Top 10 Windiest Observations at 12:00 UTC on Wed, 12 Feb 2014

[01] 190/52 03605 Pembry Sands
[02] 190/50 03827 Plymouth
[03] 190/49 03609 Mumbles
[04] 160/47 03227 Great Dun Fell
[05] 180/45 03405 Aberdaron
[06] 120/42 03111 RAF Machrihanish
[07] 250/40 03803 Scilly
[08] 200/39 03502 Westwales
[09] 180/38 03302 RAF Valley
[10] 130/37 03210 St. Bees Head
**** 190/37 03874 Solent M.R.S.C.

Forgot to add, Plymouth reported a gust to 70 knots (80 mph) in the last 10 minutes which is top of the shop.

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:41:46 -0800 (PST)
exmetman wrote:

Forgot to add, Plymouth reported a gust to 70 knots (80 mph) in the
last 10 minutes which is top of the shop.

I see buoy 62023 at 1200Z registering 68kts mean with gusts to 86kts.

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I just noticed that the Weather Buoy (62023) off Cork was reporting 260/68 with gusts to 86 knots (99 mph) at 1200 as well!

The red alert looks spot on!

Well done Met Office!

http://xmetman.wordpress.com/plotted/uk-synop/

Well done Graham you just pipped me to it!

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:00:03 +0000
Graham P Davis wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:41:46 -0800 (PST)
exmetman wrote:

Forgot to add, Plymouth reported a gust to 70 knots (80 mph) in the
last 10 minutes which is top of the shop.

I see buoy 62023 at 1200Z registering 68kts mean with gusts to 86kts.


1300Z, mean 68kts(78mph) with gusts to 96kts(110mph)!

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
"Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate."
- BBC News subtitle

exmetman wrote:

I just noticed that the Weather Buoy (62023) off Cork was reporting 260/68
with gusts to 86 knots (99 mph) at 1200 as well!

The red alert looks spot on!

Well done Met Office!

http://xmetman.wordpress.com/plotted/uk-synop/

At 1300z it reported a gust of 96 knots. I'm not sure but that might be a gas
platform rather than a buoy. If so, the anemometer might well be much higher
than the standard 10m height. Nebvertheless, it's an impressive gust!

The pressure rises coming into the SW of Ireland now (up 13.9 mb in 3 hours at
Valentia at 1300z) will contibute hugely to the wind strength coming across the
Irish Sea in the next few hours. 100 mph gusts might be under-cooking it a bit!

We've been up to Force 8 at times in Tideswell since 1300z with a max gust of
48 knots. A fair bit to go before it reaches a peak here.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

Graham P Davis wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:00:03 +0000
Graham P Davis wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:41:46 -0800 (PST)
exmetman wrote:

Forgot to add, Plymouth reported a gust to 70 knots (80 mph) in the
last 10 minutes which is top of the shop.

I see buoy 62023 at 1200Z registering 68kts mean with gusts to 86kts.


1300Z, mean 68kts(78mph) with gusts to 96kts(110mph)!


Force 11 at Shannon Airport at 1400z gusting to 79 knots

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

Norman wrote:

exmetman wrote:

I just noticed that the Weather Buoy (62023) off Cork was reporting 260/68
with gusts to 86 knots (99 mph) at 1200 as well!

The red alert looks spot on!

Well done Met Office!

http://xmetman.wordpress.com/plotted/uk-synop/

At 1300z it reported a gust of 96 knots. I'm not sure but that might be a gas
platform rather than a buoy. If so, the anemometer might well be much higher
than the standard 10m height. Nebvertheless, it's an impressive gust!

The pressure rises coming into the SW of Ireland now (up 13.9 mb in 3 hours at
Valentia at 1300z) will contibute hugely to the wind strength coming across
the Irish Sea in the next few hours. 100 mph gusts might be under-cooking it
a bit!

We've been up to Force 8 at times in Tideswell since 1300z with a max gust of
48 knots. A fair bit to go before it reaches a peak here.


A max gust of 92 knots at Aberdaron on the Llynn Peninsula in the hour ending
1450z.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.