"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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"Graham Easterling" wrote Cornwall & Devon have been singled out for
heavy snow warning. In fact on
the 12:55 forecast it said there would be 'further accumulations'. Well,
here in West Cornwall we have sunny spells and rain/hail showers, though
a
shower at 08:30 did briefly turn to wet snow.

The 13.25 BBC forecast had snow symbols all down the peninsular and
throughout Wales too. I don't recall any sleet symbols anywhere and there
were none for rain. I thought it was fairly unusual to have snow right
down to sea level during the day, down there.

- Tom.


Eventually reached 7.2 degrees in Penzance, rain/sleet shower outside now,
temperature down to around 4 degrees.

There has been no snow even on the west Cornwall Moors. Yet the 18:30
weather forecast still gives the impression we are suffering some sort of
severe weather. It may well get icy by dawn, but that's about it. The fact
is, the only time snow has settled at low levels in west Cornwall for 10
years has been on a strong easterly.

Graham