Saturday 11th March weather observations

[Summer Sun]

Cold and dry tonight after the heavy snow in the early hours of Friday which has melted from most areas bar those in the shade 

Temp -3.0c

[The PIT]

A dry cloudy start to the day. Not as cold as suggested but still a very cold night

Temp -0.7C. -2.9C, Barometer 1008mb steady, Wind F1 SSW, Rainfall since midnight Nil

[johnholmes]

Dry and mostly cloudy with an air frost, low was --3.5 C, it is up to -1.2 C at the moment

[Summer Sun]

A dry morning with hazy sunshine and still a good covering of snow in shaded areas

Temp 0.9c with a low of -4.6c

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry but mainly cloudy night after a clear start. A temporary clearance of cloud between 0815 and 0845 but it's back to extensive high cloud and weak sunshine now.

At 0900

 Temp; 1.1c

24 hr max; 2.4c

24 hr min; -3.1c

Grass ( snow ) min; -6.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900; Trace

Mean wind speed; 4 mph S

6 oktas As, Ci, Cs and Ac

 Vis; 35 miles

Mean depth of lying snow; 20.8cm

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 11th March 2023

 

Clear spells overnight, widespread moderate frost. Hazy sunny spells through the morning.

 

24-hour maximum 5.5c

24-hour minimum -4.1c

Minimum temperature on grass -8.0c 

Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 18.9mph N

Rainfall total = tr.mm 

Snow depth 0.0

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

3 Oktas Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus.

Visibility >10 mile

Temperature: 0.3c

Humidity 76.0%

Wind Direction N force 1

Barometer 1009.5 Trend rising slowly.

 

Yesterday. 

 

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. Sunny spells continued through the day and the snow melted completely, feeling cold in the brisk north wind.

[The PIT]

Dry sunny spells this morning cloudy now but still dry.

Max temp 5.1C, now 4.2C, Barometer 1006mb falling slowly, Winds F1 SSE, Rainfall Nil.

[Terminal Moraine]

A dry morning with sunny intervals. Increasing cloud during the afternoon with intermittent light snow from 1530 onward.

At 1800

 Temp; 1.1c

Max today; 4.1c

Min last night; -3.1c

Grass ( snow ) min; -6.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800; 0.2 mm

 Sunshine today; 2.2 hrs

Mean wind speed; 15 mph SE

Highest gust today; 25 mph SE at 1753

8 oktas Ns

 Vis; 8 miles

Intermittent light snow

Mean depth of lying snow; 18.3cm. 100% cover