spiritedstream

Hi all, reports for frosty cars this AM in douglas, unable to corroborate as i wasnt in work til late and there definitely wasnt any in Peel even at 5am when my husband left for work. hope you all ok and not too chilly

hi all belated report on storm that went over isle of man, storm force 10 gusts in douglas and the peel weather station measured 59.9mph just after 1900hrs, thunder lightning and torrential rain boucing off the roofs!! no reports of loss of power but the ferries didnt sail and there was lots of localised flooding. thank God i've had a new roof this year else my flat would be awfully damp!

HI guys hope we're all safe! we had 2inches of rain overnight with flooding on all roads. the 12mile journey to work took 1hour! there was a 4 car shunt on the main road from Peel to Douglas (my usual route to work!) so i took an alternative route with loads of other drivers at not more than 30miles an hour and in low gear all the way! small cars, 4x4's and even vans were stuck in the floods. at least one river broke its banks, coast road at the Corony closed all morning, trees down (specially as most of the trees toppled in the hurricane force winds in January have been left to decompose where they fell). the DOT issued warnings not to travel for at least 2hours right at the start of the working week! all teams out all night tonight in preparation for more rain over night onto already waterlogged ground. stay safe guys

see stormy report on "storm reports" forum. very windy and very very wet, would love to know how many mm's have fallen today but dont have a weather centre. on the plus side as the front cleared from the west the sun was just at the right angle at about 6pm to show the most fantastic site....! a true clear double rainbow! oh for a digital camera (please Santa :unsure: )

report from isle of man: Wind Speed: 12.5 Knots (14.3mph) Wind Direction: SSW 200 Degrees Max Gust in last 15 minutes: 19.9 Knots (22.9mph) Max Gust since midnight: 47.2 Knots (54.2mph) @ 14:18 enough to blow garden furniture and plant pots around mums garden and at my work in the courtyards! Tide Height: 3.8 metres (to local Chart Datum) Air Temperature: 13.1C / 55.7F has been down an hour ago to 12C Relative Humidity: 87.2% rained really hard on the way home at 5pm, wipers on max and still no visiblity. very autumnal!!

Wind Speed: 13 Knots (15mph) Wind Direction: NE 53 Degrees Max Gust in last 15 minutes: 15.6 Knots (17.9mph) Max Gust since midnight: 25.6 Knots (29.5mph) @ 13:03hrs Tide Height: 4.5 metres (to local Chart Datum) Air Temperature: 11.8C / 53.2F Relative Humidity: 75.2% latest from the local harbour weather station, Peel Isle of Man. rained on and off all day, then cleared at about 18:00hrs to sunny shafts through big dark clouds. much more autumnal, even the trees are just starting to turn now, more so on the east coast than west though. the difference is quite noticable between the beginning and end of my 10 mile commute (!)(one side of the island to the other!) to work. SS

Hi All is there an archive? i was wanting to compare the members seasonal forecasts this year with last years, or look up posts about the February 2005 snow. also thanks to Steve Murr for PM on DAM/Thickness ! brilliant now i think i can try working out what everyone else is talking about, but would love to read the whole ODE, any chance of a link please? many thanks

hi all, very envious of others with appreciable levels of snow. apparently the Snaefell mountain road (2036ft) here is closed yet again (not long open after the storms) this time due to snow and ice, but they close it in the blink of an eye! been sleeting on and off all day, but i personally havent seen any snow lying, friend resident in douglas said she woke to a skittering on the tops of cars. take care out there folks. Spirited Stream <><

hi all, hope we staying safe! hi Nina, where are you in island? me in Peel B) well windy here!! hubby just got home from ronaldsway. very windy but not too bad yet, no trees down yet. had a hailshower while he was fixing lady colleagues car at the end of the dday! "down the back of my neck and ffing freezing!" good luck with getting into work tm morning nina. God Bless Spirited Stream ><>

hi all, current obs at ronaldsway (thanks to UK Meto website): Valid for 1900 UTC on Tuesday 11 January 2005 Temperature 7 °C Weather Rain showers Pressure (MSL) 1000 mb Pressure trend Rising Wind speed 41 knots Wind dir SW Wind gust 52 knots Visibility 10.0 km really wild here!! hope everyone can stay safe tonight! Spirited Stream ><>

Temperature 11 °C Weather Rain Pressure (MSL) 997 mb Pressure trend Falling Wind speed 31 knots Wind dir SW Wind gust 45 knots 52mph Visibility 6.0 km thanks to Uk meto for figures. sure sounds windy!! howling through the windows and husband just sent txt on way home from Ronaldsway saying Man! its windy! also still trees and branches lying in the roads from friday/saturday. local meto predicts bf 8-9 possibly storm force 10 over night on tuesday into wednesday!! more damage on the way! arhrhghh wish i could tie down the loose flue on my roof! even people still with no power here on isle of man and couple of shelters opened for them by civil defence. electricity company are covering their backs and saying that the homes may not be reconnected until end of week!! but personally glad i dont live in cumbria anymore, heart goes out to them. god bless all of us in this stormy time and always love Spirited Stream ><>

Hi, thanks for the update. but sad to see that my report of a White Christmas in the Isle of Man (complete with road closures!) didn't register B) well done to paul for correlating all the reports and there were loads so not really surprised smaller places got missed! God Bless Spirited Stream <><

Hi all dreadful rush hour (if you can it that over here!!) 8am gusts of 56knotts SW and heavy rain.a right hooolie! best time was from about 12noon with sunny spells. now still a fairly gusty wind W at 18knotts (gusts 30) and mainly cloudy. had a quick hail shower followed by rain at about 1pm. spirited stream <><

interesting! isle of man (douglas east coast) had a hail shower earlier, about 13:00hrs. was most unexpected! God Bless everyone throughout this New Year. Spirited Stream ><>

Hi all morning news reporting power cut in south of island due to big thunderstorm last night about 2am accompanied by hail heavy enough to set off car alarms, white over but hasnt lasted til morning, however mountain road remains closed (probably ice not snow now). rest of afternoon (dont know about morning lol) clear sunny and cold, apparently northerly wind and about 7C. lovely winters day heres hoping for mid january for a white birthday Spirited Stream

Hi all, God Bless you all this Christmas. light sleet at 7am this morning in peel, snow visible on hilltops, mountain road and approaches closed due to snow and ice. grainy snow/soft hail at about 2pm. currently raining in Peel but the meto at Ronaldsway reporting snow showers at 5pm, so guess snowing more over the hills. will get in car tomorrow and go for a look see. lovely day first White Christmas in Isle of Man for 10 years. have a great weekend all. Spirited Stream

Hi again, having a hail shower now peel west coast. yet another shower from the band tracking down the gap between SW Scotland and Northern Ireland. also can see that the big very active band of ppn over southern ireland now petering out. more of this kind of set up would be nice this winter bring on many more polar lows sitting west of SW Scotland Bless Spirited ><>

Hi have had snow/soft hail/sunny intervals on and off all day here. Not laying at low levels but apparently the mountain road was closed for a time today due to snow. Aa really interesting day!! went to work at 830am, skittering over the tops but nothing much. By 930am it was snowing in st johns and i could see the hill (Slieau Whallian - Williams Hill) going white!! and the wall of ppn heading my way (Douglas) reaching us by 11am when temp dropped to 1’C. Don’t think it’s been anything above zero over the hills today. Soft hail shower at 5pm as i was leaving work and now i think mostly cloudy. Wondering what the bright radar images over southern ireland will bring overnight/tomorrow?? BBC saying rain preceded by sleet and snow, talk about covering all bases!! God bless Spirited ><>

Current observation data: Valid for 1700 UTC on Thursday 18 November 2004 Temperature 4 °C Weather Rain Pressure (MSL) 1009 mb Pressure trend Falling Wind speed 18 knots Wind dir NE Wind gust 25 knots Visibility 12.0 km has gradually fallen from a high (!) of 9c at 09:00hrs with 1015mb, vis 20km, NW 11knots, wind has actually been westly all day. snow reported on the mountain (2036ft). not raining in Peel now though so i guess thats it! :unsure: Spirited ><>

Hi all, this thread has caught my eye too!! was going to post on "Slow Watch" at some point this winter having followed both it and this board for at least two years. now got the courage to post here instead. some of the messages are awesome, with so much knowledge applied. from reading these threads i have managed to persuade my boss that we should be giving out more supplies to our clients this winter than during the rest of the year to save them having to go to either the postbox or my place of work in this possible "severe" compared to recently winter. i'm not old enough to remember 1947 or 1963 but have good childhood memories of the late 1970's and early 1980's. had to go to my mothers photo archives to pin-point the dates but here goes: mum claims that the first two things i saw when i was born in january 1972 in liverpool were the moon and snow, maybe thats why i'm a snowaholic! no records for 1979 or '80 but must have been pretty good here (isle of man) because the following year my grandfather commissioned sledges from the family joiner for my sister and i. so good sledging snow january 1981 snow january 1982 sledges again snow january 1985 and again icicles march 1986 heres hoping for more !!! bless, SpiritedStream ><>