Tideswell, Derbyshire - Wednesday 28th January 2015
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0630z 23014g27kt 3000 -RA 8St003 07.2/07.0 999
RMK: Breezy and mild. Slight rain since about 0500z.

0900z 26018g31kt 5000 -SHRA 1St003 5Cb007 06.8/05.7 995
RMK: Mod rain started just after 0700z. First cold front
went through at 0810z with max rain rate 7.2 mm/hr. Brief
sunny ints since then. Temp on the drop. The main cold
front looks to be close to the NW. By the time of typing
this at 0910z there's heavy rain with the temp down to 4.6
and still falling very rapidly.
09-09z: Tx 7.7 (0810z) Tn 4.0 (2210z) RR 2.3
09-21z: Tx 5.6 (1430z) 15-09z: Tg 3.1 00-24z: Sun nil

1200z 29014g33kt 5000 -SHGS 7Cu008 +02.6/+01.2 996
RMK: Fairly frequent showers of snow and soft hail since
third cold front went through at 1030z. Mostly slight but
briefly mod/hvy. Nothing settling yet. The temperature
has been steady for the past hour within a tenth or two
either side of +2.5

1600z 29016g31kt 7000 -SHSN 1Cb006 6Cu008 +01.6/-00.2 997
RMK: Frequent showers of snow and soft hail through the
afternoon. A couple of them have briefly been very vicious
with vis down to about 150m. There's a slight covering on
the grass that's sticking. Hard surfaces cover during the
heavier showers then quickly melt when the shower passes.
It could get very nasty tonight if the temp falls another
degree. Max temp 6.8 at 0900z just as the main cold front
was going through.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org