Hi, All,
Drizzle now freezing on all surfaces apart from gritted roads. Interesting
that although -0.5C in Barnard Castle there was no ice when I visited
grandchildren but return to Copley in thick freezing fog and -1.5C and it's
like a skating rink. Must need to go well under 0C for ice in thick fog /
overcast and high humidity. This might answer Graham's (Weston Coyney)
point.

Current 1930Z wind S 2KT vis 100 metres, freezing fog, drizzle, temp -1.4C
Dew -2C, 1036mb steady. Snow still 4cm and now coated in ice. Very little
snow melt in spite of today's rain, day max 0.4C at Met O site, probably
below 0C at Lead Mill (I'm not going down there tonight!!)
Remarkably my anemometers are still turning!

Ken
Copley, nr Barnard Castle, Teesdale

Hi, All,
Drizzle now freezing on all surfaces apart from gritted roads. Interesting
that although -0.5C in Barnard Castle there was no ice when I visited
grandchildren but return to Copley in thick freezing fog and -1.5C and it's
like a skating rink. Must need to go well under 0C for ice in thick fog /
overcast and high humidity. This might answer Graham's (Weston Coyney)
point.

Yes Ken we had high humidity and thick fog with the rain and the temp just
below freezing.
My Davis wind sensor is frozen and stopped now.
Everywhere covered in ice now but that's only happened in the last half
hour.

Graham (Weston Coyney)

On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 19:47:06 -0000, Ken Cook wrote:

Drizzle now freezing on all surfaces apart from gritted roads.
Interesting that although -0.5C in Barnard Castle there was no ice when
I visited grandchildren but return to Copley in thick freezing fog and
-1.5C and it's like a skating rink.

I think our ice had gone by midday (not that I ventured out to
check!). It got above freezing about 0900 and max of about 3C and has
only just got back to freezing.

The day has been a horrible damp grey cold one. Not quite in hill
fog. I did see some fog forming in the valley before it got dark. But
I can see the lights of a farm across and down the valley ATM.

Currently: -0.3C F3 SE'ly

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.