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Peak District: latest weather

Tuesday, 7 February 2012: dawn to dusk

Printable view Forecast issued: 0518 on Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Overview for Tuesday

Freezing valley fog may persist in places. Cold and dry, with some sunny spells to start, becoming probably cloudier this afternoon. Risk of ice with a slowly thawing residual snow cover.

Hazards	Risk	Explanation
Blizzards	No Risk
Heavy snow	No Risk
Storm force winds	No Risk
Gales	No Risk
Severe chill effect	Medium	Cold temperatures mean that adequate equipment and clothing will be required.
Persistent and extensive hill fog	Low	Low risk of extensive hill fog arriving through today.
Thunderstorms	No Risk
Heavy persistent rain	No Risk
Strong Sunlight	No Risk

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Weather summary and probability of precipitation for Tuesday
Dawn to 0900	0900 to 1200	1200 to 1500	1500 to dusk
Sunny	Sunny	Sunny intervals	Sunny intervals
0%	0%	0%	0%

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Tuesday

Weather

Freezing valley mist or fog may persist in places. Cold and dry, with sunny spells to start, perhaps becoming cloudier this afternoon, especially across the south and east of the Park. Only a slow thaw of residual lying snow, with most footpaths remaining icy.

Visibility

Very poor in fog, poor in mist. Otherwise generally moderate or good becoming good or very good.

Hill fog

Valley fog may lift into broken hill fog in places, but generally no hill fog at first. Through today, mainly this afternoon and in the east and south, there is an increasing risk of broken to blanket hill fog arriving above 300 metres.

Maximum winds above 400m

East 10 to 15 mph.

Temperature

Valleys	Minus 5 rising to plus 2 Celsius.
600 m	Minus 1 Celsius.
Freezing level	Down to valley floors this morning. Temporarily lifting to 300m this afternoon.

Wednesday

Weather

Feeling very cold with a significant windchill due to the moderate southeasterly wind, and with icy conditions underfoot. Valley mist and freezing fog mostly, slowly clearing to leave a dry and largely sunny day.

Visibility

Very poor in fog and poor in mist. Generally good to very good.

Hill fog

Valley fog, lifting and breaking through the morning to leave no significant hill fog by midday.

Maximum winds above 400m

South or southeast 15 to 20 mph.

Temperature

Valleys	Minus 7 rising to zero Celsius.
600 m	Minus 2 Celsius.
Freezing level	Remaining below freezing at all levels,

Outlook

Thursday

Cold but mainly dry, with temperatures below freezing at all levels and icy conditions underfoot. Cloud will be broken with early valley fog/freezing fog lifting into hill fog through the day. Chance of outbreaks of light and patchy sleet and snow arriving late afternoon. Light winds.

Friday

Another cold and cloudy day, with hill fog and a chance of outbreaks of light sleet or snow. Remaining icy at all levels, with a moderate south or southwesterly wind bringing a significant wind chill.

Saturday

Cloudy with mainly light outbreaks of rain or sleet, with snow likely over the highest ground. Widespread hill fog. Light winds, but still feeling cold.

Cat & Fiddle (midway between Buxton and Macclesfield)

Altitude 511 metres

Rainfall measured at 03:00 Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Last 24 hours 4.8 mm
Last 48 hours 9.2 mm
Last 72 hours 9.2 mm

Rainfall data provided by the Environment Agency. The Met Office is not responsible for content provided by third parties and may remove this data without warning.