Weather: Sunday Severe Gales - Heads-Up

[simonjk]

Hi,

A quick heads-up not to be caught out by the severe gale force gusts transiting east through the Irish Sea and SW Approaches Sunday morning and then moving east through the Channel during the day.

Winds could reach in excess of severe gale force in gusts. More wind gust charts are here https://buff.ly/2BLAef3 Chart below shows starts of the gusts between 7am and 1pm Sunday.

I'm also posting about this to my FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/weatherschool/

Stay safe!
Simon

 

[lpdsn]

Hi,

A quick heads-up not to be caught out by the severe gale force gusts transiting east through the Irish Sea and SW Approaches Sunday morning and then moving east through the Channel during the day.

I think you probably do mean Irish Sea (and that's consistent with the GFS model based websites showing the worst in the St George's Channel and southern Irish Sea) but so many posters confuse the Celtic Sea with the Irish Sea that I'm never certain what people mean, especially when you say it'll move east up the English Channel.

 

[simonjk]

Yes, I definitely mean Irish Sea...always worth checking!!!

Simon

 

[lpdsn]

Thanks. I appreciate your warnings by the way.

 

[PhillM]

Thanks Simon. Your email forecasts are by far the most accurate. Thanks for the heads up.

 

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All lines and fenders deployed.
Thanks for the warning - tomorrow will be “book and film” day

 

[DJE]

Managed a very pleasant channel crossing today between the two depressions. Laying low in Cherbourg tomorrow until that one goes away. Will dig extra lines and fenders.

 

[lw395]

Not so much heads up as head down. I'm not getting up to go dinghy racing tomorrow having seen the forecasts.
Today was very pleasant.

 

[KAL]

Thanks Simon, as always.:encouragement:

 

[Seajet]

Thanks Simon; have passed the message on to chums with motor homes as well as boats !