"Col" wrote in message
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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:
"Brian Wakem" wrote in message
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Alex Stephens Jr wrote:

24-Dec -2.2 -11.8 Y 26cm
25-Dec 0.7 -4.5 Y 16cm


How did you manage to lose 10cm of snow at those temps?


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Brian Wakem

It rained heavily on xmas day at several times (it snowed as well) -
even when the temp was considerably below zero... I think the weight
of water compacted the snow rather than there being a real thaw...
Consequently there's a 2 inch layer of ice 4 inches above the grass
and 5 inches below the top of the snow..
Strange, but true.

Wow, you've got your very own ice core data!
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Several times I've thought lately that it's a good job there's no mountains
around here, the avalanche risk would be very high! I'll try and take some
pictures of the snow and ice layers tomorrow. It's been a bit of a pest
lately when trying to measure the snow depth as the ice layer is pretty hard
to break through.