On 15 Feb, 12:38, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:

Endlessly fascinating, this climate stuff, isn't it?

Hi, Philip and David,

Absolutely! I've lived in this area since the sixties and it still
fascinates me! Last Friday evening for instance. We had our usual R
Met Soc meeting in Durham (Adrian Hilton - climate change co-
ordinator, north-east) and Durham City (300ft asl) was wet, 3C and the
very occasional blob of sleet. I mentioned that snow had been falling
back home but by the look of things it would now be all gone. I could
not imagine that it would still be snow there.
The return journey home showed just how marginal our winters are and
how difficult it is to forecast snow. At 500ft asl wet snow lying in
patches, at 600ft wet snow cover, 700ft tricky road conditions with a
good snow cover, and at Copley rutted snow on the roads and 10cm
lying, -1C and 4x4 on the Jeep! By morning 15cm Copley, 27cm
Boltshope Park (1400ft, same as Dave at Howshill) and cars stranded on
local Pennine roads with the Fell Rescue in action.
You do get strange looks walking around the supermarket in wellingtons
in Bishop Auckland during these situations when there is only rain
there!


Ken
Copley, 253metres asl, nr Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham
http://copley.mysite.orange.co.uk