Another very cold and cloudy day with a biting east wind and some light snow
flurries this morning.
Max. +2.6C Min -0.3C.

But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:

50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C
10cm +1.7C

No wonder nothing is growing, still waiting for my first daffodil to open
(plenty of buds) but stems have fallen over. First rhubarb shoots have been
destroyed by the cold winds and even rhododendron buds are suffering. Grass
is dormant still and looking outside it could easily be January apart from
the light. At least the snowdrops are still looking lovely but primroses are
hit and miss.

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 01/04/2013 19:16, Eskimo Will wrote:
But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:
50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C

Soil Temps today (1st)
30 cm = 7.0°C
100 cm = 8.3°C

My 30 cm soil temperature has now started to rise from a low of 6.4 on
the 28th, presumably because of the recent run of quite sunny days.

On the 9th March the 30 cm temperature surpassed the 100 cm temperature
and reached a high of 9.2°C before falling back with a series of cold
nights (12th - 15th). The lowest 30 cm March temperature was 6.0°C on
the 1st.

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
On 01/04/2013 19:16, Eskimo Will wrote:
But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:
50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C

Soil Temps today (1st)
30 cm = 7.0°C
100 cm = 8.3°C

My 30 cm soil temperature has now started to rise from a low of 6.4 on the
28th, presumably because of the recent run of quite sunny days.

On the 9th March the 30 cm temperature surpassed the 100 cm temperature
and reached a high of 9.2°C before falling back with a series of cold
nights (12th - 15th). The lowest 30 cm March temperature was 6.0°C on the
1st.

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

30 cm soil temperature here is 5.1. Lowest in March was 4.1 at the start of
the month, rising to 7.0 on 10th after the very brief mild spell (very
temporary grass growth) then a rapid decline back to 5.0 by 15th. Rest of
the month in the 5.0 to 5.9 range, levelling back at 5.0 from 27th to 31st.
Ground is now dry on the surface, with nothing growing - a great concern for
the farming community.
--
Andy
http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

"Eskimo Will" wrote in message ...

But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:

50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C
10cm +1.7C

Hello, Will,
Copley 09Z today 1st April:-
5cm 0.0C
10cm 0.8C
30cm 2.2C
50cm not recorded
100cm 3.3C

Copley Lead Mill:-
30cm 1.5C

Snow cover keeps our soil and earth temperatures up but when it melts, after
an initial drop things will soon recover and my veg patch will shoot ahead.
You have to be an optimist in these parts. Pleased you enjoyed your trip "up
north" even though you missed the best bit.
Ken
Copley

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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"Eskimo Will" wrote in message ...

But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:

50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C
10cm +1.7C

Hello, Will,
Copley 09Z today 1st April:-
5cm 0.0C
10cm 0.8C
30cm 2.2C
50cm not recorded
100cm 3.3C

Copley Lead Mill:-
30cm 1.5C

Snow cover keeps our soil and earth temperatures up but when it melts,
after an initial drop things will soon recover and my veg patch will shoot
ahead.
You have to be an optimist in these parts. Pleased you enjoyed your trip
"up north" even though you missed the best bit.
Ken
Copley

I always find that rain raises the soil temps. quickly. Soil is very dry at
present.
Yep I guess the closest I got to Copley was Shap on the M6 :-)

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 01/04/2013 19:16, Eskimo Will wrote:
Another very cold and cloudy day with a biting east wind and some light
snow flurries this morning.
Max. +2.6C Min -0.3C.

But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:

50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C
10cm +1.7C

No wonder nothing is growing, still waiting for my first daffodil to
open (plenty of buds) but stems have fallen over. First rhubarb shoots
have been destroyed by the cold winds and even rhododendron buds are
suffering. Grass is dormant still and looking outside it could easily be
January apart from the light. At least the snowdrops are still looking
lovely but primroses are hit and miss.

Will



How was the holiday? Come to think of it, I never saw any reports or
photos of your Himalayas break! Have I been asleep?

jim, Northampton

"jbm" wrote in message ...
On 01/04/2013 19:16, Eskimo Will wrote:
Another very cold and cloudy day with a biting east wind and some light
snow flurries this morning.
Max. +2.6C Min -0.3C.

But it is the low soil temperatures that I find interesting.
At 1800 UTC:

50cm +3.0C
30cm +2.7C
10cm +1.7C

No wonder nothing is growing, still waiting for my first daffodil to
open (plenty of buds) but stems have fallen over. First rhubarb shoots
have been destroyed by the cold winds and even rhododendron buds are
suffering. Grass is dormant still and looking outside it could easily be
January apart from the light. At least the snowdrops are still looking
lovely but primroses are hit and miss.

Will



How was the holiday? Come to think of it, I never saw any reports or
photos of your Himalayas break! Have I been asleep?

jim, Northampton



Jim, the Lakes as I said in my previous post were awesome with deep snow.
Some great walking although I did put myself in danger once having lost a
path close to overhanging cornices. But I was sensible and restricted my
height to 650 metres due to the dangerous windchill higher up.
I did put up some piccies of the Himalayas on facebook.

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 03/04/2013 08:16, Eskimo Will wrote:

Jim, the Lakes as I said in my previous post were awesome with deep
snow. Some great walking although I did put myself in danger once having
lost a path close to overhanging cornices. But I was sensible and
restricted my height to 650 metres due to the dangerous windchill higher
up.
I did put up some piccies of the Himalayas on facebook.

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Hi Will. Didn't see your post about the Lakes, probably because Et-Sep
was playing up a couple of days ago, and lots of posts never
materialised and posted posts didn't land at their destination.

And I missed your Himalayas pics because I don't partake of social
sites. My fault.

jim, Northampton