Poignard
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Dreadful conditions here in Croydon. Blew my umbrella inside out.
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gljnr1983
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Belter lol
Neil_Y
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Laser out in Plymouth!
Just got back from Mountbatten (Plymouth) and there was a guy out for a blast in his Laser, he'd never been as fast and it looked like fun. He was the only sail boat to be seen and I'd guess the gusts were up to the 30knt + area. Dartcom had max 36knt gust on the moors.
Just got back from Mountbatten (Plymouth) and there was a guy out for a blast in his Laser, he'd never been as fast and it looked like fun. He was the only sail boat to be seen and I'd guess the gusts were up to the 30knt + area. Dartcom had max 36knt gust on the moors.
Frankie-H
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http://www.grib.us/
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/
Both make for great reading, if you like that sort of thing. Keep safe and remember 1 hand for you and 1 for the boat.
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/
Both make for great reading, if you like that sort of thing. Keep safe and remember 1 hand for you and 1 for the boat.
Bilgediver
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Too much wind around to allow an entry to The Blue Flame Club......Hope the airport is snow free for your next flight out
bikedaft
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gusts of 89mph tiree
130mph aonach mor
151mph at cairngorm
can't imagine what it would be like being up either of those 2 hills!
130mph aonach mor
151mph at cairngorm
can't imagine what it would be like being up either of those 2 hills!
rhumlady
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I drove home from Clydebank to Dumbarton at about 16:00 and there was single digit traffic on the roads. Blowing a hooley but I think it si starting to calm down a bit. The pressure has dropped 28 mb in 18 hours.
bikedaft
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I drove home from Clydebank to Dumbarton at about 16:00 and there was single digit traffic on the roads. Blowing a hooley but I think it si starting to calm down a bit. The pressure has dropped 28 mb in 18 hours.
you must have been following me
apparently there were trees down in dumbarton earlier, but can't see any logs...
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John, it is probably only King Neptune complaining that soon it will be "Girls in Boats" in Faslane?
Lakesailor
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Average gusts 33mph at lake level (Lowwood Marina)
In Penrith they had
At St Bees Head the maximum gust has been 55mph.
Lake District Weatherline for today:
In Penrith they had
So the average gusts are pretty meaningless.
At St Bees Head the maximum gust has been 55mph.
Lake District Weatherline for today:
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uxb
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I went down to check the boat in Troon this afternoon but didn't hang around. The noise was incredible.
The boat was being blown off the pontoon fortunately - and the fenders were being blown out the water onto the deck. Never seen that before...
The boat was being blown off the pontoon fortunately - and the fenders were being blown out the water onto the deck. Never seen that before...
ProDave
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Well the wind is really getting up here.
Just been outside to check a few things and it was hard to stand up.
Now I really wish I had bought that handheld anemometer.
We were right in the eye of the storm earlier and it was relatively calm, but now the pressure is rising fast.
Melting snow and flooding just to make it interesting.
Better sharpen my chainsaw chain, as there's bound to be rich pickings of firewood this weekend.
Just been outside to check a few things and it was hard to stand up.
Now I really wish I had bought that handheld anemometer.
We were right in the eye of the storm earlier and it was relatively calm, but now the pressure is rising fast.
Melting snow and flooding just to make it interesting.
Better sharpen my chainsaw chain, as there's bound to be rich pickings of firewood this weekend.
Martin_J
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Bramblemet showing a bit of wind now...
http://www.bramblemet.co.uk
Mean Speed 35.7 kn (F8)
Highest Gust 49.2 kn (F10)
http://www.bramblemet.co.uk
Mean Speed 35.7 kn (F8)
Highest Gust 49.2 kn (F10)
Porthandbuoy
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I went down to Rhu marina at High Water, a couple of hours before the winds were at their worst. It was still pretty bad Rhu Marina
baggypipes
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windy
Troon @ 1800 wind indicator showed 71 knts quite a heel bit of a prob trying to get one side of boat to other. Biggest prob the TV speakers only do 30knts so cant hear the TV. Oh well better find sumink else to do,
take care all
Troon @ 1800 wind indicator showed 71 knts quite a heel bit of a prob trying to get one side of boat to other. Biggest prob the TV speakers only do 30knts so cant hear the TV. Oh well better find sumink else to do,
take care all
Seajet
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Here in West Sussex it's nothing compared to what Scotlands's getting of course, but the wind outside my S facing window just went up to a steady roar, the sound I normally only hear briefly in gusts !
The last time I heard anything like this was in October 1987, but hopefully we're still a long way away from that...
The last time I heard anything like this was in October 1987, but hopefully we're still a long way away from that...
ffiill
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Power went at 15.00 hrs-so house on standby geni-a good quality Chinese 600 watt £50 machine!-hearing on big multifuel cooking on gas-only problem is the water-its pumped out of Loch Ness up to a conccrete treatment plant /header tank.
Having said that the River Moriston is almost on full flood with sluices fully open on hydro dam-so much for renewables!
Oh yes and its tipping it down-sleaty rain.
Wind took a few trees but not as bad as this time last year when it ripped up whole sections of pine and spread them liberally about.
Glasgow weather centre finally mentioned the Boxing Day night storm 1998-140 recorded at Prestwich.We were without power on Bute for four days and whole of Clyde coast was out until next day.
Never forget seeing nothing down coast towards Ayr other than lighthouses and beacons-all the cities were out from Greenock down.Neither forget the screaming roar above our roof on Canada Hill.My old boat survived being wellied by a catermaran in Rothesay Inner Harbour where as I recall it was a high tide over the harbour wall and into the town centre.
This here in Great Glen was nothing compared to that.
Having said that the River Moriston is almost on full flood with sluices fully open on hydro dam-so much for renewables!
Oh yes and its tipping it down-sleaty rain.
Wind took a few trees but not as bad as this time last year when it ripped up whole sections of pine and spread them liberally about.
Glasgow weather centre finally mentioned the Boxing Day night storm 1998-140 recorded at Prestwich.We were without power on Bute for four days and whole of Clyde coast was out until next day.
Never forget seeing nothing down coast towards Ayr other than lighthouses and beacons-all the cities were out from Greenock down.Neither forget the screaming roar above our roof on Canada Hill.My old boat survived being wellied by a catermaran in Rothesay Inner Harbour where as I recall it was a high tide over the harbour wall and into the town centre.
This here in Great Glen was nothing compared to that.
aitchem
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Lost 3 trees tonight, only spruces fortunately.
Luckily the chainsaw was fuelled up and a new chain on.
Impressed the neighbours no end.
Luckily the chainsaw was fuelled up and a new chain on.
Impressed the neighbours no end.
chinita
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Nothing personal but are kids made of confetti these days?
I wonder what schools did in the days before mobile phones.
Oh, I know, kids just walked home and had a great time in so doing.
Downsman
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I don't think it's the kids at all. It's the parents..if little Tommy gets blown over or hit by a flying roof tile..the parents sue the school, Education authority, owner of the roof and if they can the wind Gods.. Oh! and the Met office just for good measure...Cheaper to shut the school.
