On 13/01/2010 10:09, Howard Neil wrote:
On 13/01/2010 09:43, James Brown wrote:
In message , Howard
Neil writes
On 12/01/2010 20:44, James Brown wrote:
A gentleman from Warrington (where they know a thing about snow, I
understand) apparently. Following his GPS. Time these GPSs had a
weather station built in.
You'd think his car thermometer might give him a clue - but then who
knows, it could be me tomorrow so I mustn't condemn.
Still snowing, but the radar shows the precipitation gradually
lightening.
Cheers
James
Yes, the radar does look less threatening but the snow looks just as
intense as earlier. I think I'll go to bed and see what it looks like
in the morning. Nos da.
Not sure if you are online today Howard, but I've put a non-streaming
web cam on at:
http://90.210.244.71:8888/
MIL in Abertillery reports 12" and we've several inches here, though
there has been a slight thaw. Definitely the most snow of the year (so
far;-))
Cheers
James
Thanks, James. I'm not sure how much we have had so far (still gently
snowing) but, at the shallow end, there is about an inch and at the deep
end there are several inches. I'm just out to check the sheep so the
fields should give me a better idea.
I now know that we had a lot more than I thought and the sight is
staggering.
Yesterday I had a couple of jobs so walked out of the gate to look. I
saw 2 to 3 ft snowdrifts so put the jobs back to today.
This morning a JCB cleared the road outside and so I decided to do those
jobs. About a mile from home there was the most amazing sight. The JCB
had cut a path through the snow, leaving vertical walls about 7ft high.
It looked just like the holiday videos on TV, showing Swiss ski resorts.
I have never ever seen so much snow. Sorry, I had left my camera at home.
I spoke to a couple of neighbours about this and they laughed and said
"you should have gone the other way. The snow was 13 to 14 ft deep there"
It has totally left me gob-smacked. Unfortunately I think tonight's rain
might ruin the sight or I would return tomorrow with my camera.
--
Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons National Park, at 235 metres asl)