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7 Day Snow risk for Northants, initialized at 3:00 PM 27 Jan, 2012
Today	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
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This forecast is risk based and subject to change.

NOTICE BOARD

Cold with some sunshine at times, especially during the morning, but showers are also expected, with some quite heavy and prolonged in the afternoon, giving some sleet or snow, mainly over the Peak District. Maximum temperature 6C.

Feburary Forecast: Indecisive

The forecast for early February remains very uncertain. There appear to be two main scenarios, each equally probable, but which are very different. The first scenario consists of a changeable westerly or southwesterly weather type with rain at times (amounts greatest in the west), and with temperatures noticeably above average for early February, with only occasional frosts. The alternative scenario is that much colder weather with winds mainly from an easterly or northeasterly quarter, will prevail well into February, bringing widespread frosts and snow to some areas. In this scenario it would be the east that was most vulnerable to snowfall.

Updated: @ 27/01/2012 19:49 - next update at 01:00

Summary / Temp

Wind

Rain/Melted Snow

Outlook


Partly Cloudy Night
	3.2°C Feels like: 1°C 24-hr difference 0.5°C

Cloud Base

	Gusting: 4.7 SSW 4.0
2 Bft - Light Breeze
Today: 27.9 11:35
Gust Month: 65.8 Jan 3

Rain Today:	0.1 mm
Rain Rate (/hr):	0.0 mm
Rain Yesterday:	2.3 mm
Storm Rain:	0.0 mm
January:	24.2 mm
Season Total:¹	24.2 mm
No rain for	0 Days
11 rain days in Jan. Main Snow data at the bottom

Next 24hrs

Humidity & Barometer

Almanac

Moon

Humidity:	98 %
Dew Point:	2.9°C
Barometer:	1018.0 mb
Baro Trend:	Steady

Sunrise:	07:53
Sunset:	16:39
Moonrise:	09:02
Moonset:	21:54

Waxing Crescent

20%
Illuminated

UV Index and Forecast

Solar Radiation

UV Now None 0.0

High: -1.0 @ 16:37

28 Jan 2012 Low 0.6

29 Jan 2012 Low 0.7

0 W/m² (0 %)

High: 199 @ 12:08

Solar Noon: 12:15

Windchill

Heating Degree Days

Sun

Current:	1.2°C
Today:	-5.7°C 01:48
Yesterday:	-4.8°C
Last Week:	-5.8°C
Record:	-13.7°C 01/01/1970

Today:	13.5
Jan. to Date:	353.0
2012 to Date:	353.0
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

Daylight:

08:46
(00:03)

Snow³

Irrigation Index⁴

Station Records

Fire Risk

Today:	0cm
Yesterday:	0cm
January:	0cm
Season Total:²	0.1cm
Snow Depth:	0cm
0 snow day in Jan.
1 snow day in all 2012.²
Snow fall Height:⁵	m

Updated at Midnight
7-Days Rain:	8.8 mm
7-Days ET:	0.0 mm
7-Day Index:	8.8 mm
January Index:	0.954 mm
Outside Now
Air Density:	1.280 kg/m3
Cloud Height:	577 m

HIGHS:	LOWS:
29.6°C 27/06/2011	-10.7°C 07/12/2010
Record Day(6am-6pm)
27.0 C on: 30 Jun 2009	-6.5C on: 07 Dec 2010
Record Night(6pm-6am)
20.5C on: 01 Jul 2009	-8.9C on: 07 Dec 2010

Current Fire Weather Index

Today:
0.3 of 31

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ² Snow season September 1st to April 30th. ³ Snow manually measured
⁴ Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week.
(Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present.)
⁵ The height above ground where snow is likely to fall at the station

Northants Weather Forecast - This afternoon's and Tonight's Outlook

This
afternoon

Mostly Cloudy
High: 6°C

Partly to mostly cloudy. Breezy. High 6°C. Wind southwest around 12 mph, occasionally gusting to 30 mph.

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy
Low: -1°C

Partly to mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly clear after midnight, with areas of light frost likely. Low -1°C. Wind west-southwest around 8 mph in the evening, becoming northwest after midnight.

Random Weather Facts

HEAT INDEX
The Heat Index (HI) (or apparent temperature) is a measure of relative discomfort due to combined heat and high humidity. It was developed by R.G. Steadman (1979) and is based on physiological studies of evaporative skin cooling for various combinations of ambient temperature and humidity. As temperatures climb above 90 °F and humidity goes above 40 percent, conditions are ripe for heat-related illnesses.