"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Sheesh Jon, I remember those. That was a close call indeed for southern
Britain.

It was and the duty chief forecaster (now retired) probably remembers it
well too (no names, no pack drills etc). Actually we took a bit of a
hammering on the south coast with flooding as well as some (relatively
minor) wind damage.

Here in the SW you and I are always in the firing line from strong winter
jets.
Occasionally we can get deep snow up here in a cold westerly gale, at
least that
is what the locals tell me !

Presumably that translates to the usual drizzly rain on the low ground in
the shadow of the Haytor rain shadow ? ;-)

Jon.