Tideswell, Derbyshire - Friday 9th March 2018
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0630z 23002kt 0200 FZFG VV/// -00.4/-00.8 1002
RMK: Untreated hard surfaces are very icy. There's 2cm of
lying snow with about a 75% cover.

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

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Friday 9th March 2018
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0630z 23002kt 0200 FZFG VV/// -00.4/-00.8 1002
RMK: Untreated hard surfaces are very icy. There's 2cm of
lying snow with about a 75% cover.

0900z 18001kt 0200 FG VV/// +01.2/+00.9 1003
RMK: Persistent thick fog all morning so far. In contrast,
200m higher up, the webcam at the Cat & Fiddle is showing
blue sky and sunshine. There's 2cm of lying snow with about
a 75% cover. The thaw has just resumed.
09-09z: Tx 4.6 (1500z) Tn -0.8 (0620z) RR 1.6
15-09z: Tg -2.2 00-24z: Sun 1.2

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

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Friday 9th March 2018
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0630z 23002kt 0200 FZFG VV/// -00.4/-00.8 1002
RMK: Untreated hard surfaces are very icy. There's 2cm of
lying snow with about a 75% cover.

0900z 18001kt 0200 FG VV/// +01.2/+00.9 1003
RMK: Persistent thick fog all morning so far. In contrast,
200m higher up, the webcam at the Cat & Fiddle is showing
blue sky and sunshine. There's 2cm of lying snow with about
a 75% cover. The thaw has just resumed.
09-09z: Tx 4.6 (1500z) Tn -0.8 (0620z) RR 1.6
15-09z: Tg -2.2 00-24z: Sun 1.2

1700z 08003kt 20km 2Sc025 8As120 05.7/04.0 999
RMK: Fog slowly thinned after 0900z and eventually lifted
into low cloud around 1100z. The low cloud persisted into
the early afternoon and by the time it dispersed the middle
cloud was invading the sky. As a result, there was no
sunshine but it did remain dry. Almost all of the snow that
fell yesterday morning has now melted and we are left with
only the drifts from last week's event. It'll be a while
before the last of them is gone. Some lanes that don't
lead to properties are still blocked by drifts. This
afternoon we came across an abandoned water authority Land
Rover that was well and truly stuck in a deep drift. Just
beyond it the was a 'Chelsea Tractor' type of Land Rover
that had been trying to negotiate the same lane. When the
driver realised that she couldn't get through she had tried
to do a 3-point turn in a gateway and had also got stuck in
another deep drift. It'll need a tractor to extricate both
vehicles. I don't have much sympathy for the drivers as
there is no need to use that particular lane. There are two
alternatives, both of which have been ploughed and cleared.
Where the two vehicles are stuck is a notorious spot for
deep drifts. Almost always it is the last stretch of road
to be opened around the village after a heavy snowfall.
Max temp 6.4°.

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