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RE: Weather.

Tuppence — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:21:25 GMT

I'm pleased you are enjoying the sun rises, Don. Cold here with ice instead of birds' drinking water. I'm wrapped up and wearing a warm Aran. Excellent that the concert was so good. I'm out at a party tomorrow afternoon for us garden centre volunteers, then to my first Christmas concert of the year, in the church at West Ashton.

Hope you stay on your feet and the ice doesn't get you!

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Stymie — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:22:51 GMT

Yes, we made it. The musical evening was the best that we have attended at the school. Temperature is hovering around zero but got a notch above during the day. The trees are pretty much taking care of themselves. Not much one can do at the moment anyway.

Two successive mornings of red sunrises have lifted the spirits.

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Tuppence — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:06:57 GMT

I'm sorry to hear you were hit by the snow, Don. None here, thank goodnes. We have had a lot of rain over the past week or two, though. I'm always very glad I don't live near a river that floods.

Hope the snow has gone and that you managed to get to and from the school concert safely.

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Stymie — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:27:47 GMT

The snow hit us last night. It turned to rain during today and I'm waiting for the resultant slush to be frozen again later. I hope that we'll get back home again because we're going to our grandson's music concert at school tonight and we live up a steep hill. :w00t:

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Stymie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:29:28 GMT

[quote][b]Kath (9/6/2008)[/b][hr]

Will you now be able to buy winter feed?, that must in itself be very expensive, but more importantly is there any available at all in your area, or will it have to come from e.g. down this way or even further afield?[/quote]

Everyone up here is in the same situation so there's nothing to be picked up. The only collected stuff will be silage. That will be at a premium and I don't like it anyway.:crying:

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Kath — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:03:39 GMT

When are we going to have at least a dry fortnight????????????

I just grumble because I can't get outside and work in the garden, and as we live on sandy soil, it drains very quickly, and are also in the driest part of UK, it just inconvenient, but in your area it must be very frightening when rivers rise so very high, and as you say how long will it take for that sodden ground to ever dry out.

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Stymie — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:06:22 GMT

As UK browsers will know, this has been one of the wettest summers on record.

The ground has taken as much moisture as it can hold and the torrential rain of the last 24 hours has resulted in many pockets of flooding. I had two diversions on the school run today, when we went to pick up the grandchildren from their respective schools. Local rivers are dangerously high at this time.

I have been unable to have pasture cut for hay this year and am getting dangerously close to running out of winter feed already. Everyone in the area is in the same dilemma. What to do is a worry.

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Kath — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:47:50 GMT

Put out the flags, we've had 4 days of dry weather, with only showers at night, but now it's back to the norm of this year, next four days heavy cloud and rain with maybe a ray of sun in between the showers. DH is swearing as he has 4 bowling matches to play,tonight, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, oh dear :hehe:

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Stymie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:10:48 GMT

Strong winds + driving rain at the turn of the month played havoc with some early Satsuki blooms. They were picked off and now the later blooms are in full cry. Some more of the same is forecast here for the remainder of this week. Our club show is next month which will rule them out. It is now non-competitive but we are keeping the classes so that Mames don't disappear in the undergrowth of larger material. Plums are almost non-existant this year perhaps due to late frosts. Prunings from the large trees in the garden are going down well in the goathouse.:cool:

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Tuppence — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:13:43 GMT

Thanks for posting the photos, nige. Snow always looks so pretty, however much I dislike it for the problems it brings. You had heavier falls than we did. Hope you don't get too much in the night. It's clear here (8.13 p.m) but who knows what the morning will bring!

:)

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nige — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:30:40 GMT

Last nights snow had cleared by mid afternoon, it started snowing heavily about 5 minutes ago. The ground is already white over, so expect to wake up to another white morning! Bbbrrrrrrrr!

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nige — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:11:25 GMT

Lovely and sunny here this morning but everything is covered in a layer of snow, it should all have gone by this evening though as it is melting pretty quickly

This is how my garden looked at 8am this morning

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Tuppence — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:29:22 GMT

It did snow this morning. I was up at around 7 a.m. and it was falling then. Bye 9 a.m. it had all gone and the sun is shining now. Due more tomorrow.

:)

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Tuppence — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:59:40 GMT

I think your weather is on the way to us!

Brrrrr.

Penny

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keithmart — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:26:10 GMT

Today we have had rain, sleet and hail. Tomorrow and Monday snow is forecast. The wind is bitter cold.

Roll on summer!!

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Tuppence — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:51:27 GMT

Apparently, some of you have already had snow - the local forecast is for light snow and sleet tomorrow and heavy snow on Monday. Hope the forecast is wrong as is sometimes is.

Penny

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Tuppence — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:54:55 GMT

Easter morning, 7.54 a.m., and it's snowing. Temperature is 25 degrees Farenheit. Brrrrrr. Taking an azalea to Meeting this morning, to stand on the table we sit round, so will have to wrap it up. :)

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keithmart — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:57:05 GMT

we have had three or four hail storms during the course of today. We woke up to snow which quickly melted.

Apart from the hail, it has been quite sunny, but the wind has been bitter!

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Tuppence — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:29:41 GMT

It's been windy here, too, today, Good Friday. We had another hailstorm and I was out in this one too, walking a dog. The hail was softer today, almost like snow granules, whereas yesterday it was more lik ice.

The low cloud cleared somewhat this afternoon and we had some sunshine, but it's cold.

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Stymie — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:49:20 GMT

The winds are back with a vengeance these last two and a half days and still blowing with snow flurries. Minus 2C last night and more to follow. Wind direction is gradually veering North from West and it looks like being a Northeaster for Easter [if you follow the drift].

Keep 'em tied down and be sparing with the chocolate eggs.:P

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Stymie — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:03:20 GMT

Another shot taken during the storm.

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RoyH — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:20:01 GMT

all calm now, nice to feel the trees are safe again. I just had to firm up my recently re-potted Larch.

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keithmart — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:59:59 GMT

We have been lucky as the winds though high were no where near as bad as last time.

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Stymie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:43:42 GMT

It is still blowing stuff up.

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Tuppence — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:17:46 GMT

I'll definitely see to the bonsai that always blow over. I see one of my neighbour's fencing panels is flapping! I'm crossing fingers that the storm misses us but we probably won't be that lucky. The following Met Office report gives severe gales due as due to start this afternoon.

I see Wiltshire isn't mentioned specifically, but I'm only 10 miles from Bath.

South West England:
Bath + NE Somerset
Bournemouth
Bristol
Dorset
N Somerset
Poole
S Gloucestershire
Somerset
Severe Gales 1300 Mon 10 1600 Mon 10

Strong west or southwesterly winds will gust up to 60 to 70 mph at times this afternoon, especially in exposed parts, before easing a little later on. The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice regarding traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 08.39 Mon 10th

:)

RE: Weather.

keithmart — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:11:13 GMT

According to the local forecast for yorkshire the winds will be a little slower than they were last time.

Time will tell!!!!!!!!

Weather.

Stymie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:44:21 GMT

With the warnings of gales and flooding ringing in our ears, I urge everyone to do as I have. I've lifted my trees off their pedestals and shelves and placed them where they will not get as much damage if they're blown over. The prospect of 80 mph winds can be expensive.