On 16/01/2016 08:42, Eskimo Will wrote:

"Scott W" wrote in message
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I keep saying this and no one takes any notice - the 0-10cm soil
charts remain stubbornly high, up to 10C

Yes but my soil has been high too (4.2C at 30cm depth last evening) and
yet the snow settled no problem and is now frozen solid (what's left of
it).
Air temperature has been above freezing all night but that is down to
wind and is quite common up here. Slightly milder air came south last
night and that combined with some mixing kept air temperatures up a bit.
Where the wind dropped right out there has been an air frost. Surface
fluxes are important of course, but there were other factors at play too.

Will
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Scott did go sub-zero in his frost hollow in the end but just down to
zero here. Have another try tonight, although there could be more cloud
and an outside chance of a bit of light snow I suppose.
Dave, S.Essex