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[Weather Ship]

Frequent heavy showers here at the moment. Temp 6.8C with NNW wind 18mph gusting 36. Should decrease as the day goes on, hopefully, as I've got to venture out.
The midnight Atlantic.

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[The PIT]

Not a cold start with the odd light rain shower.
Temp 2.2C
winds f3 WSW
rainfall 0.2mm

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' All, currently:

Temp -0.3°C
DP -2.8°C
Rh 83%
Wind Calm
1009.2 mb RISING SLOWLY
Conditions: Damp and starry

[SteveB]

Dry cool start,

Temp 3.7c
Humidity 89%
Dewpoint 2.1c

[johnholmes]

It clouded over by about 0300 with very very light rain showers now and then after a white frost before midnight, temperatture is now 3.1C from the low of 0.4C

[Polar Continental]

Saturday 17th December 2011:

Clear spells developed overnight and the temperature fell to –1.7c so a widespread slight frost. Cloud increased and so did a north west wind around 05:00 GMT and the frost slowly began to lift.

Today's readings for the 24 hrs up to 09:00 GMT:

7 Oktas: Altostratus, Stratus fractus.
Visibility about 1 mile.
Temperature: 1.6°C
Humidity: 98%
Dew point 1.3°C
Wind Direction: Force 3 NW
Barometer:1008mb rising.

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday: 2.9°C
Minimum temperature overnight: -1.7°C
24-hour maximum = 2.9°C
24-hour minimum: -1.7°C
Minimum temperature on grass: -4.0°C
Rainfall total: tr mm

Yesterday:

Cloudy overnight after an initial clear start with a touch of ground frost. Only a few light spots of rain and sleet, as only a trace left in the rain gauge. Low 1.4c with –0.5c on the grass. The morning to observation has been overcast with a just a few spots of light sleet. The day stayed mainly cloudy scattered mainly light showers of rain and sleet, it felt cold and raw in the fresh NW wind, top temperature 2.9c.

[MKsnowangel]

Temperature 1.3 °C
Windchill 2 °C
Dew Point 2 °C

Wind
Speed / Dir 4.8 km/h / 1.3 m/s from WSW
Wind Gust 11.3 km/h

Conditions
Pressure 1008.0 hPa
Clouds Scattered Clouds 762 m

Moisture
Humidity 97%
Rainfall 0 mm
Snow Depth 0 cm

Very icy roads/pavements here this morning, some wintry precipitation in the air and the thick frost has been slow to clear.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light snow showers early yesterday evening, accompanied by a rise in temperature to 1.3c, this being the 24 hr max. The cloud cleared by 2130 and it remained mainly clear until around 0430 when further showers of wet snow and sleet moved in from the north west resulting in a thin veneer of slushy ice over most surfaces and rendering untreated roads lethal.
Current temp' is 0.9c after a min' of -0.4c and a grass min' of -3.5c
Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900, 0.8 mm
Mean wind speed, 13 mph W/NW
7 oktas Cu and St fractus
Occasional light showers of sleet or wet snow
Vis', 25 km
Patchy lying snow but well under 50% cover.

[GWW]

Moderate snow showers and a slight dusting here at the moment.

[Tellow]

Outbreaks of sleet here all morning here with the temperature hovering between 2 and 3C.

Edited by Tellow, 17 December 2011 - 12:08 .

[Solar Sausage]

Cold and sunny, after morning sleet showers, 2-3C...

[snowingtequila]

after a slow thaw of yesterday's snow heavy snow is now falling again. Two days of 100% snow cover at 9am. better than what I expected so far this year

[SNOW_JOKE]

Temp -0.4'c and falling here, brief now shower around 12.30pm but that's now dissipated off to the south. 1006mb, total rainfall this month 112mm (+1mm of snow melt.)

[Snowyowl9]

Coldest night so far at -0.6c
Icy and lethal on the roads with a covering of snow/ice.
Today a mix of light drizzle/sleet and heavier snow shower`s nothing settled.
Max of 3.4c currently 2.2c

[SteveB]

Pressure 1009.1hPa
Temp 4.8c
Max Temp 6.8c
Min Temp 2.1c
Humidity 84%
Dewpoint 2.2c
Rainfall 0.0mm
Monthly Rainfall 55.9mm

[Coast]

Late one from me:

4,6 °C
1009.1 mb rising 0.2 mb/hr
Wind 10.6 mph gusting 14.0 mph max N
DP 0.9 °C
Humidity 77%
No rain last 24 hours
Cloud base 1520 ft

A lovely day, mostly clear and sunny with some cloud and drizzle mid morning

[Kent Snow]

3.6C, broken cumulus, wind from the W, 1008hPa.

[Terminal Moraine]

A few light showers of sleet and wet snow to start the morning but it became dry after 0930 with a few sunny intervals.
Further snow showers, some briefly heavy, moved down from the north west early this afternoon and gave a thin snow cover by 1330 which then lasted for the rest of the day.

At 1800;
Temp', 0.5c
Max' today, 1.7c
Min' last night, -0.4c
Grass min', -3.5c
Rainfall from 0900-1800, 0.9 mm
Sunshine today, 0.44 hrs
Mean wind speed, 16 mph NW
Highest gust today, 35 mph W at 0657
1 okta Cu and Acu lenticularis
Vis', over 80 km.
1cm of lying snow; 95% cover.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Reached 2.1º earlier after dropping to -3.2º last night. with some brief snow showers this morning. Now back down to -1.8º.

[TonyH]

Clear/ sunny intervals and occasional hail, rain and sleet showers last night and all today, these heavy at times, and giving very temporary coverings of hailstones. Slight frost last night.
Fresh to strong NW wind and the quite a wind-chill.

Min: -0.7c @ midnight
Max: 6.9c @ 1300
Rain yesterday: 6.9mm
Rain since 0900: 5mm

Currently: More wintry showers.
Temp: 2.1c
RH: 90%
Pressure: 1016mbar, rising slowly.