PLEASE someone get rid of this howling NE'ly which our local forecast last
night said 'winds will be a lot lighter on wednesday'

Er did they really mean a lot stronger?

Blowing a steady 25mph here at Shoreham by sea max 32mph

Robbie

hh wrote:
PLEASE someone get rid of this howling NE'ly which our local forecast last
night said 'winds will be a lot lighter on wednesday'

Er did they really mean a lot stronger?

Blowing a steady 25mph here at Shoreham by sea max 32mph

Robbie



It's felt a little warmer here in Southend-on-Sea 17.6°c max, but as
you say that wind just goes right through you. Tomoorow they say we will
have more low cloud and cooler. So expect the opposite :-)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

It's felt a little warmer here in Southend-on-Sea 17.6°c max, but as you
say that wind just goes right through you. Tomoorow they say we will have
more low cloud and cooler. So expect the opposite :-)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

This wind is bloody annoying , why cant we have it in winter when its cold
anyway!

hh wrote:

PLEASE someone get rid of this howling NE'ly which our local forecast
last night said 'winds will be a lot lighter on wednesday'

Er did they really mean a lot stronger?

Blowing a steady 25mph here at Shoreham by sea max 32mph

Robbie

I don't know why, but the Met Office has nearly always underestimated the
strength of winds from the east. A "light breeze", when it's from the east,
is one you have to lean into when walking. Not only the wind is affected.
Usually, when the forecast is for eastern coasts to be cool and cloudy you
have to allow for Birmingham being a seaside town on the east coast. When I
was a child, and the winter wind had turned into the east, and the forecast
was for rain showers with snow on high ground, I knew that "high ground"
would mean no more than a hundred feet AMSL. Seems nothing much has changed
in these forecasts for the past half-century.

--
Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
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On May 2, 8:41 pm, Graham P Davis wrote:
hh wrote:
PLEASE someone get rid of this howling NE'ly which our local forecast
last night said 'winds will be a lot lighter on wednesday'

Er did they really mean a lot stronger?

Blowing a steady 25mph here at Shoreham by sea max 32mph

Robbie

I don't know why, but the Met Office has nearly always underestimated the
strength of winds from the east. A "light breeze", when it's from the east,
is one you have to lean into when walking. Not only the wind is affected.
Usually, when the forecast is for eastern coasts to be cool and cloudy you
have to allow for Birmingham being a seaside town on the east coast. When I
was a child, and the winter wind had turned into the east, and the forecast
was for rain showers with snow on high ground, I knew that "high ground"
would mean no more than a hundred feet AMSL. Seems nothing much has changed
in these forecasts for the past half-century.

--
Graham P Davis
Bracknell, Berks., UK
Send e-mails to "newsman" as mails to "newsboy" are ignored.

I've noticed this, too, and the only explanation I can think of
is that they have failed to allow for the anticyclonic curvature which
seems to particuarly affect easterlies or northeasteriles in southern
England and the Channel. Or there may be some other effect, I
suspect, but the Met Office has never picked up on it. Could it be
something to do with land/sea temperature differences at this time of
year?

Tudor Hughes, windy Warlingham, NE Surrey.

"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...

It's felt a little warmer here in Southend-on-Sea 17.6°c max, but as
you say that wind just goes right through you. Tomoorow they say we will
have more low cloud and cooler. So expect the opposite :-)

--
Keith (Southend)

The grot's on it's way in, Keith.

Southend TAF indicates between 21 and 24Z
EGMC 021805Z 021904 04012KT CAVOK BECMG 2124 6000 BKN004 PROB30
2304 2000 BR -DZ BKN001=

20Z SYNOPs looking ominous
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...ationplot.html

Expect a bit of gloom over Haytor too, for different reasons..

Jon.

"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...

It's felt a little warmer here in Southend-on-Sea 17.6°c max, but as
you say that wind just goes right through you. Tomoorow they say we will
have more low cloud and cooler. So expect the opposite :-)

--
Keith (Southend)

The grot's on its way in, Keith.

Southend TAF indicates between 21 and 24Z
EGMC 021805Z 021904 04012KT CAVOK BECMG 2124 6000 BKN004 PROB30
2304 2000 BR -DZ BKN001=

20Z SYNOPs looking ominous
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...ationplot.html

Expect a bit of gloom over Haytor too, for different reasons..

Jon.

Jon O'Rourke wrote:
"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...

It's felt a little warmer here in Southend-on-Sea 17.6°c max, but as
you say that wind just goes right through you. Tomoorow they say we will
have more low cloud and cooler. So expect the opposite :-)

--
Keith (Southend)

The grot's on its way in, Keith.

Southend TAF indicates between 21 and 24Z
EGMC 021805Z 021904 04012KT CAVOK BECMG 2124 6000 BKN004 PROB30
2304 2000 BR -DZ BKN001=

20Z SYNOPs looking ominous
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...ationplot.html

Expect a bit of gloom over Haytor too, for different reasons..

Jon.



As of 22:05 the moons still clearly visible very low to the SE, looking
a bit orange though, must be Red Leicester :-)

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...

As of 22:05 the moons still clearly visible very low to the SE, looking
a bit orange though, must be Red Leicester :-)

The encroaching stratus sheet is just about discernable on the IR imagery
http://wind.met.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin...laymode=Endlos

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_ir.html

either way, you're doomed !

Jon.

"hh" wrote in message
...
PLEASE someone get rid of this howling NE'ly which our local forecast
last night said 'winds will be a lot lighter on wednesday'

Er did they really mean a lot stronger?

Blowing a steady 25mph here at Shoreham by sea max 32mph

Robbie


I wasn't exactly howling here today, but my left ear was colder than at
anytime during the winter , whilst waiting for son's cricket training to
finish. Max 10.1c today, but glorious just inland a bit.


--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.