On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:15:14 -0800 (PST), Ken Cook wrote:

Lee slope wind at it again! Up to F5 atm and temperature rising
accordingly.

Very calm an gentle up here Ken. F2 NW'ly ish, temp rising -0.1C now
(yes, previous post a few minutes ago was -0.2C). End of the ice
period due very soon...

The last time this happened was the gale on 10th December that shifted
17cm snow overnight.

Was that when it rapidly switched from E'lys to strong NW'lys? It
rearranged all the drifts up here quite nicely but apart from the
fresh stuff the lying snow we have now would take a tornadoe to
shift. Light loose and fluffy it ain't, frozen solid expanded ice.
"Expanded" like expanded polystyrene, lots of small ice crystals all
fused together into a mass but with lots of trapped air.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.