We are just getting the first of it. The rain is coming in horizontal right now. It's very very bad.Don't worry - this one is going to hit darn sarf, so the BBC will talk it up to apocalyptic proportions.
Prepare for a massive over reaction on breakfast telly tomorrow...
I'm right on the front line. It's whipping in from the channel at the moment, and it's really really going for itYep, it's going to be lively. We might get a bit more than a trampoline across the road...
Yebbut storms have gust speeds of 55-63 mph. Someone's telling porkies.Yep, it's going to be lively. We might get a bit more than a trampoline across the road...
I'm always wondering - is there a standard multiplier from the wind speed for the gusts, or is it guessed/ calculated depending on the type of weather system? In other words, would they over forecast, say 30mph winds with no gusts one time, and 30mph winds with 60mph gusts another?
I don't know but I think they tend to forecast the maximum gust speed because it's the gusts that do the most structural damage on land. They actually measure gust speed with rapid response anemometers, often ultrasonic.
It's the forecast gusts that I'm curious about. Meteo France seem to have weird figures - Tuesday has southerlies of 15kph with 45kph gusts, and then Wednesday has 10kph northerlies and 70kph gusts.
I'm right on the front line. It's whipping in from the channel at the moment, and it's really really going for it
I'm right on the front line. It's whipping in from the channel at the moment, and it's really really going for it
Don't try to do anything silly like cycling
