Wednesday 28th February Weather Observations

[Summer Sun]

The final day of meteorological winter brings plenty of snow 

Heavy snow up to around 11pm has added another few inches currently cloudy with some more snow showers scattered about 

Temp -2.4c

[The PIT]

Light snow and about an inch of snow. Very cold.

Temp -5.4C low -6.4C, Barometer 1023mb falling, Wind F3 NNE, Rainfall unmeasured

[Turnedoutniceagain]

-6c, light snow

[SteveB]

Dry frost start 

Temp -3.9c

[crazysnowcatz4]

Current -15C in Canterbury I kid you not! around 15 - 20 cm of snow.

[Polar Maritime]

A very cold night with snow showers, Around 2" snow cover here, Currently light moderate snow showers.

Temp -7c with a low of -7.9c

Wind chill -8.7c

Dew P -8.4c

Bitter!

[johnholmes]

Overcast with light snow falling and a low of -5.0 C, total snow cover, not sure depth, about 2-3 cm I would say looking from upstairs!

When I actually got outside with my measuring stick it showed 5.5 cm so rounded to the odd=5cm, still snowing on and off with the temperature on -3.3 C Rare for these conditions in mid winter let alone 28 February and my 7 th consecutive air frost this morning.

Edited February 28, 2018 by johnholmes

[Terminal Moraine]

A very cold night with a few clear intervals and a few light-moderate snow showers. There was also a spell of freezing fog above 300m during the early hours. Cloudy with occasional light snow showers so far this morning.

A min of  -7.2c last night was the lowest here for any month since Feb 7th 1991 when -7.7c was recorded, it was also the first  -7c since January 1993. Minima below -7c are rare here as it requires a deep and very cold air mass ( such as we have now), although they were more frequent during the late 70s and into the mid 80s. Quiet anticylonic conditions which give the lower ground their lowest temp's rarely give anything lower than -5c here as all the cold air drains into the valleys and drags in 'warmer' air from above.

At 0900

Temp; -5.6c

24 hr max; -0.5c

24 hr min; -7.2c

Grass ( snow ) min; -9.4c

Rainfall in 24 hrs ending 0900;2.2mm

Mean wind speed; 13 mph E

8 oktas Cu and St

Vis; 8 km

Light snow showers

Mean depth of lying snow; 5cm. 100% cover.

[DOdo]

3 inches of snow -2 degrees with frequent snow showers coming of the Irish Sea. Red Alert issued for Eastern Counties

Edited February 28, 2018 by DOdo

[johnholmes]

36 minutes ago, DOdo said:

3 inches of snow -2 degrees with frequent snow showers coming of the Irish Sea. Red Alert issued for Eastern Counties

I can only see amber warnings from UK Met so far?

[DTHFCJ]

Partly cloudy,breezy and very cold.

[DOdo]

27 minutes ago, johnholmes said:

I can only see amber warnings from UK Met so far?

By this time tomorrow we are expected to have anything up to 25cm of snow, that will exclude the impending Blizzard tomorrow afternoon and evening. Looking at the present Radar loos like a streamer is beginning to form on the Irisih sea

[Weather26]

1 hour ago, johnholmes said:

I can only see amber warnings from UK Met so far?

They have just issued a red for Central Scotland from 3:00pm this afternoon. 

 

[Snowyowl9]

A min of -8.1c coldest February night since 1991 as its the last day in the month.

Got a covering of snow,slight drifting in the showers.

Patchy cloud and sun currently temp creeping up -2.2c

Edited February 28, 2018 by Snowyowl9

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

max temp 0.1C min temp -2.3C  current temp -1.1C heavy drifting snow 

[The PIT]

Heavy snow showers and drifting snow. Got allowed home early and working from home. My Audi S1 made short work of the snow on our hill.

Max temp -2.8C now -4.4c, Barometer 1023mb falling, Wind F4 ENE, rainfall 2.4mm this morning not measured since.

[Terminal Moraine]

Occasional heavy showers are giving temporary blizzard conditions here with the air completely filled with falling and blowing snow at times and vis' down to about 20 mts.Current temp' is -6.6c and the wind gusting to 40 mph.

[Polar Continental]

Thursday 01^st March 2018 

Variable cloud overnight, odd light snow shower. Widespread, severe and penetrating frost. Cloudy this morning, light snow showers. Feeling bitterly cold. Bright / sunny spells, though snow showers turned frequent and heavy producing 2-3 cm covering at times, this melting in sunshine in between, except in shaded areas. Sub zero all day, and with a fresh east wind, this turning strong at times by early evening, the wind chill dropped past -10c at times. A bitterly cold day indeed for this time of year and this location, though would be very unusual at any time in winter here.

 

Maximum temperature to 18:00 GMT yesterday 0.4∞C.

Minimum temperature overnight -7.0∞C

24-hour maximum 0.4∞C

24-hour minimum -7.0∞C

Minimum temperature on grass -9.6c

Maximum wind gust: (Midnight to Midnight) 20.7 mph NE

Rainfall total: 1.0mm

 

Conditions at 09:00 GMT

 

8 Oktas  Stratocumulus.

Visibility >10 Miles

Temperature: -4.1∞C

Humidity: 76.8%

Dew point -7.6∞C

Wind Direction: NE Force 4

Barometer 1015.9mb: Trend: falling.

 

 

[Polar Continental]

57 minutes ago, Terminal Moraine said:

Occasional heavy showers are giving temporary blizzard conditions here with the air completely filled with falling and blowing snow at times and vis' down to about 20 mts.Current temp' is -6.6c and the wind gusting to 40 mph.

Blimey TM, I thought it was bitterly cold here, sounds like someone reporting straight out of the Arctic. 

[NorthYorksWeather]

White out conditions, moderate snow blowing through.

Current Temp: -4.9c

Overnight Low: -5.2c

Wind: 15mph ESE gusting 30mph

[johnholmes]

1 hour ago, Terminal Moraine said:

Occasional heavy showers are giving temporary blizzard conditions here with the air completely filled with falling and blowing snow at times and vis' down to about 20 mts.Current temp' is -6.6c and the wind gusting to 40 mph.

a balmy day in the Peak then?

[johnholmes]

Just now, johnholmes said:

a balmy day in the Peak then?

meantime in downtown sunny donny, snowing again but not blowing it at the moment. Total by early afternoon of 8 cm with drifting snow (yes even in Doncaster=never seen it before in 38 years) of a foot or so, an ice day, briefly a maximum of -0.3 C, mostly below -2 C, and the 7th consecutive air frost.

Not a beast from the east at all some folk say. Thank gawd it is late February and not late December then. The 850 mb temperature above here was shown as -14/15 C this morning. 

Now I would like sunshine and day time values in the tops teens as soon as possible please.

 

[The PIT]

A day of heavy snow showers which eased in the afternoon but new batch of showers coming in now. Not windy enough for blizzard conditions indeed winds are less than expected but still drifting despite this.

Max temp -2.8C, now -5.7C, Barometer 1023mb falling, Wind F4 E, rainfall 0.2mm but much more than that will have to melt it tomorrow.

[Snowyowl9]

Made a max of -1.6c so must be the coldest late february day since 1986.

The excitement came this afternoon when the wind picked up strong to gale force in the heavy blizzards than came.

The best part by far was the exceptional drifting,clouds spreading everywhere blizzards simple,high up dangerous to be out in.

[SteveB]

Cold day with snow showers

Temp -2.9c

Max Temp 0.9c

Min Temp -5.7c