Current Weather Conditions - February 2009

mike65

Cleared up quite nicely.

Mothman

11C max, exactly a month see that figure has been seen.
9.6C atm nearing 7pm, 30th Jan since a max exceeded this.

Soil temps up a lot today.
5cm 2.5C at 9am, above 6c now.
20cm 3.3C at 9am, 5C now.

Still bits of snow although the full cover this morning on a corner of my drive is down to 50%.

Mothman

Mothman wrote: »

Soil temps up a lot today.
5cm 2.5C at 9am, above 6c now.
20cm 3.3C at 9am, 5C now.

Thats great news considering what I was up to yesterday
Meanwhile dewpoint tonight is 7c-thats something not seen on a winters night in a while.

Max here was 8.6c and it's currently 8.5c
West at 7 to 10mph

Super-Rush

8c, calm, cloudy Carlow/Wexford border

Trogdor

9.4C currently, maxed at 11.5C earlier

Mobhi1

7.3C here now; maxed at 8.2C; min 0.7. Don't have DP stats but according to Dublin Airport the dew point went from 0 to 8 in 8 hours (8am to 4pm).

Supercell

17C and smoggy as hell, the airport workers here outside wear smog masks!!
Here is Doha in Qatar, btw, waiting in the airport to catch a flight to China.

rhonin

Dull dry morning. 5.5C.

faulk28

Mild, clear morning. About average temperatures for this time of the year.

mike65

Ditto that

Mobhi1

Much higher minimum temp last night 4.2C - highest we've had in about 2 weeks.

Is there much snow left in Wicklow, or will there be much left by tomorrow? My son wants to go up and see some decent snow. Where would be a decent place at this stage? All we've got now are snowman and giant snowball remains.

Mothman

Temp already above yesterday's max
11.4C
Overnight min 7.8C
Sunny spells and light westerly wind

5cm 5.4C at 9am 6.5C now
20cm 4.9C at 9am

Mobhi1

Mobhi1 wrote: »

Is there much snow left in Wicklow, or will there be much left by tomorrow? My son wants to go up and see some decent snow. Where would be a decent place at this stage? All we've got now are snowman and giant snowball remains.

Ah theres a fair bit left.
The high ground to the west of me circa 600ft has snow in the ditches - presumably whats left of the drifts.
Further up theres almost full cover.
You could take the N11 south and take the Rathdrum/Rathnew exit and head for Rathdrum.
Then head for Glenmalure and take the military road to the top which is circa 1200ft and just head into the woods.
There should be plenty of snow there.

Alternatively take the Arklow south exit,take a right at the second roundabout [uphill slightly] towards Euroconnex.Continue straight through the crossroads and follow that narrow road to a T junction-continue on to the next t junction turning right slightly uphill to the next t junction-turn right.
Continue on uphill past thomastown school [on your left] untill you come to another t junction and veer left there.
Continue on to another t junction on your left about a mile or so further on and take that left [if you see a road to your right signed for woodenbridge-you have passed the t junction that you have to take,it's kind of hidden and is basically a tarred lane but its a public road.]

Follow that road for about 2 miles ignoring a cul de sac to the right 1 mile on and a t junction to left.
Keep going straight but if you pull in for bearings and look to your left you will see Arklow town about 4 miles East of you and 1000ft below you.

At this stage subject to further thaw,the snow should be almost up to the wheel arches of your car
On your left a mile or so after that last lefthand side t junction you will come to the gate to raheen wood-thats the entrance to croghan mt.
Don't go in there unless you have a 4wd and are a good off road driver -whilst its a lane it is tricky.
You can climb to about 1700ft asl if you follow that lane properly and you will then be in metre deep snow.

Enjoy.

Bernard Black

Mild conditions,good day for american football.moderate temperatures so I would advise wearing a geansai.

Mobhi1

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah theres a fair bit left.
The high ground to the west of me circa 600ft has snow in the ditches - presumably whats left of the drifts.
Further up theres almost full cover.
You could take the N11 south and take the Rathdrum/Rathnew exit and head for Rathdrum.
Then head for Glenmalure and take the military road to the top which is circa 1200ft and just head into the woods.
There should be plenty of snow there.

Alternatively take the Arklow south exit,take a right at the second roundabout [uphill slightly] towards Euroconnex.Continue straight through the crossroads and follow that narrow road to a T junction-continue on to the next t junction turning right slightly uphill to the next t junction-turn right.
Continue on uphill past thomastown school [on your left] untill you come to another t junction and veer left there.
Continue on to another t junction on your left about a mile or so further on and take that left [if you see a road to your right signed for woodenbridge-you have passed the t junction that you have to take,it's kind of hidden and is basically a tarred lane but its a public road.]

Follow that road for about 2 miles ignoring a cul de sac to the right 1 mile on and a t junction to left.
Keep going straight but if you pull in for bearings and look to your left you will see Arklow town about 4 miles East of you and 1000ft below you.

At this stage subject to further thaw,the snow should be almost up to the wheel arches of your car
On your left a mile or so after that last lefthand side t junction you will come to the gate to raheen wood-thats the entrance to croghan mt.
Don't go in there unless you have a 4wd and are a good off road driver -whilst its a lane it is tricky.
You can climb to about 1700ft asl if you follow that lane properly and you will then be in metre deep snow.

Enjoy.

Great stuff. I'll have to investigate tomorrow. Thanks.

Mothman

11.5C max
Cloudy 8.5C atm.
5cm soil above 8C
20cm soil above 6C.

Last of the snow gone today. Plenty up in hills. Djouce very white this morning.

steevee

just not fair:( maybe we'll get more for paddy's day ?

mike65

Kinda boring.

deecom

-3 here, nice sunny days, and cold nights.

Mobhi1

Min last night only 5.9! Now 7.3 and dull.

Beautifull somewhat sunny morning here.

8.2c

mike65

Springtime for mike65 and Ire-land

Mothman

Sunny 12.6C :eek:
Highest since 22nd Dec
Overnight min 4.0C with slight grass frost.

Mothman

Maxed out at 13.5C.
Mainly cloudy now, 11.6C

Maxed out at 11.2c now 10.8c [why can't I be 2c colder than you on snowy days aswell mothman!!]

Cloudy now after a fair bit of sun but it's a bright cloudy and a nice day over all.
I'd take a day like this [50% sunny] anytime!

min 4c
currently 5.4c in another somewhat sunny beautifull morning.
Plenty snow in the ditches a few miles west of here too.

rhonin

Dull dry morning. 6.1C.

mike65

Started sunny but is now 80% covered. MIld enough

rhonin

Fine sunny morning. 2.3C.

Mothman

Aready 10C after min of 1.6C with grass min -4.8C
Soil temps, while they rise during the sunny days are still low.
20cm temp is stuck at about 5C.
5cm is 3C on frosty mornings and rises to 8C by evening.