I have just noticed that The MetO forecast for Thursday is showing a
windspeeed of 60mph for midday across the Outer Hebrides! Must admit I cant
recall seeing a figure that high in the recent past. Wonder what sort of
gusts that will produce?

Alan
www.carbostweather.co.uk

Some of us remember only to vividly the Hurricane that hit the Outer
Hebrides 11 January 2005. The true windspeed isn't known but it was way
above 100mph.

"Alan" wrote in message
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I have just noticed that The MetO forecast for Thursday is showing a
windspeeed of 60mph for midday across the Outer Hebrides! Must admit I cant
recall seeing a figure that high in the recent past. Wonder what sort of
gusts that will produce?

Alan
www.carbostweather.co.uk

I can recall it only too well as I was on Skye at the time though not
getting the full force of it there. My AWS was ripped from its fittings just
a few minutes after having recorded a gust of 87mph! As I recall the MetO
forecast map for that day showed 45mph for the Hebrides though that was the
midday figure and the full force pf the storm only hit late into the
evening and night.
Alan

"Elizabeth Allen" wrote in message
...
Some of us remember only to vividly the Hurricane that hit the Outer
Hebrides 11 January 2005. The true windspeed isn't known but it was way
above 100mph.

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I have just noticed that The MetO forecast for Thursday is showing a
windspeeed of 60mph for midday across the Outer Hebrides! Must admit I
cant recall seeing a figure that high in the recent past. Wonder what
sort of gusts that will produce?

Alan
www.carbostweather.co.uk

Elizabeth Allen wrote:

Some of us remember only to vividly the Hurricane that hit the Outer
Hebrides 11 January 2005. The true windspeed isn't known but it was way
above 100mph.


Strongest gust recorded at low level (according to MetO) was 118mph at
Gwennap Head near Land's End (where the RIB turned round Alan!) on 15th
Dec 1979.

Graham
Penzance

On 28 Nov 2006 07:15:21 -0800, "Graham Easterling"
wrote:

Strongest gust recorded at low level (according to MetO) was 118mph at
Gwennap Head near Land's End (where the RIB turned round Alan!) on 15th
Dec 1979.

I remember.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

Graham Easterling wrote:

Strongest gust recorded at low level (according to MetO) was 118mph at
Gwennap Head near Land's End (where the RIB turned round Alan!) on 15th
Dec 1979.

That's the English record. The UK record is 123 knots (approx 142 mph)
at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, 13 February 1989. I believe Kirkwall held
the record prior to that, with 136 mph. I'm looking forward to Orkney
getting the record back again. Or maybe I'm not...
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

Steve Loft wrote:

Graham Easterling wrote:

Strongest gust recorded at low level (according to MetO) was 118mph at
Gwennap Head near Land's End (where the RIB turned round Alan!) on 15th
Dec 1979.

That's the English record.

Quite right, my mistake.

Graham

It's time to begin discussions on this, a potential major system in the
making here.

View a sat image on the central Atlantic now, i can't post the link
because the site requires registration

Cloud head is taking shape on the northern side of this system, and it
appears quite far south at the moment.

Defo needs to be kept an eye on

BlueLightning wrote:
It's time to begin discussions on this, a potential major system in the
making here.

View a sat image on the central Atlantic now, i can't post the link
because the site requires registration

Cloud head is taking shape on the northern side of this system, and it
appears quite far south at the moment.

Defo needs to be kept an eye on

This from someone in BluePeterland?