

[SteveB]

Dry day with long sunny spells

Temp 4.2c

Max Temp 6.6c

Min Temp 3.4c

[Rob Heselwood]

A wet start with rain and or sleet for most of the morning. The afternoon was dry but windy and quite cool.

Max temp 3.1C

Wind Chill Temp 2C

Min temp 0.9C

Wind Gust 24.2mph Westerly

Wind Average 11.3mph West North Westerly

Rainfall 3.2mm

Barometer 1009mb Rising

[Terminal Moraine]

Sunny intervals and  a few snow showers this morning followed by a dry afternoon with increasing amounts of sunshine as all the Cu dispersed. A strong NW wind throughout the day.

All this morning's  thin snow cover had thawed by early afternoon.

At 1800

Temp; 0.0c

Max today; 1.7c

Min last night; -0.1c

Grass min; -1.0c.

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.2 mm

Sunshine today; 2.81 hrs

Mean wind speed; 27 mph NW

Highest gust today; 53 mph NW at 1144

2 oktas Ci and Ac

Vis: over 80 km.

[Stargazer]

A cold day with a clear frosty start followed by sunny spells and a single light rain shower mid-morning.  Looks like we're in for a hard frost overnight.  Maximum 5.5, minimum 0.7.  Wind light WNW.

[hillbilly]

A cold start with some snow flurries,white on high ground,some sunshine cold later,max 3 deg,min 1 deg

[Mark Neal.]

Overnight low of 0.1c. Frosty start with light snow flurry. Sunshine thereafter. Very cold feel. High of 3.8c. Rainfall- 0.4mm. 21mph NW.