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Windy Willow
05 January 2025 16:56:35
it's currently 5.1c in the garden, finally getting some intermittent readings. Still pretty calm too and has been a bit misty this afternoon.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Barry White

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fairweather
05 January 2025 17:27:57

A very unusual situation in the back garden - the lawn is covered with puddles, and I've never seen so much standing water. There has been 17mm of rain from this system, but even so it usually drains faster than this, especially as it'd been dry for a couple of days.

I can only think that the soil just below the surface is frozen, preventing the water from draining! That's a new one on me, but given the sudden warm-up this morning it makes sense, I think.

EDIT: And having been out, poking with a cut-off cane, it seems there is indeed a frozen layer, or something, about 1 to 1.5cm down. Go through that and the water slowly drains away!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Almost certainly is that. I have seen it before but you weren't born then!!

S.Essex, 42m ASL
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Chunky Pea
05 January 2025 18:01:57
High of 2.8c today, and with a min of 0.7c. Real limbo territory. RH slightly below 90% though so hopefully that'll help dry up the roads and footpaths after last night's drizzle storm. 
Patrick,

East Galway, Ireland.

Hungry Tiger
05 January 2025 18:04:31
Phenomenonal rise in temperatures from 2C to 10C in 3 hours. Melted the snow in no time. Literally in just 3 hours. Temp now 12C. 
Gavin S. FRmetS.

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South Cambridgeshire. 93 metres or 302.25 feet ASL.



Retron
05 January 2025 18:05:34

Almost certainly is that. I have seen it before but you weren't born then!!

Originally Posted by: fairweather 

Hmm, the winter of 1978/9? Or 1962? Whenever it was, it would have been a classic freeze-up. I guess, for a few hours at least, I had a facsimile of permafrost in the garden. And I've learnt something too - I hadn't twigged, until this morning, that frozen ground would stop water getting through, but of course it would block it.

No chance of any such problems tonight, mind you... it's now 12.3, dew 11.7, with gusty winds - back to autumn for another 15 hours or so.

Leysdown, north Kent
doctormog
05 January 2025 18:05:43
-1.4°C with recent rain. Not nice.
Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS) 

Retron
05 January 2025 18:22:16
This has to be very unusual - we're now up to a 25C difference across the UK! Loch Glascarnoch is in its own little ice-age....

https://ukwct.org.uk/weather/xc.jpg 

(I guess we saw greater when the -27.2 records were set, and any time -20s have appeared, but even so - it's been a while)

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Leysdown, north Kent
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Crepuscular Ray
05 January 2025 20:41:38
Hailstones!! A real convective mix off the North Sea now. Highest temp of the day now 2.3 C
Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

johncs2016
05 January 2025 20:49:31
Still raining here in NW Edinburgh without even the slightest hint of any wintriness, and the temperatures are also refusing to drop remaining stuck at around 2°C here in Edinburgh so unless it unexpectedly clears away during the night, it looks as though our run of air frosts in this year is about to end.😡
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

roadrunnerajn
05 January 2025 21:02:38
A murky misty day with outbreaks of drizzle from time to time. A moderate SSW wind now slowly veering towards the west.

Temperatures peaked here at 12.5c now slowly dropping back to 11.6c. Pressure currently 978mb

Germoe, part of the breakaway Celtic Republic. 80m asl
DEW
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06 January 2025 07:46:12
9.5C, decreasing (apparently only 4C not many miles away in Hampshire) Light rain showers, gusty W-ly wind.

Lots of flooding a bit further east with the Arun out of its banks.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

Chichester 12m asl

tierradelfuego
06 January 2025 07:51:18
As quickly as it warmed up yesterday, it is the reverse today. 10.7c at 6am and now 2.8c
Bucklebury

West Berkshire Downs AONB

135m ASL

VP2 with daytime FARS

Rainfall collector separated at ground level

Anemometer separated above roof level

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Retron
06 January 2025 07:51:20
Blowing a hoolie outside - gusts into the high 40s / low 50s, meaning this time the honours go to the Met Office model - that's 3-3 to each of the GFS/Met Office forecasts for the windy periods so far this autumn/winter. There's the de rigueur warm sector drizzle too, though that should die off in advance of the front.

It's still exceptionally mild, for now, at 12.2C, dew 10.1. Last night's low was 11.2 (8C above average), and yesterday's high was 12.4 (a more modest 4C or so above average).

Leysdown, north Kent
NMA
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06 January 2025 07:54:27
After yesterday's mild blip of 13C it's back to a fresh 4C and damp after heavy bursts of overnight rain.

Windy from the WNW which takes even more off the edge off too.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Crepuscular Ray
06 January 2025 07:58:18
After our 16 hours of (mostly) rain yesterday, our disappointing cold spell continues. A damp start at 2 C. It's colder down in the Midlands!

......bloody North Sea!

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

StoneCroze
06 January 2025 08:03:00
A brisk dog following session this morning,, but wanted to beat the rain/hail.

Fair.

Wd. 300 29Kts/39Kts.

Temp. 7C Dew. 4C.

981Mb.

Alderney, Channel Islands. (previously known as Beaufort)
tierradelfuego
06 January 2025 08:31:04
Now back down to 1.5c and it's a wintry mix in the latest shower... bonkers!
Bucklebury

West Berkshire Downs AONB

135m ASL

VP2 with daytime FARS

Rainfall collector separated at ground level

Anemometer separated above roof level

WeatherLink Live (Byles Green Crew )

Roger Parsons
06 January 2025 08:41:00
Sleet here - very unpleasant.
RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

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Hippydave
06 January 2025 08:42:59
Not sure I entirely trust the rain gauge on my WS but over 40mm of rain from this LP now, the bulk of which fell yesterday with 3mm so far today. I did have a little look at surrounding stations yesterday and they ranged from around 5mm more than me to 5-10mm less. 

Temps remain at a very mild 9.6c with a gusty wind - so far this mild interlude has lifted the average from very cold to normal although would expect that to be reversed over the next few days. 

Edit - quite a fun little change in temps just happened, now down to 4.6c in a matter of minutes. 

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Windy Willow
06 January 2025 09:32:35
So we've gone from overnight high winds and rain, to a rainy start that became wintry mix to snow now 1.6c and very breezy. I'm glad my commute is just a walk along the hallway!
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Barry White

It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) - R.E.M.

Ally Pally Snowman
06 January 2025 09:36:12
It really is a remarkable cold front . It was 12c here an hour ago now 6c. 
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
four
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06 January 2025 09:47:13
The mild air never reached here but slow thaw and max 2.2C at 3am.

Dropping again now with more typical wintry showers off north sea.

Very little thaw at higher levels looks like about a foot up there.

North York Moors weather 
Tim A
06 January 2025 09:52:25
It's actually the mildest it has been here since Saturday at 1.1c now, but that is as the precipitation has stopped. 

Dew point is slowly falling. 

Slow thaw going on, our road has been ploughed now.

13-18cm cover. 

Tim

NW Leeds

187m asl

 My PWS 

idj20
06 January 2025 09:55:44
That boring near constant in-your-face southerly gale has just finally eased off along with some brightening up, temps now creeping down to 8.8 C after a peak of 11.8 C at 6 am.  At least rainfall amounts has been scant so far today with 0.4 mm, I've picked up 20.8 mm yesterday. 
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
redmoons
06 January 2025 09:58:42
There was a dramatic drop in temperature from 10.5c at 7.15am to 2c at 9.15am. At one point, it was dropping 7.5c / hour.

Now sleet and snow mix, impressive 48 hours with a weather roller coaster.

Andrew,

Watford

ASL 35m

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