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Burley Moor, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Latitude: 53° 53' 12'' N

Longitude: 1° 45' 33'' W

24 March 2013 1200 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards SE

Image P/S code: S.11.3.1

Image I.D.: 5017

Drifting snow and snowdrifts
A strong wind is raising snow particles from a snowdrift to a small height. The horizontal visibility at eye level is not sensibly diminished, so this is known as drifting snow.

On the far right of the picture, the height of the snow particles above the snow cover is somewhat greater, but this is only because the height of the snow surface is lower, and this is merely a local effect. The height of the raised snow above the ground here is not representative of the landscape as a whole.
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© Matthew Clark
Burley Moor, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Latitude: 53° 53' 12'' N
Longitude: 1° 45' 33'' W
24 March 2013 1200 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards SE
Image P/S code: S.11.3.1
Image I.D.: 5017
Snow drifts and drifting snow
This picture shows snowdrifts against a drystone wall on Rombalds Moor, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Undrifted snow is shown over the open fields. In the background, snow particles are being raised at 3 and 4 to a small height above the ground by a strong wind. The horizontal visibility at eye level is not sensibly diminished by the snow particles raised by the wind, so this is classed as drifting snow, rather than blowing snow.
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© Matthew Clark
Menston, Ilkley, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Latitude: 53° 52' 60'' N
Longitude: 1° 45' 53'' W
24 March 2013 1300 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards SE
Image P/S code: P.11.3.1
Image I.D.: 5018

Drifting snow and snowdrifts

Snow drifts and drifting snow