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[OBS] Tideswell, Derbyshire - Fri 2nd Mar 2018

On 02/03/2018 07:12, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Tideswell, Derbyshire - Friday 2nd March 2018
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0630z 06023g41kt 2000 -BLSN 7Cu015 -03.8/-04.7 998
RMK: Snow died out late yesterday evening. Overnight has
probably been dry. A very windy night with a max gust
of 48 knots at 0020z. A lot of the lying snow has blown
away and what remains has been compacted by the wind, hard
enough to walk on without sinking in. There's probably the
equivalent of about 10cm of lying snow with drifts to
about 75cm around the house. It's perishing in the wind.

I was wondering where the snow has gone too. We had 20cm of fluffy snow
yesterday and there is only half that left now. Grass is poking through
in places and there are pine needles everywhere from the gales. It is
still perishing in the wind but at -1.5C about the warmest all week.

On the south facing side of the house in weak sun some pretty good
icicles formed yesterday but they seem to have sublimed overnight and
are thinner now. They are beautifully clear having formed so slowly -
just like glass crystal. At no time was the air temperature above zero.

Thick snow on the hedge has also compacted and broken into continents as
the hedge sways about madly in the gusting wind.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

[OBS] Tideswell, Derbyshire - Fri 2nd Mar 2018

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Friday 2nd March 2018
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0630z 06023g41kt 2000 -BLSN 7Cu015 -03.8/-04.7 998
RMK: Snow died out late yesterday evening. Overnight has
probably been dry. A very windy night with a max gust
of 48 knots at 0020z. A lot of the lying snow has blown
away and what remains has been compacted by the wind, hard
enough to walk on without sinking in. There's probably the
equivalent of about 10cm of lying snow with drifts to
about 75cm around the house. It's perishing in the wind.

0900z 06025g42kt 7000 7Cu015 -03.2/-04.1 998
RMK: It really is bitter out there. Indeed, it feels even
worse than yesterday. The 24-hour max temp of -3.2° to
0900z this morning is the lowest such value in March in the
10 years that I have been here. The previous lowest was
-1.0° on 11th Mar 2013.
09-09z: Tx -3.2 (0900z today) Tn -5.3 (0900z yesterday)
RR 5.0 (estimated)
09-21z: Tx -3.8 (2100z) 21-09z: Tn -4.1 (0245z)
15-09z: Tg -5.4 00-24z: Sun nil

1700z 07021g41kt 10km 8Sc012 -02.6/-04.3 996
RMK: Dry and cloudy all day with a persistent bitter wind.
Had a walk around the lanes this afternoon. My guess is that
the total amount of snow equates to something like 10-15cm
of level snow but it's very difficult to be sure. Exposed
areas have been blown completely bare while more sheltered
areas have deep snow. There's numerous drifts 1-1.5m and
some to 2m and higher. All of the lanes we investigated are
impassable to all traffic except tractors. The main road
through the village is slushy but not a problem. There's
a long list of roads closed in North Derbyshire, some main
roads and some important minor roads. Max temp -1.8°, so
warming up a little!

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