"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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| 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.
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| 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:
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| http://www.daveludlow.clara.net/weat...0800_radar.gif
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| My wheelie-bin-ometer never fails me

Hi Dave,

My bin went flying around too but EGNX (East Mids) only has winds to
high 20KTS. The image seems to show a good example of line convection.

Joe

PS Watch out for copyright etc with that image.