"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
-jade...
On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:29:19 -0000
"Roy Avis" wrote:
"Eskimo Will" wrote in message
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0850
Yesterdays peak 13cm snow cover has now decreased to 7cm full
cover. A combination of heating from below, compaction, rain,
drizzle and a spell of above freezing yesterday evening has done
the damage at my altitude. Higher up (circa 100 metres) there is
still 10-15cm with drifts).
Fresh dusting of less than 1cm overnight making today the 8th
consecutive day with sleet/snow falling. Will it ever stop? :-)
Cloudy, misty and very cold T-1.8C D -1.8C with a F1 ENE wind.
Amazingly still dripping and icicles on shed roof (unheated), there
must have been a lot of heat stored on the surfaces before the snow
as we did not have a frost in this current spell before the snow
came.
Roads are fine. Bits of snow and ice but nothing to trouble
experienced and careful drivers. Yesterdays sightseers (100s of
them) did a good job of clearing the road by driving/skidding on it
LOL.
Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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A good 12 cm here in Bracknell this morning, Will. Unusual for us to
get so much. Most fell during a couple of hours around lunchtime
yesterday, when the flakes were so fluffy I could see the snow depth
rising by the minute! Had a max of 13 cm at 1500Z, but compacting has
reduced it a bit.
Must confess to not having had my ruler with me but on my walk to and
from the shops it didn't look more than about 7-8cm. Also slushy in a
few places as there's been a slow thaw. A few grains of ice falling at
the time, about 0900, and now (1050) the odd flake of snow.
--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. [Marx]
I measured several spots in my garden (Wildridings), Graham, which is quite
well exposed, and had variations between 12 and 14 cm. I did note yesterday,
that the paths and concrete areas were intially wet from the early snow,
whereas the earth and grass were covered immediately.
Bernard measured 12 cm in Wokingham at 0900 as well, I notice.
Roy
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