At which predicted wind speed do you decide, "naw, am takin bus"?

[mjr]

That's until 'I_ _ _ ?' arrives.

Idiot, Jackass, Klutz, Lout, Motorist, Nobber.... well, if the met office is going to call it whatever names they like, so can we and those are definitely more typical of what cyclists will be calling them! Bit polite if anything!

What's even more annoying about this naming fad is that each group of forecasters are using their own names.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Have we all made it safe and sound?
Snow (again for us) next?

 

[summerdays]

Wind has gone here, salt is down but it's rained since so I'm expecting it will be slippery tomorrow.

 

[classic33]

Idiot, Jackass, Klutz, Lout, Motorist, Nobber.... well, if the met office is going to call it whatever names they like, so can we and those are definitely more typical of what cyclists will be calling them! Bit polite if anything!

What's even more annoying about this naming fad is that each group of forecasters are using their own names.

List of agreed names can be seen on the met(weather not police) site.

 

[mjr]

List of agreed names can be seen on the met(weather not police) site.

Agreed between UK and RoI. Other European countries are using different names. It's an utter mess.

 

[classic33]

Agreed between UK and RoI. Other European countries are using different names. It's an utter mess.

Because the two use each others weather stations.