Monthly Archives: January 2019

Gritting decision for Monday 28 January 2019 – Action from 7pm on all priority 1 routes

Domain A – 11 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 7pm
Domain B – 11 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 7pm
Domain C – 11 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 7pm
Domain D – 11 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 7pm
Domain D high routes – 11 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 7pm

Highways England* (M3, A3) – Action required at 7pm
36hr weather forecast
Ice / Hoar Frost – Hoar frost forecast between 12am-10am
Snow – Forecast from 7pm Tuesday
Minimum Road Surface Temperature -4.5°C
Minimum Air Temperature -4.6°C

This afternoon will be dry with further long spells of sunshine and just the odd small patch of cloud. Rather chilly but not as windy as Sunday.

Tonight will be dry with clear skies for a time along with a widespread frost. Somewhat more cloud around later on in the night.

Tomorrow should start dry, perhaps with some hazy sunshine at first. However, it will otherwise be cloudy with some patchy rain and sleet. Rain turning to snow after dark.

Road conditions:
Road surface temperatures below zero tonight – high confidence.
Current road surface temperature highs at our weather station in A286 Brook are 11.9°C and lows of 3.4°C in A3050 Walton on Thames.

Gritting decision for Tuesday 22 January – Action from 2pm on all priority 1 routes

Domain A – 20 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 2pm
Domain B – 20 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 2pm
Domain C – 20 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 2pm
Domain D – 20 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 2pm
Domain D high routes – 20 grams per square metre on all priority 1 routes from 2pm

Highways England* (M3, A3) – No information available at time of sending.

36hr weather forecast
Ice / Hoar Frost –  Gritting to mitigate the risk of an early ice/frost forecast at 7pm
Snow – None forecast
Minimum Road Surface Temperature -3.7°C
Minimum Air Temperature -2.3°C

This morning should be cold but dry with some sunshine. This afternoon, wintry showers will move in from the west and some could be locally heavy.

Wintry showers will continue this evening but the risk will decrease through the early hours to leave clear spells. Winds will fall light, allowing some mist or freezing fog patches to form. Cold.

Any mist or freezing fog patches should soon clear to leave sunny spells and just the slight risk of a wintry shower. Most should remain dry. Cold.

Road conditions:

A cold night with road surface temperature’s falling below zero tonight. Showers this evening will cause the road surface temperature’s to be erratic, although it should become dry during the second part of the night. High confidence.

Current road surface temperature highs at our weather station in A3050 Walton on Thames are 2.7°C and lows of -0.2°C in B269 Botley Hill.