Cold Spell - Feb 7th to 13th 2021 - Chat

It’s only 20 miles from NI to Scotland. The poor minima is caused by wind. If you examine the temp maps you will see the low temps are in regions of no wind.

This evening my station had a rapid drop in temperature down to -2c by 7pm. By 8pm a stiff wind kicked in and rose the temp to -1c. Since then it’s been -0.5c with a strong SE wind.

We also had an opportunity for a low minima scuppered last night.. temps were falling rapidly, we had reached -3c only for a streamer to roll in and raise the temps.

There have been so many nights that could’ve been <-5c this winter scuppered by wind and cloud.

I am ready for this cold spell to be thrown into the dustbins of history and to move onto the next “event”. I have had enough of easterlies, they never deliver here. The only way to get genuine, proper and reliable cold is from the north. Northerlies do not have a bias to GB and often produce far more snow in NI than anywhere in England.

It’s not good it means quicker entrainment of warmer air.