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Jan 2011 Cold Spell Thread

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« on: January 03, 2011, 07:00:03 pm »

Cold spell number three has arrived so a new thread is needed. This week looks unsettled with mild and cold interludes with snow showers likely including coastal thunderstorms. Snow is already being reported in N. Ireland this evening.
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 07:42:15 am »

Well Sunday was unusual with gradual cooling to below 0C under a solid grey sky. Yesterday evening (Mon 3rd) it just rained steadily with temp (+2C at 1800) gradually increasing - still raining this morning with temp +5C which is very close to normal for the time of year.
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 04:37:51 pm »

4C here today and as you see in the 365 day thread we had snow yesterday afternoon and evening.
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 07:08:21 pm »

We had snow again this morning, everywhere whiteover again for a couple of 3 hours before rain returned...
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 04:24:54 pm »

Snowing here at the moment
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 07:29:23 pm »

Seems to me that there's still quite a bit of uncertainty regards exact detail for tomorrows snowfall thats pushing north through England - personally I think it will be a wet walk for me to the pub after work tomorrow...
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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2011, 08:45:24 pm »

Here's the latest precip type charts from Netweather GFS for Fri/Sat...











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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2011, 07:37:41 am »

rain with occassional big flakes of snow for me @ 7.30am...
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2011, 10:18:02 am »

An unexpected increase in power of the current cold spell over Eastern Europe takes place during recent two days.

The weather situation could be shortly described as a distinct arctic intrusion.
As for my home, it was 98% clear for last 4 days IN A ROW!  Cheesy
My meteostation reports daily minima as following (at the same time, maxima are close to -5C):
-21.5C, -22C, -20C, -19C
As you see, it seems to get warmer (and unfortunately the probability of clouds increases).

But I wondered myself when I looked at the meteostation reports from Eastern Ukraine - two recent nights were as cold as -25...-30C (record low today at -30.2C in Bilovods'k, Lugans'ka oblast'). Meanwhile, frosts in neighbouring Russia are just terrifying: regions of Smolensk, Samara and Orenburg report lows at -35...-42C!!! proofpic

Anyway, I like anticyclonic weather in winter! We're going to use the last crystal-clear evening (@-15C) here in Poltava and do some stargazing at the observatory!  Cool
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