The event is starting with rain into Cornwall but the MetO has taken
Cornwall out of its snow warning, leaving areas to the east of
Cornwall at risk. It'll be interesting to see if the rain turns to
snow over Bodmin Moor. Temperatures at 0.2C, with a dewpoint of 0.1C
on this website at Minions:

http://www.minionsboatclub.co.uk/weather/index.htm

Marginal snow there, but on the higher moor and on the A30 perhaps
rain turning to snow about now? The rainfall radar is a peach! Very
marginal whether I'll get my promised snow! *))

"Dawlish" wrote in message
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The event is starting with rain into Cornwall but the MetO has taken
Cornwall out of its snow warning,

There's an advisory out for heavy snow in Cornwall
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
updated at 1116Z.

Jon.

On 12 Jan, 12:30, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:
"Dawlish" wrote in message

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The event is starting with rain into Cornwall but the MetO has taken
Cornwall out of its snow warning,

There's an advisory out for heavy snow in Cornwallhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_warnings.html
updated at 1116Z.

Jon.

There is indeed, but it's currently 5C in Penzance, having dipped to
around 4C briefly during a particularly heavy burst of rain, so I
think you'll need to be east of Bodmin to get any (apart from some
sleety stuff). The snow & ice melted extremely quickly overnight.

The wind is a real feature, briefly reached Force 10 at Sevenstones.
It's one of those days when the wind seems to decrease particularly
sharply just inland. 64mph recorded at near Land's End. Out at
Mousehole this morning I recorded 56mph at shoulder height with a hand
held anemometer, whilst my 10m roof top anemometer in Penzance has so
far peaked at 47mph. Seems to be dercreasing now. The direction of the
wind means there's lots of bits coming off trees which down here have
a distinct lean away from the normal SW direction.

Seriously big sea running now. http://www.minack.com/webcams.htm

Graham
Penzance

"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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There is indeed, but it's currently 5C in Penzance, having dipped to
around 4C briefly during a particularly heavy burst of rain, so I
think you'll need to be east of Bodmin to get any (apart from some
sleety stuff). The snow & ice melted extremely quickly overnight.

Notice that Plymouth is reporting -RA SN, not sure if they really mean light
rain and moderate snow or light rain and snow
Plymouth EGHD 121250Z 12022G32KT 090V160 4500 -RA SN SCT010 BKN013 02/01
Q0998

Snowing at Jersey too
Jersey EGJJ 121250Z 13027KT 9999 -SN FEW008 SCT047 01/M03 Q1001 BECMG 3000
SN BKN008

Pellets on Guernsey
EGJB 121250Z 13022KT 7000 -PL SCT014 BKN045 02/M01 Q1000

+2.7°C here with the thaw of lying snow currently continuing.

Jon. (east Devon)

On Jan 12, 1:08*pm, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:
"Graham Easterling" wrote in message

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There is indeed, but it's currently 5C in Penzance, having dipped to
around 4C briefly during a particularly heavy burst of rain, so I
think you'll need to be east of Bodmin to get any (apart from some
sleety stuff). The snow & ice melted extremely quickly overnight.

Notice that Plymouth is reporting -RA SN, not sure if they really mean light
rain and moderate snow or light rain and snow
Plymouth EGHD 121250Z 12022G32KT 090V160 4500 -RA SN SCT010 BKN013 02/01
Q0998

Snowing at Jersey too
Jersey EGJJ 121250Z 13027KT 9999 -SN FEW008 SCT047 01/M03 Q1001 BECMG 3000
SN BKN008

Pellets on Guernsey
EGJB 121250Z 13022KT 7000 -PL SCT014 BKN045 02/M01 Q1000

+2.7°C here with the thaw of lying snow currently continuing.

Jon. (east Devon)

Just waiting for the rain here in Dorset - currently 1.3C and steady
for the last 2 hours and a DP of -0.8C. Quite nippy in the wind it
must be said

R
Hilton

On Jan 12, 12:30*pm, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:
"Dawlish" wrote in message

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The event is starting with rain into Cornwall but the MetO has taken
Cornwall out of its snow warning,

There's an advisory out for heavy snow in Cornwallhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_warnings.html
updated at 1116Z.

Jon.

Semantics and clarity for the public eh? There appears to be an
advisory Jon, which I think indicates 60% confidence that something
will happen and in MetO severe warnings speak, is not an early warning
(orange) but is an advisory (yellow), which had been in force until
this morning. Whether that still constitutes an warning, or only now
means an advisory - which I suppose is a type of warning (or is it?)
would be about as clear as the proverbial to the general public.
Helpfully for the public, the colouring on the map has changed from
orange to yellow for Cornwall, which certainly involves a downgrade; I
think. 80

A reminder you of the Pitt Review, P329,

21.12 "credibility of the sources of warnings needs to be attended to
or attempts to improve methods and messages will be undermined.
Evidence to the Review shows that there is often a lack of
understanding about warnings and, when false alarms are issued, the
public feels that there is not always adequate explanation
afterwards."

Worth a read.

On Jan 12, 1:37*pm, canals wrote:
On Jan 12, 1:08*pm, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:





"Graham Easterling" wrote in message

news:da41ce3b-ab31-4a96-9d4e-

There is indeed, but it's currently 5C in Penzance, having dipped to
around 4C briefly during a particularly heavy burst of rain, so I
think you'll need to be east of Bodmin to get any (apart from some
sleety stuff). The snow & ice melted extremely quickly overnight.

Notice that Plymouth is reporting -RA SN, not sure if they really mean light
rain and moderate snow or light rain and snow
Plymouth EGHD 121250Z 12022G32KT 090V160 4500 -RA SN SCT010 BKN013 02/01
Q0998

Snowing at Jersey too
Jersey EGJJ 121250Z 13027KT 9999 -SN FEW008 SCT047 01/M03 Q1001 BECMG 3000
SN BKN008

Pellets on Guernsey
EGJB 121250Z 13022KT 7000 -PL SCT014 BKN045 02/M01 Q1000

+2.7°C here with the thaw of lying snow currently continuing.

Jon. (east Devon)

Just waiting for the rain here in Dorset - currently 1.3C and steady
for the last 2 hours and a DP of -0.8C. Quite nippy in the wind it
must be said

R
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Rain here, with a little snow mixed in.

"Dawlish" wrote in message
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Semantics and clarity for the public eh? There appears to be an
advisory Jon, which I think indicates 60%

Advisories are issued when the risk is assed at between 40 and 60%. There's
more here...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html

Keep sending those comments in.

Jon.

"Dawlish" wrote in message
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Semantics and clarity for the public eh? There appears to be an
advisory Jon, which I think indicates 60%

Advisories are issued when the risk is assessed at between 40 and 60%.
There's
more here...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html

Keep sending those comments in.

Jon.

On Jan 12, 2:41*pm, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:
"Dawlish" wrote in message

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Semantics and clarity for the public eh? There appears to be an
advisory Jon, which I think indicates 60%

Advisories are issued when the risk is assessed at between 40 and 60%.
There's
more here...http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html

Jon.

Again, Jon; I know. There's a way to go to implement that particular
part of the Pitt report, for sure.