Tideswell, Derbyshire - Saturday 10th March 2018
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0630z CALM 0300 FG 8St002 04.4/04.3 991
RMK: A very damp, drippy morning after a long spell of slight to
moderate rain from 1830z till about 0500z.

0900z 18003kt 2500 -RA BR 4St001 8St003 07.2/07.1 991
RMK: Slight to moderate rain since 0645z. Warm front went through
at 0830z with the onset of a S'ly breeze and the start of a
rapid rise in temperature which is ongoing.
09-09z: Tx 7.2 (0900z today) Tn +1.2 (0900z yesterday) RR 16.6
09-21z: Tx 6.4 (1445z) 21-09z: Tn 4.1 (2230z)
15-09z: Tg 3.9 00-24z: Sun nil

1700z 16009kt 10km -RA 3St005 7Sc008 10.3/10.0 991
RMK: A low overcast all day. Long spells of slight rain
since 0900z. It's turning out to be a very dull month. Assuming
there's no sunshine between now and sunset this will be the
6th sunless day so far. The first 10 days of the month have
produced a total of only 3.6 hours of sunshine. The snow problems
continue. Today it was a Ford Galaxy taxi that got stuck. Same
road, different snow drift. The taxi didn't even get past the
first drift. The underside bottomed out on the drift and he was
left with limited weight on the wheels. We tried to help him
get moving but there was no chance. The driver was last seen
heading off on foot to try to get hold of someone with a
tractor. It's all so unnecessary as most roads are completely
clear. As I said yesterday, the one causing the problems is
notorious. It gets ploughed from the village end only as far as
the last house. From the other end it is usually left to thaw
naturally and that's the bit where the deepest drifts are
usually found. Max temp today was 10.7°. That's not quite the
warmest of the year so far. That accolade goes to 10.8° on
28th January.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr