Weather bomb about to hit UK

[Cloven]

Just seen this on the BBC website - apologies if it's been flagged up already

Waves up to 40+ ft forecast - ouch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30393614

Hope anyone in NW UK gets through it OK

 

[Sandyman]

Just seen this on the BBC website - apologies if it's been flagged up already

Waves up to 40+ ft forecast - ouch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30393614


Hope anyone in NW UK gets through it OK

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?415932-Weather-Warning&highlight=

 

[Cloven]

Can I claim second prize?

 

[VicS]

Can I claim second prize?

Unlike Bargain Hunt where there are no losers, only winners and runners up, there are second prizes on theses forums........ go stand in the corner!

 

[MASH]

"Weather Bomb"

Are they serious? Whatever will our idiotic press think of next?

 

[macd]

"Weather Bomb"

Are they serious? Whatever will our idiotic press think of next?

And your justification for assuming that the writer dreamed up that expression is what?

 

[capnsensible]

"Weather Bomb"

Are they serious? Whatever will our idiotic press think of next?

Didn't do your homework, did you?

Wiki has a good explanation of explosive cyclogenesis, or weather bomb. Its a met term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_(meteorology)

 

[Greenheart]

Damn you, Cap'n. You got there before me.

 

[capnsensible]

Damn you, Cap'n. You got there before me.

:encouragement:

 

[Boreades]

Any bets on how many wind turbines get taken out?

 

[Sandyman]

"Weather Bomb"

Are they serious? Whatever will our idiotic press think of next?

Not the press. As I recall its when a low pressure area drops by more than 24mB in a 24h period. Current low had dropped 54mB.

 

[Greenheart]

Any bets on how many wind turbines get taken out?

I lately saw a single turbine blade on a dockside, presumably for export. It was easily 200ft long, and I've read that single blades 80 meters (over 260ft) long are being produced. How big would the whole assembled structure be?

Are there any of that size, in the south of the UK? I'd like to see one. Then complain about it.

 

[FWB]

I lately saw a single turbine blade on a dockside, presumably for export. It was easily 200ft long, and I've read that single blades 80 meters (over 260ft) long are being produced. How big would the whole assembled structure be?

Are there any of that size, in the south of the UK? I'd like to see one. Then complain about it.

Carland Cross near Truro has some of them...

http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/10...arland-Cross/story-19260731-detail/story.html

 

[Gordonmc]

I lately saw a single turbine blade on a dockside, presumably for export. It was easily 200ft long, and I've read that single blades 80 meters (over 260ft) long are being produced. How big would the whole assembled structure be?

Are there any of that size, in the south of the UK? I'd like to see one. Then complain about it.

Not the SofE, but there's a biggy running at Hunterston near Largs.
167 metres diameter, so just over 80m per blade.
Tip height overall is 193.5 m.
Mitsubishi 7 MW.

 

[Greenheart]

...there's a biggy running at Hunterston near Largs...167 metres diameter, so just over 80m per blade. Tip height overall is 193.5 m. Mitsubishi 7 MW.

Thanks for that. Actually I wouldn't complain about it, I reckon it's awesome in every way. But I can understand folk who knew the area before the turbine's arrival, objecting.

Cripes, 193 meters...that's near as dammit the height of the Fawley power station chimney! Imagine that, twirling round.

 

[Seajet]

Any bets on how many wind turbines get taken out?

Every cloud has a silver lining !

 

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Explanation of a weather bomb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/30397614

 

[Sybarite]

Has any boat ever hit one in bad weather, fog..??

 

[JumbleDuck]

Thanks for that. Actually I wouldn't complain about it, I reckon it's awesome in every way. But I can understand folk who knew the area before the turbine's arrival, objecting.

Before the turbine#s arrival the area was (and still is) adorned with two nuclear power stations and a mile long iron ore and coal jetty. Scenic it ain't. Besides, we lost the Kip power station chimney last year, so the total of big sticky-up things on the Clyde coast hasn't changed.

 

[Greenheart]

...two nuclear power stations and a mile long iron ore and coal jetty. Scenic it ain't.

I didn't want to say that, but I'm glad to hear it.