Weather warnings for gales

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

met office warnings primarily for the SW and much of
Wales on Thursday. Could gust to 60mph in places.

Going to be a bugger in the garden. Stake those broad beans!

[AmandinePoulain]

I was coming on to say the same pipkins, it's awful out there! I can't believe the change from Monday and Tuesday . I thought I was going to take off on the school run and I couldn't close the car door earlier on this morning .

[AmandinePoulain]

You can't be too far from me then! I'm in Sketty, where abouts are you?

[mummylin2495]

Very windy here in dorset

[digerd]

Just checked the wind speed of the 1987 SE storm and the highest was 134 mph during the night. So, me thinks 65 mph is a doddle?

[PipkinsPal]

Sketty too

[SpottyTeacakes]

How do you check current gusts?

[PipkinsPal]

There is a Coastguard station at Mumbles and they record wind speeds/gusts. Info found on Met office website.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Thanks 46 nearest to here

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

well, digerd, in comparison, but that was a rather unusual occurrence and this storm is pretty unusual for this time of year, so I wouldnt really compare the two!
Latest high reading at mumbles is 71mph.

[digerd]

Just popped my head out the front door and no damage there. It rained too in the night .
The ornamental flowering fruit trees looked gorgeous yesterday - council owned at side of pavement, but the wind was blowing the blossom off. . They were a month late this year.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

My rhubarb is all flat and broken :(

[digerd]

Oh, poor you .

Not really checked everything at the back yet, just checked to see if life had come back into my pond pump - but no. So been searching for someone to clean out the sludged up pond and put in a new pump. < and rip me off with their prices> sigh.

[digerd]

S.Herts
Sunny again atm. Min temp last night +7.8. Grass growing too fast.
E-mail I sent to this pond-cleaning firm returned as name unknown