Friday 10th March weather observations

[Summer Sun]

Light snow during Thursday evening has left a slight covering in places otherwise it continues cold and cloudy with a strengthening north easterly wind

Temp 1.0c

[The PIT]

Snow blizzard like conditions at times guess around 24cm of snow and drifting

Temp -0.2C, Barometer 991mb rising rapidly, Wind not available, Rainfall unknown

[Terminal Moraine]

Further snow overnight, heavy at times, and, with the wind increasing to gale force during the early hours, quite a lot of drifting. The last of the snow died out around 0930 and at the moment it's dry with sunny intervals.

At 0900

 Temp; -0.6c

24 hr max; -0.2c

24 hr min; -1.5c

Grass min; -0.4c ( thermometer buried )

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Waiting for snow from gauge to melt

Mean wind speed; 21 mph N

8 oktas Ns and St

 Vis; 8 miles

Mean depth of lying snow; 31 cm. 100% cover

Intermittent  light snow

[The PIT]

Finally got the snow to melt and 37.8mm of rain.

Some more snow this morning now sunny with a steady thaw

Temp 2.7C, Barometer 1003mb rising rapidly, Wind F3 NNW, rainfall 37.8mm

[Polar Continental]

Friday 10th March 2023

 

A spell of moderate rain / sleet last night cleared away before midnight leaving a cloudy night with a continued slow thaw. Out breaks of moderate snow around dawn accompanied by a fall of temperature to around freezing, this produced a light covering before stopping before mid morning. Cloud began to clear towards late morning allowing sunny spells.

 

24-hour maximum 1.3c

24-hour minimum -0.1c

Minimum temperature on grass -0.1c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 25.3mph E

Rainfall total = 17.1mm 

Snow depth 2cm 80%

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

8 Oktas stratus.

Visibility >10 mile

Temperature: 1.1c

Humidity 96.2%

Wind Direction N force 3

Barometer 999.9 Trend rising.

 

Yesterday. 

 

Further light to moderate snow last night, though this died out late evening, leaving a mostly cloudy night with a touch of frost for a time. There was a slow thaw through the early hours. Further snow commenced towards dawn, light at first turning moderate mid morning producing a further patchy wet cover 70% of 2cm. Moderate wet snow continued through the morning and in to the afternoon producing a further wet cover before stopping before mid afternoon. A little drizzle followed late afternoon. A slow thaw continued throughout.

[The PIT]

A very cold day after early snow. Slow thaw late morning onwards

Max temp 3.7C now 2.6C, Barometer 1006mb rising quickly, Rainfall davis 19.2mm actual 37.8mm

[thedman]

Stupid question so deleted. Sorry.

Edited March 10, 2023 by thedman
Stupid question so deleted

[Terminal Moraine]

Intermittent light snow died out by 1000, the cloud then dispersed and from late morning onward it was sunny with a slow thaw.

At 1800

Temp; -1.2c

Max today; 2.4c

Min last night; -1.5c

Grass min; -0.4c ( thermometer buried )

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; 28.3 mm in gauge, which was buried. 33.8 mm average from two snow cores taken from an undrifted area

Rainfall from 0900-1800; Trace

 Sunshine today; 5.6 hrs

Mean wind speed; 9 mph NW

Highest gust today; 57 mph N at 0517

1 okta Cu congestus ( on the eastern horizon ) and Ci

 Vis; 50 miles

Mean depth of lying snow 22.3 cm 100% cover