http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/offshore.html
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"Peter Thomas" wrote in message


http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/offshore.html

You realy are asking to have your nails clipped young man. Hurricanes
hardly happen in the higher latitudes. Do pay more attention to the
pedantic on here.

Mind you I always use the term even for hurricanes in the far east.

For those who don't already know, the Beaufort scale gives the
logarithmic scale 12 for winds of 76 mph and more. The more adept
here will insist that the wind speed has to be sustained.

How one is supposed to notice whilst overseeing the unstepping of ones
masts on a brig I am not too sure.

And anyway the speeds have been exceeded (on land too!) according to the
beeb this morning. (130mph somewhere in Cumbria.)

I was thinking of going to Bowlers in Manchester this morning. Perhaps
next week.


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Michael Mcneil writes:
"Peter Thomas" wrote in message


http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/offshore.html

You realy are asking to have your nails clipped young man. Hurricanes
hardly happen in the higher latitudes. Do pay more attention to the
pedantic on here.

Even the pedants will recognise that Peter was quite correct. In any
case, he was doing no more than quote the Shipping Forecast.

Beaufort Force 12 is officially designated "Hurricane Force 12". The
distinction to be made is between hurricane force winds and a hurricane.
Hurricanes don't occur in British waters, but winds of "Hurricane Force
12" very occasionally do.
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Oscar Wilde

In message , John Hall
writes
In article lgate.org,
Michael Mcneil writes:
"Peter Thomas" wrote in message


http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/offshore.html

You realy are asking to have your nails clipped young man. Hurricanes
hardly happen in the higher latitudes. Do pay more attention to the
pedantic on here.

Even the pedants will recognise that Peter was quite correct. In any
case, he was doing no more than quote the Shipping Forecast.

Beaufort Force 12 is officially designated "Hurricane Force 12". The
distinction to be made is between hurricane force winds and a hurricane.
Hurricanes don't occur in British waters, but winds of "Hurricane Force
12" very occasionally do.

With F11 on east and west of N. England/Scotland.

Rightly or wrongly, I tend to use the marine forecasts to give an
indication of what inland winds might be.


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Peter Thomas

Not that I give a stuff but some here prefer not to call it an
hurricane.


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"Michael Mcneil" wrote in message
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Not that I give a stuff but some here prefer not to call it an
hurricane.


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Nobody did as you would realise if you read what had been said.

Alan

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:42:33 +0000, John Hall
wrote:


Beaufort Force 12 is officially designated "Hurricane Force 12". The
distinction to be made is between hurricane force winds and a hurricane.
Hurricanes don't occur in British waters, but winds of "Hurricane Force
12" very occasionally do.

I think I read somewhere that this occurs about 12 times a year!?

In article ,
Robin Nicholson writes:
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:42:33 +0000, John Hall
wrote:


Beaufort Force 12 is officially designated "Hurricane Force 12". The
distinction to be made is between hurricane force winds and a hurricane.
Hurricanes don't occur in British waters, but winds of "Hurricane Force
12" very occasionally do.

I think I read somewhere that this occurs about 12 times a year!?

You may be right but I'd be surprised if it was as often as that. I'd
have guessed at once or twice a year on average at most.
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John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)