Wednesday 28th February Weather Observations

[Stargazer]

Exceptionally cold with long sunny spells and a couple of light snow flurries, although the dry wind and sunshine got rid of nearly all of yesterday's light dusting of fine snow, of which just about enough remained at 9am today to count as a day with lying snow. The coldest night here since February 2012, and our first ice day since that month as well (we never quite managed an ice day here in 2012-13). Maximum -0.2, minimum -7.0. Wind moderate NE.

[Terminal Moraine]

A very cold and mainly cloudy day with occasional heavy snow showers which gave temporary blizzard conditions. The max' of -4.2c was the 7th coldest day on record here ( in the last 42 years ) and the lowest in February since 1985.

 

At 1800

Temp; -7.0c

Max today; -4.2c.

Min last night; -7.2c

Grass ( snow ) min; -9.4c

Rainfall from 0900-1800 waiting for snow from gauge to melt

Sunshine today; 0.36 hrs

Mean wind speed; 22 mph E

Highest gust today; 49 mph E at 1531

6 oktas Cu humilis and congestus

Vis; 30 km

Mean depth of lying snow 8.1cm with considerable drifting in exposed areas. 100% cover

[DOdo]

Dublin -4, Windchill -11 Dew point -8 Wind ENE 27km/h      77/% humidity Snow Showers

[hillbilly]

A couple of inch cover to start leaving a very cold day with squally snow showers a stiff wind at times,max -2 deg,min -4 deg snowcover at 100% aprox 75 mm

Edited February 28, 2018 by hillbilly

[reef]

An exceptionally cold day which was dry with sunny spells. The morning started with a 100% cover of 0.5cm, but this thawed mostly by midday in the sun despite being well below freezing. The evening then saw frequent moderate to heavy snow showers arrive, taking the snowcover to around 1cm. The max of -0.4C was the first ice day in February since 2008 and the latest date to see one on record going back to 1980. The windchill was also exceptional, dropping to -10.3C in the evening.

Max Temp: -0.4C
Min Temp: -4.3C
Mean Wind: 17mph E
Max Gust: 32mph
Rainfall: Unknown (frozen)
Sunshine: 2.2hrs

Currently cold and windy with moderate snow and a temp of -3.7C and dewpoint of -6.7C.