I have to admit to being very surprised at the wind this evening here in
Dublin. Bar a late 16:00 weather warning about gales in the Irish Sea (F9)
from the Irish Met Office, I had heard nothing in previous forecasts to
indicate it would be this windy/gusty. Maybe I just didn't listen...enough.

Anyway according to Dublin Airport readings we're experiencing westerly
winds of 38mph (from tomorrow I'll have to quote km/hr!) and gusts to 49mph
at 19:00. Suffice to say it's enough to have caused some minor damage to the
front of the house with a tile and some lead flashing falling down.

Was there any late development in conditions that brought about this spell
of windy weather or should I pay more attention to the forecast!?

(It's gusting stronger as I write! I'm now on alert!!)

Joe

"JCW" wrote in message
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Anyway according to Dublin Airport readings we're experiencing
westerly winds of 38mph (from tomorrow I'll have to quote km/hr!)
.......................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^????

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Martin.

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In message , Martin Rowley
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"JCW" wrote in message
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Anyway according to Dublin Airport readings we're experiencing
westerly winds of 38mph (from tomorrow I'll have to quote km/hr!)
......................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^????


Speed limits on roads in the Irish Republic change from m.p.h. to
k.p.h tomorrow.

.... thanks: how long for us I wonder?

Martin.

"JCW" wrote in message
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Ireland is converting all measurements to metric, and I mean ALL, from
January 20th. Expect to see any Met wind readings in km instead of
miles. It's playing havoc on the roads what with the rounding up
resulting in reduced road speeds...and this on some of our more safe
roads! HGV restricted to 50 mph and double-decker buses to 40mph
everywhere as I recall.

HTH.

.... indeed yes! I suppose it is inevitable and no doubt we'll (UK) have
to join sometime - will have to practice thinking of cloud bases in
metres.

Martin.


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