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Old February 12th 17, 12:04 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Norman Lynagh[_5_] Norman Lynagh[_5_] is offline
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Default [WR] Peak District snow

Norman Lynagh wrote:

Moderate snow now in Tideswell with vis around 600m. The temp is +0.5° so
there is a slow thaw in progress but it's now accumulating faster than it's
melting. Currently 2cm of lying snow.

The Snake Pass has been closed but the Cat & Fiddle road is still open. The
webcam at the Cat & Fiddle shows that the road appears to be wet so the
gritting is working. The AWS at Walker Barn at 370m on the road from the Cat &
Fiddle towards Macclesfield is showing a temp of -0.2° with a 25 knot wind
blowing. Unfortunately, the AWS at Flash isn't reporting this morning.



There's a video taken by someone walking on Kinder Scout (around 600m) this
morning at

https://twitter.com/EUStormMap/statu...39050441146368

Lots of other interesting stuff there.

There are reports that several cars have become stuck on the Snake Pass after
ignoring the 'Road Closed' signs. Some people are just plain daft.

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