devon lad

I remember heavy snow in early June 1975 in lowland Scotland and I believe Cricket in England was disrupted by snow on the same day. The rest of the Summer is history for it's warmth with 1976 being even better. dl

5cm in upland Devon. dl

5cm here in upland Devon - it was forecast, even a weather warning. dl

Snowing again and looking to set in for a while. dl

Predominatelly snow showers (but a little soft hail/hail) on and off most of today. The only one that really pitched was the one around 7am this morning. Showers now gathering to the west that could give us another covering here in upland Devon. dl

We even have a covering here in Devon. dl

Snowing now. dl

I was interested in the reports about the snow at Birdlip by the Air Balloon - another favouite spot for road chaos years ago. The road from Gloucester to Cirencester would suffer badly from snow drifts almost every winter. They then installed snow break fencing which was very effective - but birdlip hill continued to suffer. Travelling from Cirencester to Cheltenham on that road driving an MZ150 was a hairy experience especially when windy or snowing ..... or both!! Best snow I remember when I lived in Cheltenham was on Cleeve Hill. Got completely burried in a snow drift after speeding on a sledge! dl

Give my regards to Devils Chimney and Daisybank. Remember many a good sledge down daisybank many moons ago. dl

Temperature dropping rapidly now in parts of Devon http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Haytor/aut...Vantage_Pro.htm Floods more likely to be more of a problem on lower ground than snow in most of the SW this evening. Unlike some I believe the forcasts have been pretty good during this cold spell including the forcast of this particular storm. Forcasting who is, and who isn't, going to have snow when temperatures are hovering around and just above freezing is not easy. Add to that a storm that was forming a long way away this time yesterday with a lot of uncertainty to it's exact track (and believe me 50 miles North or South can make a huge difference in this set up) I will give the forcasters a general 8 out of 10 and 10 out of 10 for the amount of ppt. And the evening and early hours of Tues still remain. dl

Anyone on-line from around Liscombe in Devon? dl

It was amazing. Power cut all day Friday and unable to leave the village unless you had a tractor or 4x4 until yesterday. Snow still on the road outside the cottage. This was my garden. I am expecting the rain/sleet mix here to turn to snow within the next 2 -3 hours. dl

quote name='Tommypoo' date='9 Feb 2009, 05:13 PM' post='1480094'] very nice how deep was it... 007 looks like its going half way up the gate!

Last weeks snow in Devon. dl

Try http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html and http://raintoday.co.uk/meteoconsult.produc...y/radarMain.jsp dl

Welcome onboard L2009. You may regret changing from a lurker one day ...... for now though enjoy! dl

Neither really MPR. Although a tad of a downgrade on yesterday ..... it's a tad of an upgrade on earlier forcasts from today. Our little friend the LP is proged to move back easterly but on a more southerly track from it's recent unusual track in the opposite direction that's caused all the excitement yesterday and today. It's going to be 'fueled' by another LP coming in from the atlantic and they romance, pep each other up and revole as such things do. However the exact position of these LP's centers Tuesday, Wednesday and beyond (and especially how far North they will wander) and the associated fronts is not certain at the mo. 50 miles or even less North or South of the present forcast could make all the difference to you. Gut feeling is that it's unlikely to be too exciting south of the M4 corridoor at low levels (<200m) because of there is a lot of warmer air diluting the cold upper air. However it's a facinating LP this one so who really knows? dl