On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 13:54:29 UTC, wrote:
I need some advice from local weather experts in Leeds area please? I would
like to know whether Leeds gets affected by lee gustiness in a strong SW
airflow so I can advise my daughter who lives in NE Leeds. Looking at the
charts it is looking quite serious for northern England on Saturday with a
stable flow and geostrophic winds in excess of 80 knots. I know Ken (and
Sheffield) has problems in a westerly, but SW'ly to the east of the
Pennines?

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Ferrybridge power station is not too far from Leeds-but to the SE. I remember the cooling towers being blown down in 1965 by a steady SW gale-it's on film somewhere.
IIRC, lee waves were blamed at the time.