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Weather Warnings Issued
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
I saw headlines today of heavy snow, blizzards, plagues of toads, fire and brimstone, riders of the apocalypse etc etc.
Bring it on, baby!
Then when all the 'Red Sock' brigade get stuck, we can have a damn good gloat!
Budgie:
--- Quote from: "Manicminer" ---We had a 140 mph hurricane last week in Bowstreet outside Aberystwyth. 99 mph winds down on the Pendine over the weekend.
--- End quote ---
You sure about the 140mph? Only the highest gust that the Met Office recorded over the weekend was 114mph at Clogwyn on Snowdon and 98mph at Mumbles, both are still hurricane force winds and are both quite strong enough!! :D
Mind you, I see Aberdaron has seen gusts upto 72mph today and sustained winds of 52mph. So that converts into a Severe Gale Force 9 with the gusts just short of hurricane force (73mph) again.
The winds should decrease from now onwards and then we have a bit of a lull. But there is another really deep low pressure area just clearing Canada and heading to the South of Iceland that will give us more strong winds on Sunday & Monday as it's associated frontal systems move across Northwest Scotland (me! :shock: ) by the looks of it!!
Manicminer:
--- Quote from: "Budgie" ---
You sure about the 140mph?
--- End quote ---
I was quoting what was said on the radio at the time.
Towards the bottom of this article a tornado researcher thinks it was about a force 3 tornado
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6190372.stm
AbyssDJ:
its just boring here... lots of wind and a bit of "get soaked in 3 seconds" drizzle.
we dont get snow or floods or anything fun over here :(
Budgie:
Yep, a mini tornado would explain the 140mph and why it was so localised. :wink:
Here's a link to the Fujita Scale for tornado damage.
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