Tideswell, Derbyshire - Wednesday 4 April 2012
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0530z NNE F6-7 0250 SN BLSN VV/// +00.3/+00.3 1006
RMK: A real nasty one this morning. By far the heaviest snowfall
of the winter. 15cm lying snow with drifts deeper than 1m around
the house and undoubtedly much deeper outside the village. Pity
the poor sheep farmers. The fields around the village are full of
very young lambs at the moment. They'll really struggle this
morning. As I type this at 0550z the snow has increased to
heavy and the vis is down to about 150m.

0900z NNE F6 0300 SN BLSN VV/// +00.4/+00.4 1010
RMK: A remarkable morning with continuous mod/hvy snow
and blowing snow. 20cm lying snow with drifts 1-2m. We have had
deeper snow accumulation in the 4 winters that we have been here
but this is the most severe individual event that we have had,
by quite a margin.
09-09z: Tx 7.8 (1055z) Tn +0.3 (0510z) RR 25.0 mm
18-09z: Tg -2.9 00-24z: Sun 0.0
The rainfall is an estimate based on liquid water in the raingauge and
melted snow from a representative location.

1600z NNE F5-6 5000 -RASN 3St005 6Sc020 +02.0/+01.1 1015
RMK: This would have been a notable day's weather in January, never
mind April! Moderate snow continued till about 1330z, making it around
18 hours of continuous snow, mostly moderate but heavy at times
this morning. With a fresh to strong NNE wind blowing for much of
the day it was pretty grim. Since 1330z there's been slight sleet and
snow and a steady thaw has set in. Max temp was 2.1. We had a
snow plough along our lane at about 1400z so we were able to
get out for a bit of a walk after that. There's been a lot of drifting and
any lanes that haven't had the attention of the snow plough are blocked
by deep drifts. My best estimate of the level depth is about 13cm. It has
reduced quite a bit, partly by compaction and partly by melting.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.