I notice on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
tha the UKMO has weqather warnings "severe gales" for every region (??) for
Saturday Sunday AND Monday.

Is it a case of someone there just spilling the red ink over the maps or do
all 60 million of us really need to hold tightly onto our socks for the
next 3 days?

- Tom.

Tom Bennett wrote:
I notice on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
tha the UKMO has weqather warnings "severe gales" for every region (??) for
Saturday Sunday AND Monday.

Is it a case of someone there just spilling the red ink over the maps or do
all 60 million of us really need to hold tightly onto our socks for the
next 3 days?

Even though it looks a bit of a heavy-handed approach, I imagine it
represents the uncertainty in the track of the system(s) and that fact
that we're having two pulses of strong winds expected - the FSXX T+48
and T+60 for 00Z and 12Z Sunday show the two pulses quite well.

I've stuck them on he
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=00zsunzf4.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?i...zsundayre2.jpg

Looks very interesting ahead. Looking a bit ahead of myself to next
Thursday, the models are pointing to another system that could bring
further strong winds.

Cheers
Richard

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Richard Dixon writes

Tom Bennett wrote:
I notice on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
tha the UKMO has weqather warnings "severe gales" for every region (??) for
Saturday Sunday AND Monday.

Is it a case of someone there just spilling the red ink over the maps or do
all 60 million of us really need to hold tightly onto our socks for the
next 3 days?

Even though it looks a bit of a heavy-handed approach, I imagine it
represents the uncertainty in the track of the system(s) and that fact
that we're having two pulses of strong winds expected - the FSXX T+48
and T+60 for 00Z and 12Z Sunday show the two pulses quite well.

I've stuck them on he
http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=00zsunzf4.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?i...zsundayre2.jpg

Looks very interesting ahead. Looking a bit ahead of myself to next
Thursday, the models are pointing to another system that could bring
further strong winds.

Make sure you have a decent pop-up blocker because the imageshack site
is a bit profligate.
--
Tim
http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/

Tim wrote:

Make sure you have a decent pop-up blocker because the imageshack site
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Sorry about that - does anyone know any alternatives for future
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Cheers
Richard

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Cheers
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Cheers,
John

Tom Bennett wrote:
I notice on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
tha the UKMO has weqather warnings "severe gales" for every region (??) for
Saturday Sunday AND Monday.

For every region except Orkney & Shetland, it seems. Is this because:

(a) Someone forgot to paint us red
(b) We really aren't affected
(c) We won't notice the difference?
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

Where's Orkney?

Is that the far north :-)

You'll probably miss it actually. But I know that what folk call a gale in the
SE is really only a strong breeze up there. A real island gale blows cement
mixers around and blows over stone walls. At least that what a lighthouse man
from Muckle Flugga once told me!

Will.
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Tom Bennett wrote:
I notice on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
tha the UKMO has weqather warnings "severe gales" for every region (??) for
Saturday Sunday AND Monday.

For every region except Orkney & Shetland, it seems. Is this because:

(a) Someone forgot to paint us red
(b) We really aren't affected
(c) We won't notice the difference?
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

Quoting from message
posted on 1 Dec 2006 by Will Hand
I would like to add:

Where's Orkney?

Is that the far north :-)

You'll probably miss it actually. But I know that what folk call a
gale in the SE is really only a strong breeze up there. A real island
gale blows cement mixers around and blows over stone walls. At least
that what a lighthouse man from Muckle Flugga once told me!

It's surprising some of those lighthouses were ever completed, given
the prevailing weather in the locations.

If you come across a book called "The Lighthouse Stevensons" it's a
goodly read.

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Elaine Jones wrote:


It's surprising some of those lighthouses were ever completed, given
the prevailing weather in the locations.

If you come across a book called "The Lighthouse Stevensons" it's a
goodly read.

--

On a calm day I've been out to the Bishop Rock (to the SW of Scilly. -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwo...mm/index.shtml
& www.lavaurs.com/en/spot/0823/01)

Apart from the fact it's stuck out in the Atlantic on a small rock
which is frequently totally submerged, the builders lived on a remote
island, barely more than a rock to the SW of St Agnes. How they managed
I can't imagine.

Graham
Penzance

Richard Dixon wrote:
Tim wrote:

Make sure you have a decent pop-up blocker because the imageshack site
is a bit profligate.

Sorry about that - does anyone know any alternatives for future
reference?

Opera or Firefox -even IE 7 (but I wouldn't.)