Strong Winds

[Dave99]

Strong winds are causing havoc in Portsmouth today. Boat Care UK were forced to evacuate the ninth floor offices in Hampshire Terrace this morning after double glazed windows were blown out and crashed to the ground floor car park. A cleaner was "almost sucked out" as the lift doors opened.

Roads are closed and ferries are cancelled as winds reach Force 10. This morning troubled islanders from the Isle of Wight were "left floating" in the harbour entrance as conditions were "too dangerous to dock".

Some reports say that conditions are set to worsen before they improve.

 

[Dyflin]

Blowing in excess of 60 knots here in Dublin. The bay is almost completely white and visibility is reduced due to spray. So glad that (A) it's not a NE'ly and (B) we have docksafe on the berth. (plus C. we're in the water and not up on a cradle, a forty odd footer was blown off her cradle in a local club yard last weekend /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif )

 

[Twister_Ken]

There were breakers at the Northern end of the lake on Wimbeldon golf course this morning. Never seen that before.

 

[cindersailor]

Stangely today is one of the few days in the last couple of weeks in central Scotland when the wind has been less than F5! It is snowing though! We seem to be in the center of the low, pressure 969 and falling! 90mph at The Needles this morning sounded exciting, hold on to your hats down there.

 

[Cloven]

Cindersailor - quite agree.

Not a breath of wind here - 35 miles S of Edinburgh. Woke up to thin layer of snow. All gone now and bright & sunny. Chilly though - thermals on and think I'll go off for a stroll!!

Cheers.

 

[aitchw]

Soounds a bit extreme to be on the golf course today! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[boatmike]

Bramblemet has recorded gusts to 52 knots. The Solent looks like a witches cauldron from Lee sea front and if anyone has lost a rather nice galvanised bucket one just landed in my front garden! How windy does it have to get to lift a galvanised bucket over a 4 ft wall......?
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[doris]

see http://www.bramblemet.co.uk/wind.htm bloody windy eh what!

 

[Sailfree]

notice the sea T is 10.5 deg. From memory isn'tit normally 7-8 deg in January?

 

[Dave99]

we'll be needing sandbags in Portsmouth before we know it with all this climate change

 

[Cornishman]

You'd better hurry up and bring HMS Victory down to Guzz, then, and close your Dockyard!

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

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You'd better hurry up and bring HMS Victory down to Guzz, then, and close your Dockyard!

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Right you, outside, now!

You can stand in the cold, on your tod

Bus journey in this morning was nearly "in the newspaper" crossing Bedhampton flyover.

 

[waterboy]

Tides at Bramble Bank 1.6 metres above predicted at HW today.

 

[bilbobaggins]

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Tides at Bramble Bank 1.6 metres above predicted at HW today.

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That's a rather good example of 'storm surge', discussed in another thread on here just a few days ago.

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[bobgosling]

Several London mainline stations have just been closed due to wind damage ( London Bridge & Waterloo plus some others )

Bu@@ers up my journey home .... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Cutter]

No its not - read the panel on the left - the tide guage got bu**ered when someone ran into the pile!!!!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

And East coast mainline is shut at Biggleswade, so that shuts Kings Cross and St Pancras..... glad I turned around this morning and didn't get on the train....

 

[r_h]

Link to video footage of the Solent today here:

http://www.cowes.co.uk/cb/zone?p=story2;story_id=2328;cp=#

The water was higher than I've ever seen it!!

 

[NPMR]

Fowey - it took out the windomemeter. It got to 52.2kts and disappeared. Look at www.polruan-nci.org.uk