Wednesday 30th December weather observations

[Summer Sun]

A dry and calm night with clear skies and a widespread frost

Temp 0.6c

[The PIT]

Dry with patchy cloud and ground frost

Temp 0.4C, Barometer 997mb steady, Wind F2 SSE, Rainfall since midnight nil

[johnholmes]

Dry with  a lot of cloud at dawn, so not as cold as it could have been, a low of -0.8 C now on -0.2 C, but the 3rd consecutive air frost; still a few patches of snow in the back garden

[Polar Continental]

Wednesday 30th December 2020
 

Clear spells for a time overnight, cloud increasing early hours, wide spread frost and ice. Rather cloudy this morning, bright spells. Widespread ice. Snow depth 4cm 80% cover.

 
24-hour maximum 1.9c
24-hour minimum –2.2c
Minimum temperature on grass  -5.0c
Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 7.0mph NW
Rainfall total: 5.0mm
 
Conditions at 09:00 GMT
 
5 Oktas Altostratus.
Visibility 10 miles.
Temperature: 0.1c
Humidity 96.2%
Wind Direction calm force 0
Barometer 1001.7mb Trend rising.
 
Yesterday.
 
 Variable cloud overnight, widespread frost. Cloudy and frosty this morning, snow setting in towards observation, turning heavy. Further intermittent heavy snow through the morning and in to early afternoon, slow thaw. The snow turned to sleet briefly before stopping. Turning brighter mid afternoon. Frost setting in before dusk with show and ice freezing. Snow depth 4cm 80% cover.

[Summer Sun]

A widespread hard frost overnight under clear skies

Temp 0.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry night with large amounts of cloud but also some breaks at times. Dry with a few sunny intervals this morning.

At 0900

Temp; 0.0c

24 hr max; 2.0c

24 hr min; -1.1c

Grass ( snow ) min; -5.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 1.5 mm

Mean wind speed; 13 mph W

7 oktas Sc, St and Ac

Vis; 2 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 3.5cm. 90% cover

[The PIT]

Mostly cloudy this morning. Pavements ice rinks especially the higher up you go

Temp 2.5C, Barometer 998mb steady, Wind F2 WNW, Rainfall Nil

[The PIT]

Skies clearing during the afternoon leading to sunny spells

Max temp 2.6C, now 1.5C, Barometer 999mb rising slowly, Wind F1 WNW, Rainfall nil

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry and mainly cloudy day.

At 1800

Temp; -0.3c

Max today; 1.1c

Min last night; -1.1c

Grass min; -5.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.0 mm

Sunshine today; 0.4 hrs

Mean wind speed; 7 mph W/NW

Highest gust today; 25 mph W at 1032

6 oktas Ac

Vis; 50 km

Mean depth of lying snow; 3.0cm. 90% cover

[Stargazer]

Hard frost early morning then a cold day with sunny spells. Maximum 4.8, minimum 0.3. Wind light W.