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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! :-)


21:50
Postbridge now up to 79mm. 26mm at Haytor. Continuous moderate rain and a
howling F5-6 wind. Looks threatening to the SW, could be a real downpour
tonight, wouldn't be surprised to see Postbridge top 150mm as an event
total. Getting on for over 200mm probably on the high southern moors.

Will
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" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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