Weekend after next looks like a belter

[ChrisE]

And I was going sailing!!

 

[snowleopard]

I once picked up a w/fax a bit like that with so many feathers on the wind arrows they added triangles representing 50 knots. I was in mid-atlantic at the time and it scared me s***less until I realised it was for 500 mB, i.e. high altitude and what I was seeing was the jet stream.

This one is at 850 so not jetstream level but certainly well above us.

 

[Dyflin]

Keep an eye on this one too.

Magic Seaweed

 

[DJE]

So is there a simple relationship between those 850hPa charts and surface wind speeds?

 

[ChrisE]

About 30-50% less I believe.

 

[sarabande]

Doesn't that Magic Seaweed site show how much the TV Met Office graphics are a load of dumbed down crud and useless for all practical purposes, let alone sailing ?

Thanks for the link.

 

[DeeGee]

Hm, looks quite pleasant from where I am sitting... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif