Victor West wrote in message ...

"Will" wrote in message
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Well I used my sledge to good effect last year and it is all ready to go
*when*
the snow hits this winter !


I suppose it's a rare winter which doesn't produce snow somewhere in the UK.

Victor



Indeed, but I'm working on the average conditions for my area with a minimum
altitude of 300m asl and a maximum altitude of 470m derived using Met Office
climatological 1961-90 data (rounded down to complete days) which show for

Nov average days sleet/snow falling = 3, snow lying = 0
Dec average days sleet/snow falling = 6, snow lying = 1
Jan average days sleet/snow falling = 9, snow lying = 4
Feb average days sleet/snow falling = 10, snow lying = 3
Mar average days sleet/snow falling = 9, snow lying = 2
Apr average days sleet/snow falling = 4, snow lying = 0

So on average 38 more wintry days and 10 with snow on the ground ahead !

Mind you, I have yet to calculate more up to date stats which quite possibly
could show a decrease.

Cheers,

Will.
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Hi Will,
I guess you will see some snow up there sometime this winter. For me, I am
not so sure. Although we have had snow on the ground, (particualrly last
year), there has always been a complication.. not enough, not cold enough,
or rapid thaw. Still, the kids and folk around loved it.
My post was relative to the dreary looking charts at the time, and although
there were signs of a 'blip' 1 or 2 days ago, things look back to normal
again ;( .
Still, January is 2 weeks away, and I really hope something can break this
setup.
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Well I used my sledge to good effect last year and it is all ready to go
*when*
the snow hits this winter !

One Sunday last winter it was like Cairngorm mountain up here on Haytor
with all
the car parks full and people parking on the road, ice cream and hot dog
stalls
and people whizzing down the slopes on plastic bags, sledges, bums etc
etc.
Sadly the next day it was all gone.

Luckily I had my very own short sled run in the garden.

Whhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Will.
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Martin Dixon wrote in message ...
In message
Paul Hyett wrote:

In uk.sci.weather on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 at 22:49:08, danny wrote :

I have to be honest, my old Slegde is hanging on the wall as a
Memento.

Before long, it'll become an antique...

Is that a long range forecast?

Martin

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In article ,
Victor West writes:
I suppose it's a rare winter which doesn't produce snow somewhere in the UK.

I doubt whether there's ever been one within the last few thousand
years, since "somewhere in the UK" would include the Scottish mountains,
the Pennines and Snowdonia.
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John Hall
"Think wrongly if you please,
but in all cases think for yourself."
Doris Lessing