The purpose of this blog is to report on winter climbing conditions in Snowdonia, to keep you lot who like nothing better than climbing ice, snow, frozen turf etc in ridiculously low temps informed!! As well as it being a record of some of my own winter climbing adventures. Feel free to email me any of your own conditions reports & photos you have & I will post them here. The more info on winter conditions the better! email:
andymountains@googlemail.com

Friday 29 January 2010

9 Day Weather Forecast for 1089 m altitude, issued (local time): 5 pm 29 Jan 2010

Days 0-3 Weather Summary:
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Fri afternoon, min -7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat night).

Days 4-6 Weather Summary:
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Turning milder with moderate rain (total 11.0mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon . Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Wed afternoon, min -5°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Days 7-9 Weather Summary:
Light rain (total 9.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Thu afternoon, min -5°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Fri night).

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