Sunday 17th January General Weather Chat

[SteveB]

Morning all,

 

Cloudy wet start

Temp 5.8c

[ColdFront80]

It snowed in West Drayton last night not enough to cover the ground properly even though it snowed for 5 hours. Low temp 0.3°C pressure stady 1027 mb and winds turned to the East as the night progressed after being variable for a few hours.

[Summer Sun]

Cold and dry with freezing fog

Temp -2.0c

[johnholmes]

dry and frosty with patchy snow cover after light snow for a time last evening, just over half cover of cloud at various levels, still an air frost T=-0.3C after a low of -1.1C

[Terminal Moraine]

Light, occasionally moderate, snow yesterday evening and until around 0100 today.

Dry and cloudy so far this morning.

At 0900

Temp; -1.4c

24 hr max: 2.2c

24 hr min; -1.6c

Grass min; -1.1c ( thermometer covered by snow )

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900;  3.6 mm

Mean wind speed; 14 mph SE

7 oktas Ac and Ci

Vis: 1000 mts

Ground 100% covered with 4cm of powdery snow.

Edited January 17, 2016 by Terminal Moraine

[Polar Maritime]

Light snow yesterday evening turned moderate around midnight for a few hours before fizzling out, Leaving a covering of around 4cm. A low of -2.1c.

Currently; Milky sky's with little wind.

Temp 0.4c

WC 0.4c

Dp -1.1c

Wind S/W Avg 2mph

100% Snow cover

Rain/snowmelt 3.4mm

[The PIT]

A dry cold day dull though

Temp 1C,  Barometer 1028mb falling,  Wind F2 SSW, Rainfall 0.4mm

 

[Stargazer]

Our first snow of the season, achieved a light dusting for a few minutes but soon turned to rain.  Now overcast and dry, 2.3C.

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 17th January 2016

 

Light to moderate snow continued through the early hours for a time before stopping around 03:00 GMT. Mainly overcast this morning, snow, 90% cover around 2.5cm.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 2.8°C

Minimum temperature overnight -0.3°C 

24-hour maximum 2.8°C

24-hour minimum: -3.4°C

Minimum temperature on grass: -1.5°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 8.3 mph W

Rainfall total: 5.1mm (From melted snow)

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

6 Oktas  Stratocumulus.

Visibility, good around 10 miles.

Temperature: 0.0°C

Humidity: 98.1%

Dew point -0.3°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 SE

Barometer 1026.3mb: Trend: falling.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Light sleet showers cleared away last evening leaving a mainly clear night with a widespread moderate frost, low -3.6c, grass low -7.5c. High and mid level cloud increasing through the morning and in to the afternoon, staying dry, feeling cold. The evening remained cloudy, light to moderate snow set in by late evening, producing a around 1 cm cover.

 

January 2016 so Far:

 

Mean temperature: 4.4c (0.2c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 9.9c on the 2nd.

Minimum temperature: -3.6c on the 16th

Grass Minimum: -7.5c on the 16th.

Rainfall 49.8mm

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]

A cold cloudy day.  Dry in the morning late afternoon brought light snow flurries and light snow showers.

Max temp 1.4C now 0.6C, Barometer 1025mb falling, Wind F2 SSW, Rainfall 1.6mm melting snow in the Davies.

[Rob Heselwood]

After some overnight snow, it was a dry start with cloudy skies all day

Max temp 1.1C

Min temp -1.9

Wind Gust 9.2mph Easterly

Wind Average 4.4 East Nor' Easterly

Barometer 1021mb Falling

[reef]

A clear and frosty start after a mostly cloudy night with a light snow flurry just before midnight. The morning was sunny before it clouded over during the afternoon once more. The low of -2.0C was the coldest of the winter so far.

Max Temp: 4.6C
Min Temp: -2.0C
Mean Wind: 8mph SE
Max Gust: 13mph
Rainfall: 0.4mm (dew)
Sunshine: 3.5hrs

Currently cloudy and cold with a temp of 2.6C and 75% humidity.

[Stargazer]

Early snow showers gave a light dusting but soon turned to rain and any lying snow completely disappeared by around 10am.  Cold and overcast thereafter with a spell of rain early afternoon.  Maximum 3.5, minimum 0.6. Wind light E.

[hillbilly]

A 2 inch [50mm] of snowcover this morning but no frost giving a cloudy cold day,a slight thaw to leave 1 inch at tea,max 2 deg,min 0 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

A cold and cloudy day with a slow rise in temperature continuing into the early evening. Most of the day was dry but light showers of snow and frozen drizzle arrived by 1700 and continued into the early evening.

At 1800

Temp; -0.3c

Max today; -0.3c

Min last night; -1.6c

Grass min: -1.1c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.4 mm

Sunshine today; 0.00 hrs

Mean wind speed; 18 mph SE

Highest gust today; 24 mph SE at 1421 and 1733

Sky obscured by fog

Vis: 100 mts

Ground 100% covered with 4.5cm of snow