"Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:...

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10:45
Howling wind, moderate lashing rain, water already flowing off the moor
down the hill, mild at 8.5C, nothing more to say really. Just glad I
invested in some new green walking wellies before the winter!


11:00
Postbridge now gusting 42 knots with heavy rain at 8 mm/h and 8C. This
is going to be a wet one!


13:15
Haytor now 10.2mm (AWS). Postbridge 24.2 mm. Gusting 43 knots at
Postbridge. Good F5 here in more sheltered Haytor which is right on the
eastern edge of the heaviest rainfall. Looks particularly wet over the
southern moor with getting on for a couple of inches now I should think
up on Ryders Hill at 500 metres. Temperatures on Dartmoor mostly 8 to
10C. Getting wet!


15:45
Still raining at around 3 mm/h. Total now 18.2mm (AWS).
Postbridge is 43.8 mm with a F7 SW wind. Southern moor will be up to 75mm
now.
A wet day on Dartmoor and now the dog wants to go out. We love the rain!
:-)

16:35
Short walk for the dog, turned to go uphill to 400 metres but was assaulted
by a force 7 and horizontal heavy rain. Dogs tail went down and we ended up
doing a very short local circuit. Postbridge now up to 52mm and Haytor 21mm.
Wind howling down the chimney. Height and exposure is making a huge
difference. Regarding the water table the patio is still very wet but the
water cannot physically go over my doorstep as it then flows away down hill
(goodness knows where to). Lots of reports of flooding coming in on Radio
Devon now and with another 18 hours or so of rain, things are not going to
improve. Another thing I have noticed on the increase locally in the past
two years is the use of sandbags outside drives etc. One neighbour lower
down in Haytor Vale has even gone to the expense of having a complete new
drain fitted, water now flows away nicely down a footpath and then into a
stream instead of into their house! :-)

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 26/01/2016 16:44, Eskimo Will wrote:
16:35
Short walk for the dog, turned to go uphill to 400 metres but was
assaulted by a force 7 and horizontal heavy rain. Dogs tail went down
and we ended up doing a very short local circuit. Postbridge now up to
52mm and Haytor 21mm. Wind howling down the chimney. Height and exposure
is making a huge difference. Regarding the water table the patio is
still very wet but the water cannot physically go over my doorstep as it
then flows away down hill (goodness knows where to). Lots of reports of
flooding coming in on Radio Devon now and with another 18 hours or so of
rain, things are not going to improve. Another thing I have noticed on
the increase locally in the past two years is the use of sandbags
outside drives etc. One neighbour lower down in Haytor Vale has even
gone to the expense of having a complete new drain fitted, water now
flows away nicely down a footpath and then into a stream instead of into
their house! :-)

Only 1.6 mm of rain today here. Most of the day there was just the odd
spot in the breeze, nothing much at all.

The sun even managed to shine just after sunrise giving a bright orange
fiery sky.

Temperature has been around 11C to 12C for most of the day.

Monthly total a rather wetter than average 107.6 mm.

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 26/01/2016 19:32, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 26/01/2016 16:44, Eskimo Will wrote:
16:35
Short walk for the dog, turned to go uphill to 400 metres but was
assaulted by a force 7 and horizontal heavy rain. Dogs tail went down
and we ended up doing a very short local circuit. Postbridge now up to
52mm and Haytor 21mm. Wind howling down the chimney. Height and exposure
is making a huge difference. Regarding the water table the patio is
still very wet but the water cannot physically go over my doorstep as it
then flows away down hill (goodness knows where to). Lots of reports of
flooding coming in on Radio Devon now and with another 18 hours or so of
rain, things are not going to improve. Another thing I have noticed on
the increase locally in the past two years is the use of sandbags
outside drives etc. One neighbour lower down in Haytor Vale has even
gone to the expense of having a complete new drain fitted, water now
flows away nicely down a footpath and then into a stream instead of into
their house! :-)

Only 1.6 mm of rain today here. Most of the day there was just the odd
spot in the breeze, nothing much at all.

The sun even managed to shine just after sunrise giving a bright orange
fiery sky.

Temperature has been around 11C to 12C for most of the day.

Monthly total a rather wetter than average 107.6 mm.

Just seen somebody on TWO from Buxton claiming that the temps in varios
rooms in their house ranged from 7-9°C in therecent cold(ish) spell.
And that was with the heating *on*!

I've just asked whether they actually have a roof.....


--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg