On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 04:48:15 +0000, MCC wrote:


Looks like a nice trough moving into the west of the UK with the latest
radar showing a large area of heavy rain over the SW together with gusty
winds (0400GMT)
Interesting few hours ahead I think.

I live in west Cornwall and can confirm your post.
The rain is lashing against the bedroom window and judging by my patented
anemometer (the pampas grass in next door's garden!) the wind must be around
35 knots in the gusts.

My patented "wheelie-bin-ometer" went spinning across the garden
around 8 am this morning thus, confirming gusts of 40mph or more. It
also confirms the accuracy of Solent MRSC, reporting gusts to 52
knots, and Southampton Airport (further inland) to 39 knots.

Associated with the cold front and front edge of a line of heavy rain
shown on the radar images around that time, from NW Wales to the Isle
of Wight and into France. Look at this 8 am image I copied from the
excellent www.avbrief.com:

http://www.daveludlow.clara.net/weat...0800_radar.gif

My wheelie-bin-ometer never fails me

--
Dave