Tideswell, Derbyshire - Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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0900z 29010kt 15km 6Cu005 +01.7/+01.5 1015
RMK: A spell of snow during the early hours has produced
3cm of lying snow. It has begun to thaw slowly during the
past hour. I was supposed to be attending a meeting at
the Royal Met Soc in Reading today, travelling by train
from Macclesfield but I got only as far as Buxton before
I had to turn back. The Cat & Fiddle road from Buxton to
Macclesfield was closed and also the Buxton to Leek road.
I think the problem was that big artics were getting
stuck on hills due to wheelspin on the hard-packed snow and
were blocking the roads. There was a good number of 2WD cars
and vans stuck on only relatively gentle inclines. I was
very grateful for 4WD :-) Buxton has turned into a big
lorry park this morning.
09-09z: Tx 5.7 (1150z) Tn +0.6 0620z RR 8.3
15-09z: Tg -3.2 00-24z: Sun 1.5

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