On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:37:47 +0100, "Col"
wrote:

Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, All,
Great Dun Fell 848m, Upper Teesdale, highest so far 03Z, West 49G59KT,
Beaufort force 10, Copley at more habitable levels, 253m, highest
10min WSW 29G44KT at 08:00Z.
Good for the media hype!

Oh they'll sieze upon that one allright!

It's like when you see a headline of '99mph on the south coast'
then find out it's from The Needles, which is exposed even by
coastal standards, never mind being remotely representative of
where anybody actually lives.

Some might argue that anemometers 10 metres up in the open air aren't
representative of where most people actually live.

I'm sticking with my back garden anemometer at 3 metres (to get it
above the garden walls) but of course, it will never report wind
speeds remotely interesting to the media, or most weather enthusiasts
for that matter, however representative of real life in suburbia it
may be. Highest gust yesterday: 23 mph.

--
Dave
Fareham (W)