The last of the North Pennine Snow patches melted yesterday on Mickle Fell. Nothing has been visible on Crossfell for a few days now apart from a brief covering from passing showers. Overall the season has been fairly poor compared with recent years when certain patches lasted from December through to June. I can safely report that glaciation of the High Pennines is unlikley this year !

Thanks to Dave, Brian and Mark for their updates this year.

Paul Crabtree
Brampton, NE Cumbria
www.bramptonweather.co.uk

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The last of the North Pennine Snow patches melted yesterday on Mickle Fell.
Nothing has been visible on Crossfell for a few days now apart from a brief
covering from passing showers. Overall the season has been fairly poor
compared with recent years when certain patches lasted from December through
to June. I can safely report that glaciation of the High Pennines is
unlikley this year !

Thanks to Dave, Brian and Mark for their updates this year.

Paul Crabtree
Brampton, NE Cumbria
www.bramptonweather.co.uk

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A sad day :-)

Ah well only a few more weeks till winter 2012/13, we had summer in March
and now we are well into Autumn ;-)

Will
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The last of the North Pennine Snow patches melted yesterday on Mickle
Fell. Nothing has been visible on Crossfell for a
few days now apart from a brief covering from passing showers. Overall the
season has been fairly poor compared with
recent years when certain patches lasted from December through to June. I
can safely report that glaciation of the High .
Pennines is unlikley this year !

Normally at this time of year, I watch the last two snow patches on the tops
of the mountains above Loch Glascarnoch. Not until they melt (usually in the
last few days of May) do the nights become warmer. This year the snow levels
have been dropping nightly and we have permanent snow down to 300m. It was
still snowing at this level (93m AMSL) when I left to do the weeks shopping
in Dingwall at 10.30 BST this morning.

Still to give the lawn its first cut, trees starting to show green,
daffodils starting to go over and the first primroses showing. Any summer
now unlikely this year.

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland, 40 miles N. of Inverness

On Thu, 17 May 2012 02:51:27 -0700 (PDT), Paul Crabtree wrote:

Nothing has been visible on Crossfell for a few days now apart from a
brief covering from passing showers.

More "brief covering from passing showers" this morning on Cross Fell
top 100 or so feet very white. It's very overcast and cool 5C with a
F4 F4 NNE'ly so this may remain for more than a few hours. GDF has
just got above 0C in the last couple of hours.

Overall the season has been fairly poor compared with recent years ...

Almost a "no snow winter", the only memorable amount was mid December
or there abouts when we got 6" or so that hung about for a few days.

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Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.