Tideswell, Derbyshire - Thursday 29th January 2015
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0630z 25008kt 0400 SHSN 7Cu007 00.0/-00.3 985
RMK: Snow showers have continued through the night.
There's 7 cm of lying snow. Two single 'flash/bang'
thunderstorms yesterday evening around 2220z and 2315z.

0900z 20009kt 3000 -SN 3St004 7Sc012 +00.1/-00.1 981
RMK: Continuous snow, occasionally mod/hvy with vis
briefly down to about 150m. 10 cm lying snow. With much
less wind than yesterday there's very little drifting but,
nevertheless, this is building up to be a significant event.
As I type this at 0915z the vis is down to 100m. We haven't
had a visit from the snowplough yet so there's only
the occasional 4WD vehicle on the road.
09-09z: Tx 6.8 (0900z yesterday) Tn -0.3 (1750z) RR 13.9
21-09z: Tn -0.1 (0835z) 15-09z: Tg -2.7 00-24z: Sun 0.1

1200z 29003kt 10km 3St005 7Sc020 -00.4/-00.6 978 RE+SN
RMK: Looks like the event has ended, or at least this phase
of it. Continuous mod/hvy snow for much of the morning
finally died out in the past half hour. There's 23 cm of lying
snow. It's unusual to get such a heavy fall here with very
little drifting. It may not be the end of it. There's some
very nasty-looking stuff over the NW half of Ireland and off
the west of Scotland that's heading down this way. Perhaps
another bash tonight? Looks like a minor cold front went
through about 0910z. There was a temporary pressure kick
and a wind veer and half-degree temperature fall.

1600z 30010kt 15km 2Cu007 3Ci250 -00.6/-01.0 975 RE-SHSN
RMK: Dry for the first part of the afternoon but since
1400z there's been occasional slight showers of snow and
soft hail. 23 cm of lying snow. With the wind freshening
a little the lying snow is starting to drift a bit.
Max temp +0.2

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