[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

09-09 Tx 1.4 Tn -5.6 Tg -9.1 RR xxx sss 8.0

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

14cm - is that the best so far?





"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

09-09 Tx 1.4 Tn -5.6 Tg -9.1 RR xxx sss 8.0

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

On Feb 8, 11:59 am, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!





Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m- Hide quoted text -

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must say Philip im astonished at the amount of snow here in the centre
of Aylesbury a good 6 inches with mini drifts.if only the wind had
been stronger .
best snowfall here (and very rarely it falls like this in town )since
86 .good call by UKMO though was only expecting 5cm ,got to take the
children up Wendover hills over the
weekend................................if it aint gone that is

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

Carole Kirkwood alluded to your 14 cm on news 24 at 1 pm - unfortunately she
said that parts of Bedfordshire had reported 14 inches!

brian
aberfeldy


"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Brian Blair" wrote in message
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Carole Kirkwood alluded to your 14 cm on news 24 at 1 pm - unfortunately
she said that parts of Bedfordshire had reported 14 inches!

Eeeeek! What a clever goil.

I've just come back from a long walk across the
Downs and back through the village ... depths vary enormously ...
generally less than 5cm and locally barely 1cm along the summit
of the scarp slope (as you'd expect), but as much as 20cm by
the Tree Cathedral and along the sheltered fringe of the village
green. I think my 15cm slightly over-represents the average for
the whole general area (maybe 12cm?) but it's perfectly
representative of the weather-station site.

Now been able to measure the rainfall ... 11.7mm which gives
a ratio of about 13:1 ... about right for the fluffy stuff we've
had today. Temp now (1400z) +0.2°C.

Lots of pics - still in the camera .....

Philip

Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"vince" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Feb 8, 11:59 am, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

must say Philip im astonished at the amount of snow here in the centre
of Aylesbury a good 6 inches with mini drifts.if only the wind had
been stronger .
best snowfall here (and very rarely it falls like this in town )since
86 .good call by UKMO though was only expecting 5cm ,got to take the
children up Wendover hills over the
weekend................................if it aint gone that is

Probably will have, sadly. I wonder whether you've had a
contribution from stuff blown off the Chiltern ridge.

Philip

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

1450z SE F1-2 1600m BR 8St004 00.1/-00.6 987.9
RMK: Light snow petered out by 1345z ... vis
then improved temporarily to ~5km. Mean level snow
depth ~14cm ... seems to be compacting a little.

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

Philip Eden wrote:
"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...
Carole Kirkwood alluded to your 14 cm on news 24 at 1 pm -
unfortunately she said that parts of Bedfordshire had reported 14
inches!
Eeeeek! What a clever goil.

I've just come back from a long walk across the
Downs and back through the village ... depths vary enormously ...
generally less than 5cm and locally barely 1cm along the summit
of the scarp slope (as you'd expect), but as much as 20cm by
the Tree Cathedral and along the sheltered fringe of the village
green. I think my 15cm slightly over-represents the average for
the whole general area (maybe 12cm?) but it's perfectly
representative of the weather-station site.

Now been able to measure the rainfall ... 11.7mm which gives
a ratio of about 13:1 ... about right for the fluffy stuff we've
had today. Temp now (1400z) +0.2°C.

Lots of pics - still in the camera .....

Philip

I have just measured the rainfall by judicious use of a hairdryer - 8.4mm
which gives a a ratio of 15:1. I don't think that the collector held all of
the snow and the tipping bucket design will probably have lost some of the
melt.

The thermal shield seems good as there was no effect on the temperature
reading when I melted the snow. Temperature 1.6°C

Lots of pictures - now on my PC.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Brian Blair" wrote in message
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Now been able to measure the rainfall ... 11.7mm which gives
a ratio of about 13:1 ... about right for the fluffy stuff we've
had today. Temp now (1400z) +0.2°C.
Philip

That's interesting, Philip. Exactly the same ratio as I got at 09z this AM,
5.4 mm melted, 7cm depth.

Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.woksat.info/wwp.html
or
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

1450z SE F1-2 1600m BR 8St004 00.1/-00.6 987.9
RMK: Light snow petered out by 1345z ... vis
then improved temporarily to ~5km. Mean level snow
depth ~14cm ... seems to be compacting a little.

1750z Var F1 400m -RASN FG 8St001 00.2/-00.4 991.0
RMK: Further light snow 15-17z, then turned to
very light rain (just the odd spot). Now a few spots
of sleet. Snow depth ~13cm. Large snowman built ...
it takes it out of you when you're not quite as young
and virile as you used to be.

09-18: Tx 00.8 RR(00-18) 11.9 sss(00-18) nil

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

In message , Bernard Burton
writes
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
.. .

"Brian Blair" wrote in message
...

Now been able to measure the rainfall ... 11.7mm which gives
a ratio of about 13:1 ... about right for the fluffy stuff we've
had today. Temp now (1400z) +0.2°C.
Philip

That's interesting, Philip. Exactly the same ratio as I got at 09z this AM,
5.4 mm melted, 7cm depth.

Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

I got a 10:1 ratio. 10cm snow depth and 9.8 mm in the rain gauge. Mind
you, the snow was piled in a heap on top of the funnel and some may well
have fallen off.

Norman.
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

1450z SE F1-2 1600m BR 8St004 00.1/-00.6 987.9
RMK: Light snow petered out by 1345z ... vis
then improved temporarily to ~5km. Mean level snow
depth ~14cm ... seems to be compacting a little.

1750z Var F1 400m -RASN FG 8St001 00.2/-00.4 991.0
RMK: Further light snow 15-17z, then turned to
very light rain (just the odd spot). Now a few spots
of sleet. Snow depth ~13cm. Large snowman built ...
it takes it out of you when you're not quite as young
and virile as you used to be.

2050z W F3 80m +(FZ)FG OBSC -00.2/-00.2 994.6

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

[OBS]Whipsnade, Beds, Thu 8 Feb 2007
 

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z E F4 800m SN OBSC -01.1/-02.7 985.9
RMK: Level snow 14cm, drifts to 50cm

1150z Var F1 1200m SN 6St002 8St010 -00.2/-01.0 986.8
RMK: Level snow mean depth 15cm. Light to moderate
snow all morning with vis varying between 600m and 3000m
.... ah, the postman has finally made it, so we're not cut off
any more!

1450z SE F1-2 1600m BR 8St004 00.1/-00.6 987.9
RMK: Light snow petered out by 1345z ... vis
then improved temporarily to ~5km. Mean level snow
depth ~14cm ... seems to be compacting a little.

1750z Var F1 400m -RASN FG 8St001 00.2/-00.4 991.0
RMK: Further light snow 15-17z, then turned to
very light rain (just the odd spot). Now a few spots
of sleet. Snow depth ~13cm. Large snowman built ...
it takes it out of you when you're not quite as young
and virile as you used to be.

2050z W F3 80m +(FZ)FG OBSC -00.2/-00.2 994.6

2350z NNE F1 3200m BR 8St002 -00.4/-00.8 997.4

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m