philglossop

Just home from football, and the wind has definitely got up from 10am until now. I'd expect issues with Tamar Bridge overnight as it was gusting heavily going over it an hr ago

Slider? That's made my Christmas morning! Heavy snow for Dartmoor with that

If that swings along the channel, that's game on for the far SW for a change. This along with a smashing PV, QBO going E and coming out of solar minimum is lining up to be a special January for once!

Correct, and equally remember December 2010 had some milder days in the middle week.

It'll be nice to have a seasonal Christmas with single digit temps for a change this year. As for something wintry- the last time was back in 2013 here (snow/sleet shower lunchtime).

If only that rain/ channel low had come up over us a bit more, we'd have been plastered . It was more of a glancing blow sadly.

Not really had many in my lifetime, I remember as kid some power cuts from heavy thunderstorms around Summer 1981/1982. However my best, was thanks in part to a massive storm/tornado on Zante in September 2016. Came at the end of a major heatwave - temps into the mid 30s. Sunday night, storms came in from NW, and Alykes and Alykanas had a mini twister which took out roofs, trees and the electric sub station! No electric that day- but we survived on bottled beer! Just to add- an earthquake also hit that night at 4.7 strong. Remember ringing home- "Hows things? Oh fine, tornado, thunderstorm and earthquake last night" Big overnight storm including another twister - Alykanas Message Board - Tripadvisor WWW.TRIPADVISOR.CO.UK Answer 1 of 11: The Alykanas/Alykes area was hit by a storm overnight which caused extensive damage to properties when...

It's been the dullest November I can remember for many a long year here. Two weekends ago it was just dreadful, wet, dark all day Saturday and Sunday wasn't much better. This last week bar Thursday was just as bad.

Something, something tells me it's not going to be anything special in December (but January could be), so 5.1c and 100mm.

Funny what also comes to mind. Being in Manchester 10 years ago during the "tram crash disaster" in Weatherfield. MEN issued a special edition the following morning.

Heres a weird one I don't remember- 8th and 9th December 1981. This is the HTV local news from Bristol- the upper air charts are only into -5 bracket as well on the reanalysis

December 2010- well where to start? November was cold here- I was living at sea level in a village outside Plymouth, and wasnt expecting much cold, but it just built and built. At the time, I was working out on street enforcing and driving home at 2245hrs was interesting at times. Because the village was at the top of the cliff and we lived on the beach road, we got into a pattern that 1 car would be left at the top of the hill, and one at the bottom so I could go to work. Early December we had a weeks holiday booked and drove to Manchester and Glossop to see old neighbours and family- and I remember seeing -10 on the car one morning on the roads near to the Woodhead Pass. It was so cold for soft Southerners trust me! Driving home it a winter wonderland on the M6- no water would come through to melt the windscreen! Then we had the mini thaw, which seems to be forgotten- but then from 16th to 17th it turned truly bitter and we got our only snow of that winter- and like an idiot I had driven the spare car down the hill- not a chance of getting out the village. I spent a lovely morning literally walking from Heybrook Bay into Plymouth- never seen weather or cold like it. After that, at work no work as normal, but just digging out the car parks entrances so they were open for the couple of cars! The roads turned to sheets of ice, again making driving interesting and we managed to get a car back up the hill (an old Ford Escort 1.6 on it's last legs anyway!) Then remember my Ex husband panically worried about getting a new sofa delivered before Christmas (it was coming from Basingstoke!). It did finally come on 23rd December. Christmas was just bitter and icy- and going to my ex sister in law on Dartmoor on Xmas Day and struggling to get out of her driveway to come home. Then it broke Boxing Day into normal winter fayre for Devon- wet, mild and foggy. Amazing to think it was 10 years ago- and how much has changed in that time, both personally and weather wise. I hope to live through another month like it but I'd like some better memories with friends next time!

Well, snow is rare as hens teeth here in Plymouth, so it takes very little. Even back in the winters of 1984 through to 1987 it took more. Mind you back then, if the Dockyard closed early, that was it- one out all out! That was back when dockyard had 20k workers so the City would grind to a halt.

Agree. There's 2 trends forming this Autumn time or run after run- the Azores High trying to ridge up towards Mid Atlantic has kept appearing. But also these increased heights towards the E this month as well. It's all pointing towards warm area invection. After all, what goes up.....must come down!

Having worked last Saturday when it threw it down all darn day, it was the most depressing dark day I can remember for years. Sunday wasnt much better with the squals. Now today it's raining again, and living in a post WW2 rebuilt grey concrete City Centre it is just depressing.

Well following on from this hurricane season- could we be looking at February again for the coldest snap of the winter- aka like 2005? Remember that cold snap very clearly, the signs in the Peak District were clear about a week before it hit at the end very end of the month. November this year has felt like November 2004 that year.

For Plymouth, I'd go with around 14th February 1994, it's rare enough for snow to settle in City but I dont remember it's being a particularly cold February from memory. Bad enough that I had to walk to work that morning.

Do remember the run up to Christmas 1992 as being very bad for fog and traffic being severely affected. Christmas Eve was particularly bad- back then Radio 1 did traffic news at Breakfast and the late Dianne Oxberry was on for nearly 4 minutes with traffic problems it was that grim.

Remember Bonfire Night 1981 very clearly as being cold but dry. The organised Bonfire got out of hand at the local school and Fire brigade had to come!

November 2005 I remember very well I was living in High Peak in Derbyshire at the time and it was like a switch, into winter that year. I remember having to scrape the car windscreen off every morning for weeks on end from mid month onwards.

Cracking storm here. Hail, thunder, rain and very gusty winds!

Punchy storm here. Hail over at my parents in Plymstock, here just thunder lightning and heavy rain!

Massive flash and thunder over Mount Gould

A few distant flashes over towards Saltash and Torpoint way. Gone very dark here in Plymouth

And that's it. Back to GMT and at 620am, the sky is starting to get light in the East. Weirdly it's also the 1st time I've got up and cracked and put the heating on.