I see that Flash warnings have been issued for most of Scotland valid
from 1800 this evening to 0300 tomorrow morning warning of severe gales
with gusts to 75 m.p.h. above 800 metres.

According to the Met Office website:

"These warnings are issued to help the public make informed decisions
that protect their life, welfare and property in the event of severe
weather in the next few hours".

I wonder how many people there are above 800 metres tonight in Scotland?
Perhaps the sheep better take note :-)

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

Norman Lynagh wrote:

I wonder how many people there are above 800 metres tonight in Scotland?
Perhaps the sheep better take note :-)

Poor sheep! In the Isle of Wight some 4WD louts have taken to
deliberately running sheep down.

Well the severe weather warning for NW Scotland issued last evening was for
above 1000m!!
Alan
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Norman Lynagh wrote:

I wonder how many people there are above 800 metres tonight in Scotland?
Perhaps the sheep better take note :-)

Poor sheep! In the Isle of Wight some 4WD louts have taken to
deliberately running sheep down.

When I first read your header Norman, I thought I was in for a blizzard or
something tonight.
Down here in the central lowlands (albeit sheltered by the Southern uplands
in current south easterly) the wind can barely turn the anemometer.
Mind you , it is cool, so I think a scarf and gloves alert should be issued.
I wonder how many peaks there are over 800m in the Met office South West
Scotland region? Less than a dozen I reckon - three or four square miles? I
guess there could be people working in the leadhills receiving / radar
station thingy mind you, but not sure if that is either 800m+ or if it's
manned. I don't believe the sheep are that daft!
A good example of weather warning overkill.
Alex.

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in
message ...
I see that Flash warnings have been issued for most of Scotland valid from
1800 this evening to 0300 tomorrow morning warning of severe gales with
gusts to 75 m.p.h. above 800 metres.

According to the Met Office website:

"These warnings are issued to help the public make informed decisions that
protect their life, welfare and property in the event of severe weather in
the next few hours".

I wonder how many people there are above 800 metres tonight in Scotland?
Perhaps the sheep better take note :-)

Norman.
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

Where was my warning for thick fog (100m) this afternoon. I got lost
:-)

Why wasn't I warned? :-)

Will.
--

Alex Stephens Jr wrote:

Scotland region? Less than a dozen I reckon - three or four square miles? I
guess there could be people working in the leadhills receiving / radar
station thingy mind you, but not sure if that is either 800m+ or if it's
manned.

It's at about 730m, and it's certainly manned, but I'm not sure if
that's 24 hours a day.
--
Steve Loft, Glenlivet. 200m ASL
Weather and webcam:
http://www.livet.org.uk/weather

I heard they were actually trying to get the Welsh bloke behind the sheep.

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Well the severe weather warning for NW Scotland issued last evening was
for above 1000m!!
Alan
"Purbeckview" wrote in message
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Norman Lynagh wrote:

I wonder how many people there are above 800 metres tonight in Scotland?
Perhaps the sheep better take note :-)

Poor sheep! In the Isle of Wight some 4WD louts have taken to
deliberately running sheep down.

On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:34:19 GMT, "Alex Stephens Jr"
wrote:

When I first read your header Norman, I thought I was in for a blizzard or
something tonight.
Down here in the central lowlands (albeit sheltered by the Southern uplands
in current south easterly) the wind can barely turn the anemometer.
Mind you , it is cool, so I think a scarf and gloves alert should be issued.
I wonder how many peaks there are over 800m in the Met office South West
Scotland region? Less than a dozen I reckon - three or four square miles? I
guess there could be people working in the leadhills receiving / radar
station thingy mind you, but not sure if that is either 800m+ or if it's
manned. I don't believe the sheep are that daft!
A good example of weather warning overkill.

The Louther masts/domes are c.730m. Never seen anyone up there, but
the road is good, so there must be workers up there often.

Next thing this will mutate into something to bash the climbers with.
After all we are now discouraged form forming a judgement on the
weather by taking those nasty ice-o-bears off the telly.

Barmy!

Its sometimes very windy on hill top shock!

Richard Webb

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Well the severe weather warning for NW Scotland issued last evening was
for above 1000m!!

Is that not what we commonly call the jetstream ? :-))