and from the 'What does this forecast mean' page

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Wind direction and speed

Wind direction illustrates the direction in which the wind is blowing
to. This is signified in the forecast table by an arrow and compass
directions, such as SSW (south southwest), NW (north west) and E (east).
Wind speed refers to the average speed over a given period.

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Norman Lynagh wrote:

Metman2012 wrote:

On 20/02/2019 11:54, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 10:36:39 AM UTC, John Hall
wrote:
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Graham Easterling writes
But positively ludicrous when next Thursday, when the mean
wind speed ranges from 7 - 14mph gusting to around 20mph, it
says "Gusts will be strong enough to make small trees sway,
but shouldn't blow you over"

It looks like it's a standard piece of text used whenever the
strength of gusts is forecast to be between some upper and lower
limit, and is independent of the location. That's because
yesterday afternoon's forecast for today's weather in Cranleigh
used exactly the same text. It seems ridiculous that there is
felt to be a need to mention that the wind won't blow you over.
Gusts capable of doing that are perhaps a once in ten years
event here. If the forecast had been for rain, they might as


I agree that the new format is appalling. I thought maybe it was just
me but it seems not! I have also suggested that they revert to the old
version.

The warnings page looks like it has been "updated". It'll be
interesting to see what the warnings look like when we next get some
severe weather.

I see they've already got rid of the crap about trees swaying and
umbrellas being difficult to use.