Chalfont St Giles - Thursday 8th February 2007
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0630z NNE F2 1500 -SN 8St -00.6/-01.5 986
RMK: 7 cm of dry powdery snow on all surfaces including untreated
local roads. I don't know what the main road is like. I
think
this is the deepest snow we have had in the 19 years we have
lived here. The temperature had risen to +1.2 by 0330z but
has
fallen gradually since then. I assume that's when the snow
started.

0900z NNE F1-2 0700 SN 8St004 00.1/-00.9 985
RMK: 10 cm powdery snow on all surfaces. The gentle hill on our road
is proving too much for some drivers. 8000 r.p.m. in first
gear
isn't the best way of getting up a snow-covered slope! This
is
probably the most snow in this neck of the woods since at
least
Jan 1987 and possibly since 1979 (though that is just from
memory).
24-HR STATISTICS: Max (0900-0900z): 5.4 at 1520z
Min (0900-0900z): -4.7 at 0900z
yesterday
Min (2100-0900z): -3.3 at 2140z
Grass min (1500-0900z): -7.1
Rain (0900-0900z): To follow -
still melting

1200z ENE F1 2500 -SN 3St004 8Sc020 00.9/-00.1 986
RMK: 11 cm snow on the grass. Now well compacted on road and
pavement. It has now beem snowing contiunuously for more
than 8 hours. Since 0600z it has fluctuated between slight
and moderate. It's not as fluffy as it was earlier as the
temp
has crept above zero.
24-HR Rain (0900-0900z): 9.8 mm



Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England