Weather Report

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited October 2008 in Commuting chat
Did anyone else see the report saying that there was going to be 40-50 mph gusts this evening?

I saw the weather report just before I was going upstairs to get ready for work, and decided to drive in today instead.

At first I thought I may have made a mistake as there was little wind this morning but it is starting to pick up now.

The wind is Westerly and as I cycle due West to get home I figured I'd kill myself trying to cycle into a 50mph gale.
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  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Very windy here (Cornwall) - proper head wind that really slowed me down eariler!
  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    We've got that weather over here in North Wales already, too. This morning I turned back from my westerly journey to Llandudno Junction, as I wasn't going fast enough to catch my train: I went south/south-east to Colwyn Bay instead. On the way home this lunchtime, I got the wind on my side, and I almost got blown into the sea wall!

    Bangor's soggy, Colwyn Bay isn't yet. Everywhere's windy. I've got to go back out for a 4pm lecture, so I'll get to see it all over again.
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    It is a tad breezy in Richmond, where I am working from home. Binned the lunchtime fake commute in the park. Instead I am watching the trees sway beyond the window with a cup of tea and a second slice of cake.
  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    Met Office has just put out a severe weather warning for Gwynedd and Conwy: heavy rain and gusts. Capel Curig (in the heart of Snowdonia) has landed gusts of 67mph already.

    The Met have severe warnings for Cumbria and the Western half of Scotland too.
  • dsmiff
    dsmiff Posts: 741
    I'm over in Chester, guess it's heading my way, looks a bit blowy now!

    I normally check the forcast each day, but I've not done so for a bit, hope I don't get caught out tonight.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    My windsocks (the flags on the barkers building) are indicating a fairly hefty wind, westerly as ever... I don't have a gust report...

    Unless...

    :idea:

    The heathrow TAF is showing a south-westerly 15knot gusting 25kt.

    There you go.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Yep not looking good http://www.xcweather.co.uk/
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    We should think ourselves lucky we don't live in Aberdaron...
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,399
    itboffin wrote:
    Yep not looking good http://www.xcweather.co.uk/


    I see the Red Arrows will been having a fly past on my route tommorow (Northern Ireland)

    Excellent!

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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Did anyone else see the report saying that there was going to be 40-50 mph gusts this evening?

    I saw the weather report just before I was going upstairs to get ready for work, and decided to drive in today instead.

    At first I thought I may have made a mistake as there was little wind this morning but it is starting to pick up now.

    The wind is Westerly and as I cycle due West to get home I figured I'd kill myself trying to cycle into a 50mph gale.

    tail wind here today- but I think that isdue to the brussel sprout and baked bean curry I had last night
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  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 866
    <sigh> At least i don't need any incentive to ride home. Riding to work i need all the tail wind i can get!
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    spen666 wrote:
    tail wind here today- but I think that isdue to the brussel sprout and baked bean curry I had last night
    Are you pregnant? :wink:

    Horizontal rain up here - bad weather doesn't usually put me off going out, but it's really manky weather, so I abandoned the 40 miler that I'd planned.

    A quiet day in reading, surfing, eating, supping tea (darjeeling, thanks for asking).
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    Crapaud wrote:
    spen666 wrote:
    tail wind here today- but I think that isdue to the brussel sprout and baked bean curry I had last night
    Are you pregnant? :wink:

    ...

    No, just a bit overweight :cry::cry::cry::cry:
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    spen666 wrote:
    Crapaud wrote:
    spen666 wrote:
    tail wind here today- but I think that isdue to the brussel sprout and baked bean curry I had last night
    Are you pregnant? :wink:

    ...

    No, just a bit overweight :cry::cry::cry::cry:
    Ahhh, I see - a Gillian McKeith diet!
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  • damage36
    damage36 Posts: 282
    The weather is a bit crap now in somerset and the wind is picking up, I suggest its on its way to you!
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  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    Crapaud wrote:
    A quiet day in reading, surfing, eating, supping tea (darjeeling, thanks for asking).
    I prefer lapsang suchong myself.

    Bangor is now very soggy. Downhill from the station, with a tailwind, through puddles and fords, passing cars left and right. Fantastic! 8)
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    ansbaradigeidfran wrote:
    I prefer lapsang suchong myself.
    Yuk! It's like drinking kippers!

    Still blowing a gale and chucking it down - or up. Some leaves've just flown vertically up passed my 3rd storey window. :shock:
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  • Nick6891
    Nick6891 Posts: 274
    its a very strong wind here and i would have had a head on wind all the way home, so i decided to get bus, normally i would still ride but haven't been feeling too good this week on the bike and i need to get home quick on a Thurs
  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    Crapaud wrote:
    ansbaradigeidfran wrote:
    I prefer lapsang suchong myself.
    Yuk! It's like drinking kippers!
    Can't be: I don't like kippers. Besides, I never find bones in my tea...
  • ansbaradigeidfran
    ansbaradigeidfran Posts: 526
    Well I made it home safely in the end. Anyone else?

    I actually pedalled 20 miles today, as I came home for lunch. Average 9.7mph, but I blame the wind. Why I set a new distance record in this weather is beyond me.

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