Weather bomb about to hit UK

[Lakesailor]

Walney 1 and 2 have 102 turbines between 137 and 150 metres high.

Another 108 turbines west of Duddon Sands , same sort of height

another 30 at Barrow 120 metres high

another 30 at 163 metres high at Ormonde

They all join together into an enormous blot on the seascape

Bit of luck they'll all blow over.

 

[Easticks28]

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!

No prizes for coming second? There is in my house

 

[OGITD]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wea...-batter-British-coast-on-Black-Wednesday.html

 

[GDPR150987]

Walney 1 and 2 have 102 turbines between 137 and 150 metres high.

Another 108 turbines west of Duddon Sands , same sort of height

another 30 at Barrow 120 metres high

another 30 at 163 metres high at Ormonde

They all join together into an enormous blot on the seascape

Bit of luck they'll all blow over.

Im just looking at those out of my window on the Centrica CP1 gas platform out here wondering how they are going to get on tomorrow. We have been grounded out here with no chopper flights for next couple of days expecting max wave height of 8.5 meters and wind speed around 75 knots so should be interesting.

 

[sailorman]

Wel the Frog`s are "on the stops" tonight http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/france/ demand 82 GW Nuke out-put 57.6GW & almost in the red sector but still able to export 1.71GW to us

 

[Spyro]

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.

And they were erecting another one next to it last week. From Where I was it looked bigger than the first.

 

[Spyro]

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

Ah but good old Weatheronline is still showing force 6 with gusts to 44mph for Ardrossan. I'd go sailing with that forecast.....

 

[BERT T]

Every cloud has a silver lining !

Hopefully this time it might to gold!

 

[JumbleDuck]

Ah but good old Weatheronline is still showing force 6 with gusts to 44mph for Ardrossan. I'd go sailing with that forecast.....

Every single Calmac service west of Kintyre is now showing as cancelled for tomorrow, except the Oban-Coll-Tiree service which is showing normal service. Mind you, it doesn't run on Wednesdays.

 

[ANDY123]

Walney 1 and 2 have 102 turbines between 137 and 150 metres high.

Another 108 turbines west of Duddon Sands , same sort of height

another 30 at Barrow 120 metres high

another 30 at 163 metres high at Ormonde

They all join together into an enormous blot on the seascape

Bit of luck they'll all blow over.

Don't forget Robin Rigg

 

[Robert Wilson]

I am holding my breath. IF they are correct with the forecast, not only should we get very very strong winds, big waves/seas - but also snow.
Not a day to be on either water or hill.

 

[Lakesailor]

60 of them at 125 metres high. We don't get up there that often

 

[ANDY123]

60 of them at 125 metres high. We don't get up there that often

I think Tom Sharpe wrote a book about them....Blot on the landscape!

 

[Robert Wilson]

No snow, winds not EXCEPTIONAL. Just had a good thunder and lightning session. Big strike on Priest Island (uninhabited).
Waves/sea breaking on north end of Gruinard Island little more than normal, perhaps.
Ordinary sort of winter-blowy day at the mo.

 

[Even Chance]

Aye, just a wee bit blowy, nothing out of the usual for winter really here in Thurso, Caithness. Surfers will be out today, theres some good surf conditions on Thurso East. Few lightning flashes out over Orkney this morning on the way to work, rain, but no snow.

 

[dancrane]

Surfers will be out today, there's some good surf conditions on Thurso East.

What's the sea temperature locally? It's 13.4°C in Brighton today...which is uncommonly warm, or so I'm told. I won't be testing that.

 

[sarabande]

ooopa, tidal surge >0.5m W Scotland

http://www.ntslf.org/data/realtime?port=Ullapool

 

[Even Chance]

What's the sea temperature locally? It's 13.4°C in Brighton today...which is uncommonly warm, or so I'm told. I won't be testing that.

Says 11.2 today in Thurso. We get the Gulf Stream here though, as it should be a LOT colder up here!
Still quite mild really here. Going a run in the car at lunchtime, so will have a better look at the sea then. The Stromness lifeboat went out this morning to a Spanish trawler that had its wheelhouse windows smashed in to the West of Orkney. They should have been in the lee of the islands like every other boat out there. Idiots, putting the LB guys lives at risk!

 

[Robert Wilson]

Says 11.2 today in Thurso. We get the Gulf Stream here though, as it should be a LOT colder up here!
Still quite mild really here. Going a run in the car at lunchtime, so will have a better look at the sea then. The Stromness lifeboat went out this morning to a Spanish trawler that had its wheelhouse windows smashed in to the West of Orkney. They should have been in the lee of the islands like every other boat out there. Idiots, putting the LB guys lives at risk!

+1

 

[Ional]

Worth a look at Simon Keeling's take on tabloid forecast terms!

http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtvsimonnew.php?ID=1229

Take the news with a few pinches of salt!