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Old May 24th 05, 09:05 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Martin Rowley Martin Rowley is offline
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Default Irish Sea wind speeds later tonight and tomorrow



Mike Tullett wrote:

The latest UKMO FSXX chart for noon tomorrow suggests south to south west
winds of force 6 and perhaps 7.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack0.html

The 6.30 BBC 1 forecast showed the new arrows and the word strong was used,
but there was absolutely no mention of expected speeds. Is wind considered
such an unimportant element now, whereas a temp in London of 21C got a
specific mention? :-(

.... I suspect that it is dawning on the BBC Weather Centre that someone
has made a mistake here; fortunately, they've got the (relatively) quiet
summer to sort it out, but come the autumn/winter storm period, a much
better representation of the wind field, with indication of strength,
must be available.

Martin.