"Len Wood" wrote in message
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On Friday, November 21, 2014 3:48:13 PM UTC, George Booth wrote:
is here

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/...ummer/0011889/


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Thanks George.
Most interesting.
One of those weird and wonderful pastimes.
That's where the term 'anoraks' has come from.

A similar study could be done on Dartmoor.
Seeing how long snow patches survive after a given winter.
There's something for Will to do.
I know he is twiddling his fingers these days now he is retired.


LOL, yeah plenty of time, not.

Latest I have seen an old snow patch on Dartmoor was in May. I believe in
1963 some patches survived until July. In 2010 snow patches survived two
weeks after the thaw on the north side of Hay Tor, depends on drifting.
Recent snows have seen very little drifting. Also tends to hang around in
Fernworthy forest due to lack of insolation and the woods seem to break up
the mild snow eating SW'lies. And that is the trouble with Dartmoor, thaws
come with a vengeance with warm SW'lies bringing heavy rain and wet-bulbs
around 9C. Unless the snow has gone through a number of thaw/freeze cycles
it soon goes. As you know SW'ern snow does not often go through more than a
couple of those.

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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