The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2019/2020 thread

[.:ian:.]

Thunderstorms incoming
https://www-devonlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/w...
Its not clear from the article but I'm guessing its moving eastwards across from Cornwall...


Terrible article, I hope its been nowhere near a human writer...

[colin_p]

Just checked blitzorg and there are a few strikes showing in the South West, who'd have thought it.

But what we really want is some thunder snow like we had back in early 2004. I remember that well as I was sat in a traffic jam on the highest point of the Chiswick flyover.


I've just got back from taking the woofer out and it was bitterly cold, mainly due to wind chill. It is a rare thing for me to notice the cold but it was proper taters.

[bristolracer]

.:ian:. said:

Thunderstorms incoming
https://www-devonlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/w...
Its not clear from the article but I'm guessing its moving eastwards across from Cornwall...


Terrible article, I hope its been nowhere near a human writer...

Had a flash and a bang over by me (Holsworthy) lost all power for a couple of minutes at 4pm

I was looking at that Devonlive site this morning Wednesday was spelt Wednessday and Thursday spelt Thrusday. I cant believe that they dont have some kind of spell checker? What ever happened to proofreading and running stuff through the editor?

[thatsprettyshady]

bristolracer said:

Had a flash and a bang over by me (Holsworthy) lost all power for a couple of minutes at 4pm

I was looking at that Devonlive site this morning Wednesday was spelt Wednessday and Thursday spelt Thrusday. I cant believe that they dont have some kind of spell checker? What ever happened to proofreading and running stuff through the editor?

As a Devon resident I can confirm that the article is actually one of the better ones for spelling.

[Puggit]

Half the (tasteful) Christmas lights along the gutter have detached from the gutter. The other half rolled up in to the gutter!

[RTB]

Some talk of a few wintry showers over the hills up here in the Peak District in the next few days. Nothing to cause any problems but it makes it feel a bit more like winter.

My eldest son is on a 5 day outward bound residential thing this week. He's going to be rock climbing, abseiling and river scrambling over the next few days. I don't think the temperature is going to be more than a degree or 2 above freezing. It'll certainly be a change from playing fortnite

[rigga]

Weekend away down in Cornwall, and has been a very blowy night, not much sleep, took the dog for a walk up by the coastal path, and its very fresh to say the least ....... calmed down a fair bit for the drive home.

[Puggit]

RTB said:

Some talk of a few wintry showers over the hills up here in the Peak District in the next few days. Nothing to cause any problems but it makes it feel a bit more like winter.

My eldest son is on a 5 day outward bound residential thing this week. He's going to be rock climbing, abseiling and river scrambling over the next few days. I don't think the temperature is going to be more than a degree or 2 above freezing. It'll certainly be a change from playing fortnite

Oof - just came in to talk about Friday. Another Atlantic gale, with quite a northerly component to it. Blizzards are a real possibility up high, up north. Currently snow even modeled for South Downs, Chilterns etc for brief periods.

[Digga]

Was up the step ladders on Saturday clearing all the silt from the gutters which run above the front porch and garages. Ready for anything the winter can throw at us now. Bring it!

[RicksAlfas]

Puggit said:

Half the (tasteful) Christmas lights along the gutter have detached from the gutter. The other half rolled up in to the gutter!

[Puggit]

Totally me

[SeeFive]

bristolracer said:

Had a flash and a bang over by me (Holsworthy) lost all power for a couple of minutes at 4pm

I was looking at that Devonlive site this morning Wednesday was spelt Wednessday and Thursday spelt Thrusday. I cant believe that they dont have some kind of spell checker? What ever happened to proofreading and running stuff through the editor?

Have a pint in the Crown and Sceptre for me. My brother used to own that many years ago. Quite a place in the days of market day licensing laws.

Sunny and breezy in Port Solent.

[RTB]

Puggit said:

Oof - just came in to talk about Friday. Another Atlantic gale, with quite a northerly component to it. Blizzards are a real possibility up high, up north. Currently snow even modeled for South Downs, Chilterns etc for brief periods.

Great, they're coming home on Friday.

[Digga]

RTB said:

Puggit said:

Oof - just came in to talk about Friday. Another Atlantic gale, with quite a northerly component to it. Blizzards are a real possibility up high, up north. Currently snow even modeled for South Downs, Chilterns etc for brief periods.

Great, they're coming home on Friday.

O/T

True story. Me and three of my mates were camped at about 1,500ft in the Lakes doing our Duke of Edinburgh Silver expedition when Hurricane Charley hit.

[Puggit]

Digga said:

O/T

True story. Me and three of my mates were camped at about 1,500ft in the Lakes doing our Duke of Edinburgh Silver expedition when Hurricane an extratropical cyclone, previously associated with Hurricane Charley hit.

Fixed that for you

[Digga]

Puggit said:

Digga said:

O/T

True story. Me and three of my mates were camped at about 1,500ft in the Lakes doing our Duke of Edinburgh Silver expedition when Hurricane an extratropical cyclone, previously associated with Hurricane Charley hit.

Fixed that for you

I can confirm the Peapod, that me and one of the lads were camped in, which twice tried to turn itself inside out during the night, is not a good tent for those conditions.

[Puggit]

Digga said:

I can confirm the Peapod, that me and one of the lads were camped in, which twice tried to turn itself inside out during the night, is not a good tent for those conditions.

I have no doubt at all

[S100HP]

So what happened to the 5 million ft of snow forecast for Thursday then?

[Digga]

Puggit said:

Digga said:

I can confirm the Peapod, that me and one of the lads were camped in, which twice tried to turn itself inside out during the night, is not a good tent for those conditions.

I have no doubt at all

The other two had some pretty heavy, oldschool style tent (Vango Force 10 or somesuch) and up until that night, we were the ones laughing, because our tent (we were hiking up hill and down dale for miles) was way, way lighter. If we weren't so tired, I think we might have been scared.

It was so bad the other groups (who'd decided on a different route to us) bailed out after they became involved in a mountain rescue of another party who got into difficulties. They decided enough was enough. The instructor, who was supposed to keep an eye on us (for our welfare and also to stop potential cheating with shortcuts) 'reckoned' he'd clocked us with his binoculars in the afternoon and thought we looked (from across a valley 1 mile away!) okay, so didn't actually RV with us until the next afternoon, by which time we ourselves had seen an air rescue for a fatal (exposure) on Helvellyn.

[Puggit]

S100HP said:

So what happened to the 5 million ft of snow forecast for Thursday then?

It got blown away by Atiyah, Brendan and whatever C will be