Tideswell, Derbyshire - Sunday 28th December 2014
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0600z CALM 30km SKC -03.4/-03.7 1028
RMK: Occasional slight snow showers yesterday evening but
this morning is fine crisp and clear. 17 cm lying snow.
Bus routes have been well treated and are mostly clear of
snow and ice. All other roads are badly affected by
hard-packed snow and slush which has frozen overnight.

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

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Sunday 28th December 2014
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0630z CALM 30km SKC -03.4/-03.7 1028
RMK: Occasional slight snow showers yesterday evening but
this morning is fine crisp and clear. 17 cm lying snow.
Bus routes have been well treated and are mostly clear of
snow and ice. All other roads are badly affected by
hard-packed snow and slush which has frozen overnight.

0900z CALM 20km SKC -04.7/-04.9 1031
RMK: A winter wonderland. 17 cm lying snow and bright
sunshine. It's dazzlingly bright. Not so good walking down
to the village, though. Our road is covered by a mix of
hard-packed snow and thick, rutted, frozen slush. Without
YakTrax walking would be well-nigh impossible on even the
slightest gradient.
09-09z: Tx +0.8 (0050z) Tn -4.7 (0900z today) RR 0.5
15-09z: Tg -8.9 00-24z: Sun 0.3

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

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Sunday 28th December 2014
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0630z CALM 30km SKC -03.4/-03.7 1028
RMK: Occasional slight snow showers yesterday evening but
this morning is fine crisp and clear. 17 cm lying snow.
Bus routes have been well treated and are mostly clear of
snow and ice. All other roads are badly affected by
hard-packed snow and slush which has frozen overnight.

0900z CALM 20km SKC -04.7/-04.9 1031
RMK: A winter wonderland. 17 cm lying snow and bright
sunshine. It's dazzlingly bright. Not so good walking down
to the village, though. Our road is covered by a mix of
hard-packed snow and thick, rutted, frozen slush. Without
YakTrax walking would be well-nigh impossible on even the
slightest gradient.
09-09z: Tx +0.8 (0050z) Tn -4.7 (0900z today) RR 0.5
15-09z: Tg -8.9 00-24z: Sun 0.3

1600z 29005kt 30km 2Ci300 -03.3/-03.8 1036
RMK: It's been a gorgeous sunny day. Ideal for walking this
afternoon though the underfoot conditions required a bit
of care. With a max temp of -0.3 there's been no thaw and
there's still 16 cm of lying snow. If the temperature remains
below zero till 0900z tomorrow it'll be our first 'ice day'
since 24th March 2013. I'm a bit puzzled by the forecast
temperatures for tonight. The current forecast for Tideswell
shows the temperature steady on -1 all night. With clear skies,
very little wind and a thick snow cover I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.

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

I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.

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

So would I Norman. In fact it reached 2.6 here and dropped below 0 before 1700, but barely fallen since then, so very odd.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:49:15 -0800 (PST), David Mitchell
wrote:
I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.
So would I Norman. In fact it reached 2.6 here and dropped below 0
before 1700, but barely fallen since then, so very odd.

There's warm affection occurring around the top of the ridge, so
maybe they're on to something?

--
Freddie
Pontesbury, Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://Twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports

On Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:49:16 PM UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.

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

So would I Norman. In fact it reached 2.6 here and dropped below 0 before 1700, but barely fallen since then, so very odd.

Is the dew point temperatures of 0 to -1 a limiting factor at all?

Still full snow cover and lots of hard packed ice here in Sheffield.
Supprised there isn't more warmth in the ground to help with the thaw after the weather earlier in December.

Thanks.

Simon S (South Yorkshire)

Freddie wrote:

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:49:15 -0800 (PST), David Mitchell
wrote:
I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.
So would I Norman. In fact it reached 2.6 here and dropped below 0
before 1700, but barely fallen since then, so very odd.

There's warm affection occurring around the top of the ridge, so maybe
they're on to something?

Forecast temp for 1800z was -1. The actual temp at 1800z was -4.1. It has been
yo-yoing up and down since then and is currently (2040z) on -1 so there may
well be a bit of warm advection getting in. The forecasts on BBC News have been
going for temps as low as -7 to -8 in some country areas where there is a snow
cover.

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

On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:17:06 +0000, Freddie
wrote:
There's warm affection occurring

I meant advection, and was autocorrected!!!!

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Freddie
Pontesbury, Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://Twitter.com/PontesburyWx for hourly reports

In message , Freddie
writes
On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:49:15 -0800 (PST), David Mitchell
wrote:
I would have expected
much lower temperatures. It's already well below the predicted
figure and falling quickly.
So would I Norman. In fact it reached 2.6 here and dropped below 0
before 1700, but barely fallen since then, so very odd.

There's warm affection occurring around the top of the ridge, so maybe
they're on to something?


Warm affection? Is this a reference to Lawrence's post about homosexual
activities in Croydon?
--
I'm not paid to implement the recognition of irony.
(Taken, with the author's permission, from a LiveJournal post)

On 28/12/2014 21:03, Freddie wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:17:06 +0000, Freddie wrote:
There's warm affection occurring

I meant advection, and was autocorrected!!!!

That's why I post from a real PC, not a phone or pad.

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham