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Tim, Cheers for that. I'm off to B&Q today so I may as well get some earth bonding wire (like they use for plumbing etc) and earth it for this purpose. Glyn

@frogesque - My insurance policy was one of the things I was thinking about, in that like you said, the small print may hold some disclaimer about such equipment and it's installation. I will have to have a look, when I can be bothered to go up in the loft and get the policy down- although if we magically get struck by lightning in the meantime, it may come down of it's pwn accord. @everyone - After I posted, it suddenly dawned on me that the majority of peeps have TV/Radio aerials on their roofs, so perhaps I am worrying a bit too much. We don't have an aerial as we are in direct sight of Emely Moor TV Mast but others on the street do. I notice though that a house a bit further up the hill has a lightning conductor on it - think it might be the health clinic so maybe their insurance requires it. Anyway, thanks for the comments so far. I think I will look at my insurance policy to double check - but my gut feel makes me think I probably won't need to bother. It's probably low risk that lightning will strike it. Glyn

Hi all, I will be installing my anemometer this week (hopefully, depending on the weather ) up on my chimney using a 2m ally mast. Is it recommended to get the mast earthed incase of lightning strikes (our nextdoor neighbours tree got struck several years ago) and if so what do I need? Does anyone else have their mast earthed? I am using a wireless anemometer so there is no wired connection indoors. Hopefully, once this is in place I can then get my data up on the web. Cheers Glyn

Just had a heavy 15min snow shower about 30 minutes ago. Some settling, but as the snow from this morning had started to melt, it hasn't settled everywhwere. Still only a dusting.

Dusting here in Huddersfield too (between 0100 & 0500), though not snowing ATM.

Set off from Chesterfield, Derbys at around 7:40pm and it was sleeting. Nothing else up the M1. Although I turned the security light on once I had got home and there were spots of something, but I think it was rain.

Lightning visible, to the south of where I am, in the cloud tops. Looks to be coming this way. Can't hear the thunder tho. Some spectacular looking 'rolls' of lighting through the clouds though.

Lightish snow here in Hudds for the past hour, and now has just increased to a Heavy shower with good sized flakes, although sun was out most of morning so I think it will take a while to settle as ground needs to cool. NE wind BTW. G

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 14:50 UTC Elv 180m asl Temp: 6.1C seems to be dropping about 0.1C every 5-10 mins Baro: 986 -2mB over last hour Weather: Heavy Rain, strong and gusty winds Veering more N'thly