Tideswell, Derbyshire - Saturday 3rd March 2018
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0900z 04008kt 0800 FZFG 8St002 -02.9/-03.4 996
RMK: That's 3 consecutive 09-09z 'ice' days. That's pretty
remarkable for the time of year. There's been a little
fresh snow overnight but nothing significant. There's
probably the equivalent of 10cm of lying snow. Once the
thaw does come we'll almost certainly end up with less
than 50% cover despite still having huge amounts of snow
on the ground. One result of the very strong winds of the
past 2 days is that all of our east-facing windows have a
thick coating of salt on them. I suppose it could be road
salt but I think it's much more likely to be from sea
spray. The Lincolnshire coast is 80-90 miles east of here.
Given the strength of the wind the travel time from the coast
to here would have been 2 hours at most so it certainly does
seem plausible.
09-09z: Tx -1.8 (1220z) Tn -3.4 (0350z) RR 1.0
15-09z: Tg -3.4 00-24z: Sun 0.0

1700z 07011g24kt 0800 -FZDZ FZFG 8St003 -01.4/-01.9 995
RMK: A grey, gloomy day with freezing fog for much of the
time. Very slight freezing drizzle for the past couple of
hours. Something like 10cm of lying snow with drifts to
2m in the village outskirts and beyond. Max temp -1.2°
and it has started to drop again.

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