Sunday 6th March 2016 General Weather Chat

[The PIT]

A dry cold start to the day.

Temp 0.6C, Barometer 1009mb rising, Wind F1 NNE, Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with long clear periods but it's clouded over in the last hour or so and there are now a few flakes of snow drifting down.

At 0900

Temp; 0.9c

24 hr max: 5.0c

24 hr min; -1.1c

Grass min; -4.9c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 0.7 mm

Mean wind speed; 7 mph W/NW

7 oktas Cu and Ac

Vis: over 80 km

Slight snow shower

[Summer Sun]

Dry and mostly cloudy

Temp 2.3c

[SteveB]

Dry partly cloudy start

Temp 5.4c

[Polar Continental]

Sunday 06th March 2016

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread frost. Turning rather cloudy around dawn. At observation, cloudy, light snow.

 

Readings at 09:00 GMT:

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 7.3°C

Minimum temperature overnight -2.0°C 

24-hour maximum 7.3C

24-hour minimum: -2.0°C

Minimum temperature on grass:  -5.9°C

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 21.9mph NW

Rainfall total: tr.mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

7 Oktas  Altostratus.

Visibility, good, about 10 miles.

Temperature: 0.2°C

Humidity: 96.0%

Dew point -0.4°C

Wind Direction: Force 2 WNW

Barometer 1006.7mb: Trend: Steady.

 

Yesterday. 

 

A few cloud breaks overnight, though a good deal of cloud on the whole. A little light showery rain around dawn. Some very watery sunshine the this morning, turning overcast shortly after the observation. Sunny spells developing, cloud increased enough at times with the odd short, light, sleety shower.

 

March  2016 so far:

 

Mean temperature: 3.8c (-2.7c) (of local average 1992-2014)

Maximum temperature: 13.9c on the 1st.

Minimum temperature: -2.0c on the 1st

Grass Minimum: -5.9c on the 6th.

Rainfall 17.6mm

Wettest 24 hours = 8.5mm on the 3rd.

Maximum wind gust: 34.2mph NW on the 2nd.

 

2016 so far:

 

Maximum temperature: 14.4c on the 01st February.

Minimum temperature: -4.5c on the 24th February

Grass Minimum: -9.5c on the 24th February.

Rainfall 147.9mm

Wettest 24 hours = 17.6mm the 7th Feb.

Maximum wind gust: 42.2 mph W on the 1st February.

 

 

 

[The PIT]

one or two light snow flurries which were a surprise too see

Temp 4.4C,  Barometer 1007mb falling, Wind F2 W, Rainfall Trace

[The PIT]

One or two further flurries this afternoon

Max temp 5.1C now 3.7C, Barometer 1005mb falling, Wind F2 WNW, Rainfall Trace

[Rob Heselwood]

A cold start , but cloudy and mostly dry day with about 10 mins of a light snow flurry. Dry all day.

Max Temp 5.3C

Min Temp -0.9C

Wind Gust 8.1mph Easterly

Wind Average 3.6mph West Nor' Westerly

Barometer 1003mb Rising

 

[hillbilly]

A cold dry day with just a snow flurry in the morning enough to make it almost white.Still remaining white on high ground,,calm,max 4 deg,min 0 deg

[Terminal Moraine]

Light snow flurries during the morning with a few sunny intervals early and later. Apart from a short shower of snow pellets around 1400 the afternoon was dry with sunny intervals.

At 1800

Temp; 1.4c

Max today; 3.9c

Min last night; -1.1c

Grass min; -4.9c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 2.13 hrs

Mean wind speed; 13 mph NW

Highest gust today; 28 mph NW at 1432

7 oktas Sc and Cu

Vis; over 80 km.

[Stargazer]

Dry and cold with sunny spells in the morning, cloudier in the afternoon. Maximum 8.2, minimum -1.3. Wind light NW.