Thought I could share a brief snow report from the North Pennines.
(Great Dun Fell Northwards). Deep cover of snow at all levels. Main
snow fell on Sunday night into Monday morning (2nd) and then again
during the evening of the 2nd into the 3rd Feb. Local gritting crew
reporting almost 12 hrs of continual snowfall most of which drifted
extensivley. Hard to judge the drifts but some are well over 6 feet
high. (A686 Hartside). Deepest snow was around the village of Nenthead
and along the B6277 towards County Durham.

I measured the snow depth in Nenthead today in several locations in a
relatively sheltered area which was not affected by drifting. Steady
35cm throughout my measurements. That was taken today at 1630hrs so I
will assume there will have been a slight sinking of the snow over the
last couple of days.

Paul C
Brampton, Cumbria
www.bramptonweather.co.uk

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 at 11:48:52, wrote in
uk.sci.weather :

I measured the snow depth in Nenthead today in several locations in a
relatively sheltered area which was not affected by drifting. Steady
35cm throughout my measurements.

Which would be 14", for those of us old enough to remember when snow
like this wasn't such a rarity...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)