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Autumn Gales

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 11/09/2017 08:01

Met office warnings

Nothing exceptional, but it is early and trees are in full leaf so are vulnerable. 3 days of strong winds in various places coming up. Tomorrow night into Wednesday we could see gusts to 70mph across northern Wales and northern England. It could be pretty disruptive.

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BiddyPop · 28/09/2017 12:37

Oh no - and I just committed to the camping out on the island last night (for Saturday night)! THat's what happens when I answer emails while half out of it with a cold (which is much better today as I did stay in bed all day yesterday).

I guess I will have to just make sure I bring the decent waterproofs, and have a second spare dry outfit in the car for when I get ashore.....

(The delta pegs did arrive though, and I picked up my smaller, lower tent, so I am hopeful that I will stay protected!!)

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/09/2017 13:00

well done Biddy! It sounds like you have the right kit anyway.
It won't feel especially cold, so when thinking of waterproofing up, also, think not lots of hot layers!

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BlackeyedSusan · 28/09/2017 15:38

by keeping an eye on it... means following oybbk's threads... Blush (lazy me)

but am keeping an eye on the warnings as we are not in them weirdly.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/09/2017 15:59

Oh the pressure!
Grin

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BlackeyedSusan · 28/09/2017 20:10

low pressure surely on a gales thread!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 29/09/2017 08:09
Grin
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BlackeyedSusan · 29/09/2017 13:22

the shape of the warning area has changed.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 29/09/2017 13:25

warnings it has, west country is out of it now, but there are added wind warnings too.

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BiddyPop · 29/09/2017 13:50

Confused Shock

I'm looking between YR, Met Eireann and the UK Met Office - torn between excitement and horror, and currently re-thinking not leaving a car handy for evacuation.....(not that we can evacuate once it gets dark, too many rocks unless the RNLI and/or coastguard helicopter come along with their searchlights).....

I'm sure it will be a very quiet night in the end......

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 29/09/2017 15:37

earplugs will help Biddy Grin

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BlackeyedSusan · 30/09/2017 13:15

rain warnings have disappeared... Confused

GloriaSmud · 30/09/2017 15:40

Weather seems to be all over the place for us. We were forecast to have a nice Saturday with overnight/tomorrow not looking so good. Now the forecast is for heavy rain (and it has just started raining here in Leicester) the rest of today and dull/chance of odd shower tomorrow.

BlackeyedSusan · 30/09/2017 18:31

yep. supposed to be nice here too and I have a soggy boy upstairs. does not seem to stop him.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 30/09/2017 19:43

It seems to be a really difficult interaction of systems to predict. met office

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BiddyPop · 30/09/2017 22:28

Beautiful summy calm day for last day of boating.

Still decent weather.

But small craft warnings for overnight gales means camping cancelled - I was actually looking forward to it rather!

They just went for an afternoon picnic instead but I had a school thing.

But Cubs enjoyed their day boating, and older Scouts enjoyed their picnic and we have no emergency calls to the coastguard tonight! 😅

BlackeyedSusan · 03/10/2017 07:00

"tomorrow evening their could be severe gales over the central swathe of the British Isles"

weather forecast on Today. (R4)

fabulous.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/10/2017 07:31

oh yeah, possibly Blackeyed, but by no means certain. It shows as a little kink on gfs I think, but very few other hints that I can see. No warnings out either. Let’s check at midday to see if any warnings are released.

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GloriaSmud · 04/10/2017 11:48

Weather warning for wind. Looks like it's going to be rather wet as well.
Oh joy.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 04/10/2017 12:58

gosh, that’s quite a late warning. It shows how difficult this one was to forecast.

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BlackeyedSusan · 05/10/2017 06:54

when was that issued?

heard it was windy last night but had no idea there was a warning.

BlackeyedSusan · 05/10/2017 06:56

looks like whats his name on tuesdays weather forecast was right then!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 10/10/2017 07:45

Somewhat the opposite of autumn gales this coming weekend, some could see temps into the low 20’s.

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GloriaSmud · 10/10/2017 20:05

..but a weather warning for heavy rain over N Wales/Lake District way for tomorrow.

Yay, for some nice warm weather this weekend though ~ 'tis the start of the 1/2 term holiday for us.

perhapstomorrow · 12/10/2017 11:19

I apologise for this link. My dh just sent it to me. Is there a possibility of a hurricane?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4973004/Could-HURRICANE-coming-Britain.html

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/10/2017 14:51

Ex-Ophelia will be affecting our weather, it’s common for this time of year for remnants of hurricanes to hit us. Warm weather over the weekend then possible 50-60mph winds perhaps touching 70mph gusts in places.

At the moment the met office warning area is very widespread here along the west coast. I expect they will refine it by Monday.

There are also rain warnings out for overnight into tomorrow for part of the NW again.

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