Hello Ken, I know what you are saying but this does just seem different down
here this year. For example, yesterday was pretty much cloudy all day and
the night temp around freezing. The snow did start sleety but was "proper"
stuff later and heavy. It didn't really even want to settle on the grass. At
that intensity and frequency I'd always found it to cool the surface
eventually enough to settle. I think it's just your Durham permafrost
myself. ;-)

Dave
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Dave.C" wrote in message
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I'm still puzzled as to why the snow is reluctant to settle and
melting so
quickly.

Hi, Dave,

In my experience, snow will settle easily from November through to mid
February often better on hard surfaces. After mid February, the
insolation from the sun warms these hard surfaces more quickly and they
stay warm for quite some time in the evenings.

Snow will settle on the insulated surfaces such as grass much better.
The snow that is melting quickly would have shown little sign of thawing
just a few weeks ago. I don't think it's down to recent mild weather as
it used to happen in the 50's and 60's as well.

I like February - April snow because it clears from paths and roads much
more readily but still looks good.

HTH,

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