Odd Weather Event

[Lakesailor]

I've been polishing my tender in the garden in the sunshine.
Lovely, warm, hardly any breeze.

Suddenly it became very dark and a terrific wind arose. Lasted for about 15 minutes.
The lake transformed from blue and serene to rolling crests (pretty unusual, when you get breaking crests it's usually on a short chop).

Back to sunny and blue now. Very odd.

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[dylanwinter]

enjoyed that

also enjoyed this

http://youtu.be/xjW3nvZQhFo

how old is your boat shed

lovely building

do the waves ever get in

does it ever run out of water

Dylan

 

[Vara]

Take #106, can we wrap this the lights failing.

If that had been me that post would have been a goner.

 

[machurley22]

Ascribe it to what you will but there is some odd weather about at the moment. It's only a 5 mile journey and it was dry and mild when I left work and the same when I arrived home but I passed through a heavy shower of sleet on the way.

 

[KREW2]

Indeed, I'm in Bowness at the moment. A large Hanse was being delivered to the boatyard at ferry Nab. As the sun was shining I walked down to have alook at it, 2 minutes later I was sheltering from a hail storm.

 

[sarabande]

sounds like a microburst.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

 

[Lakesailor]

do the waves ever get in

does it ever run out of water

Dylan

Haven't run out yet although the depth gauge I put in has been at 14", but I think the boat will float in less than 10".
It's also deeper near the doors so I could moor nose-in and near the doors. I'd only need about 6" then.

After a few days of rain the water level is over 30" and the water comes in over the jetty at that. However it was cleverly built with the jetty running uphill towards the back so there is plenty of room for deep water still.

 

[Lakesailor]

sounds like a microburst.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst

Could be. Inbetween the sunshine we have had swathes of heavy cloud passing over.

 

[Croak]

We had one of them camping at the YMCA. Wind SW good sailing weather, then I saw this dark grey cloud rolling down the lake from the north. Got up and ran to our merlin Rocket not tied to the trailer, But thankfully didn't get there on time, the wind, felt like a F8, lifted it off the trailer and smashed it on the ground (dry capsize) Dead Merlin Rocket.

As far as I could see all the boats on the lake capsized and a lot of tent damage.

It must have lasted for about 2 minutes.

then back round to a force 3 SW.

 

[Lakesailor]

Strange. It probably happens all the time but I've lived here 10 years now, in sight of the lake, and it's the first time I've noticed it.

 

[the_branflake]

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The weather is really weird at the moment. Also I'm not at all surprised by the change in water level around the 10th/11th. We were trying to load our boat up and i'm sure you could see the water level rising. I've never seen that much rain fall so quickly.

 

[photodog]

I've been polishing my tender in the garden in the sunshine.
Lovely, warm, hardly any breeze.

Suddenly it became very dark and a terrific wind arose. Lasted for about 15 minutes.
The lake transformed from blue and serene to rolling crests (pretty unusual, when you get breaking crests it's usually on a short chop).

Back to sunny and blue now. Very odd.

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Looks beerforce 8 to me..

 

[ValleyForge]

Checked out the mooring the day before, felt like early March / late October. Keep saying I'll put the boat on when it warms up a bit. That'll be August then.

 

[Lakesailor]

Glorious sun, blue sky, blue lake, f3 today.
But when the sun goes in behind a small cloud you remember it's not so warm.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/windermere

 

[ValleyForge]

Glorious sun, blue sky, blue lake, f3 today.
But when the sun goes in behind a small cloud you remember it's not so warm.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/windermere

Oh heck. time time time. Here's me, supposed to have retired, stuck behind a desk watching kendal traffic sorry running a shop. Got 'roped in to help' family business. Shucks & all that.

 

[mjcp]

Bora/Mistral type of wind? Where the cool air builds up behind a range of peaks until it overflows?

Clicky

mjcp

 

[bikedaft]

saw this in loch sween once - this was after a few minutes when it was less obvious, it was over water

 

[bikedaft]

ps was the stronger wind always from the same direction?

we had an episode nr loch sween where a very strong wind came up from nowhere thru night, then very calm, then very windy but from 180 degrees, ie probably as per my pic above, but it was pitch black

 

[Chrusty 1]

also enjoyed this

http://youtu.be/xjW3nvZQhFo

how old is your boat shed

lovely building

do the waves ever get in

does it ever run out of water

Dylan

Well I don't know, Mr. Brown has always struck me as being a sensible sort of bloke, but having seen this, I have to wonder?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNM2m6EW8AY&feature=relmfu

They should all be given the deep six IMHO It strikes me as almost being Dylanesque!

 

[Lakesailor]

I didn't want to have an unrealistic, start-first-pull, sort of film

Oh, BTW in answer to Dylan's question which I overlooked. Built 1783.
Mr William Wilberforce will have taken the boat out from there each day for his morning row whilst he spent the summers there until 1788

William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, spent time at Rayrigg. From here he would row to Lady Holme where he planned legislation against the slave trade.

the Taylor family had been convinced of the iniquity of slavery. In 1807 The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act had been passed on a wave of popular support, largely engendered by William Wilberforce. Wilberforce may personally have influenced the Taylors; between 1780 and 1788 he had rented Rayrigg Hall from Isabella's family.