Thursday 24th December weather observations

[Summer Sun]

Persistent rain throughout Wednesday evening has cleared to leave it dry and cloudy with a brisk and chilly north easterly wind

Temp 4.6c

Edited December 24, 2020 by Summer Sun

[The PIT]

Dry on the cold side clear skies

Temp 1.4C, Barometer 1018mb rising, Wind F2 NNW, Rainfall since midnight Nil

[johnholmes]

Clear sky and a current low of 1.,7 C, not sure if any ground frost

[ScottSnow]

Snowing here in Gateshead. 1C.

[Terminal Moraine]

Yesterday's rain became intermittent during the evening and eventually cleared to the south east around 0100. The remaining cloud gradually moved away to leave a clear and cold end of the night with a frost. The strong to gale force north easterly wind gradually moderated after midnight.

At 0900

Temp; -0.4c

24 hr max; 4.2c

24 hr min; -0.4c

Grass min; -2.7c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 12.8 mm

Mean wind speed; 16 mph NW

1 okta Cu and distant Cb ( on the east and north east horizon)

Vis; over 80 km

[Summer Sun]

A cold and cloudy start with a short-lived snow shower a short time ago

Temp 1.8c

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 24th December 2020
 
Rain cleared away last night, clear spells developing early hours. Clear this morning, widespread frost.
 
24-hour maximum 6.1c
24-hour minimum –0.1c
Minimum temperature on grass  -2.2c
Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 15.0mph ENE
Rainfall total: 8.1mm
 
Conditions at 09:00 GMT
 
1 Okta Altocumulus.
Visibility >10 miles.
Temperature: 0.3c
Humidity 94.0%
Wind Direction WNW force 2-3
Barometer 1022.9mb Trend rising.
 
Yesterday.
 
Moderate rain at times overnight. Light rain and drizzle early this morning. The rain turned moderate and continuous late morning and in to the afternoon. Mist thickening to fog at times. The rain turned lighter ind intermittent by mid to late afternoon and evening.
 

[SqueakheartLW]

Misleading radar image here

Radar says rain all the way in Scunthorpe. What do I have, snow

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by SqueakheartLW

[The PIT]

DRy sunny morning until just after 11. A light sleet shower skies clearing now but another shower looks headed to the west of me. Morning drive into the peak district plenty of black ice around to catch out the unwary driver as Derbyshire haven't gritted as per normal. Cold on top and sunny the wintry showers will catch some out I expect.

Temp 2.5C high so far 3C, Barometer 1023mb rising rapidly, Wind F3 NNW, Rainfall since midnight 0.2mm

[The PIT]

Light showers quickly died away leading to a dry afternoon

Max temp 3C, now 2.4C, Barometer 1026mb rising rapidly, Wind F3 NNW, Rainfall 0.2mm

[Terminal Moraine]

A  chilly and windy day with sunny periods and a few light snow showers.

At 1800

Temp; 0.4c

Max today; 2.1c

Min last night; -0.4c

Grass min; -2.7c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

Sunshine today; 3.2 hrs

Mean wind speed 22 mph N/NW

Highest gust today; 47 mph NW  at 0036

3 oktas Sc and Cu

Vis; over 80 km.

[Aleman]

8 hours ago, SqueakheartLW said:

Misleading radar image here

Radar says rain all the way in Scunthorpe. What do I have, snow

 

We had snow which turned sleety and then snow again and we're only at 30m altitude.  It even tried to settle a bit but never whitened. The kids put their shoes on to go outside and catch the flakes. We would not allow that in sleet. I was monitoring radar and it just said rain. A couple of weeks back, my other half had settled snow at her school when it just said rain. I've seen photos of snow on high ground where no snow was seen on radar a few times in recent weeks. I've found it spot on in previous years but I think there is something wrong with it this year.  It's missing too much wintery stuff.

 

Today's high was 2.3C. Currently 0.3C

Edited December 24, 2020 by Aleman

[Stargazer]

Dry, cold and breezy with long sunny spells. Maximum 6.8 (overnight, the afternoon temperature was around 5C), minimum 3.2. Wind moderate NNW.

[hillbilly]

A slight frost to start,dry and cold with an odd shower of sleet