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7 Day Snow risk for Northants, initialized at 5:00 AM 04 Feb, 2012
Today	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
70 %	50 %	30 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %

This forecast is risk based and subject to change.

NOTICE BOARD

Frost warning

Updated: @ 04/02/2012 07:19 - next update at 01:00

Summary / Temp

Wind

Rain/Melted Snow

Outlook


Dawn
	-6.6°C Feels like: -11°C 24-hr difference -1.1°C

Cloud Base

	Gusting: 5.3 SE 5.3
2 Bft - Light Breeze
Today: 9.9 05:50
Gust Month: 20.9 Feb 1

Rain Today:	0.0 mm
Rain Rate (/hr):	0.0 mm
Rain Yesterday:	0.0 mm
Storm Rain:	0.0 mm
February:	0.1 mm
Season Total:¹	25.6 mm
No rain for	3 Days
1 rain day in Feb. Main Snow data at the bottom

Next 24hrs

Humidity & Barometer

Almanac

Moon

Humidity:	93 %
Dew Point:	-7.5°C
Barometer:	1035.0 mb
Baro Trend:	Falling

Sunrise:	07:40
Sunset:	16:54
Moonrise:	13:23
Moonset:	05:05

Waxing Gibbous

86%
Illuminated

UV Index and Forecast

Solar Radiation

UV Now None 0.0

High: -1.0 @ 16:37

5 Feb 2012 Low 0.7

6 Feb 2012 Low 0.8

0 W/m² (0 %)

High: 0 @ 00:00

Solar Noon: 12:17

Windchill

Heating Degree Days

Sun

Current:	-10.7°C
Today:	-13.2°C 05:50
Yesterday:	-10.9°C
Last Week:	-12.0°C
Record:	-13.7°C 01/01/1970

Today:	7.4
Feb. to Date:	67.5
2012 to Date:	490.5
Cooling Degree Days
2012 to Date:	0.0

Daylight:

09:14
(00:04)

Snow³

Irrigation Index⁴

Station Records

Fire Risk

Today:	0.0cm
Yesterday:	0cm
February:	0cm
Season Total:²	0.1cm
Snow Depth:	0cm
0 snow day in Feb.
1 snow day in all 2012.²
Snow fall Height:⁵	m

Updated at Midnight
7-Days Rain:	0.1 mm
7-Days ET:	0.0 mm
7-Day Index:	0.1 mm
February Index:	0.004 mm
Outside Now
Air Density:	1.351 kg/m3
Cloud Height:	848 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:
0.4 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 - Today's and Tonight's Outlook

Today

Mostly Cloudy
Cold!
High: 1°C

Sunny in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Cold. High 1°C. Wind chill ranging from -11 to -5. Wind south-southwest around 7 mph, occasionally gusting to 29 mph in the morning, becoming 14 mph, occasionally gusting to 33 mph, in the afternoon.

Tonight

Chance rain
Cold!
Low: -3°C

Dense overcast in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy to cloudy after midnight. Patchy light fog. Snow likely in the evening, then a slight chance of a mix of snow, sleet, and rain after midnight. Cold. Low -3°C. Wind chill ranging from -9 to -6. Wind south-southwest around 14 mph, occasionally gusting to 30 mph in the evening, becoming northwest around 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Precipitation (liquid equivalent) mostly around 10 mm. Snow or ice (on ground) accumulation 8 to 12 cm.

Random Weather Facts

MONSOON
A common misuse of the term "monsoon" is to refer to INDIVIDUAL thunderstorms as "monsoons" (example - "The east valley was pounded by monsoons this evening!"). The correct statement would be "The east valley was pounded by strong thunderstorms this evening!"

Seasonal wind shifts often bring a dramatic increase in moisture, and associated shower and thunderstorm activity, to the affected region. As the monsoon ends, and the winds shift again, the reverse occurs, with much drier air moving into the area.

The best example of a monsoon on Earth occurs over the Indian sub continent. During the months of April through October, a moist southwest wind brings heavy rains to this region...while a dry northeast wind is prevalent during the remainder of the year.

In North America, a similar situation occurs over much of Mexico. For example, in Acapulco, rainfall averages 51.8 inches during the months of June through October...while only 3.3 inches falls during the remainder of the year.

In the United States, Arizona and New Mexico are located on the northern fringe of the Mexican Monsoon. For most of the year, winds aloft over the southwest U.S. are west to northwest. During the summer, winds turn to a more south to southeast direction, importing moisture from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico.