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Offline Blongb

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Re: The Great British Weather Debate
« Reply #405 on: October 16, 2017, 11:57:07 am »
There is a strong Harmattan this year which makes the Sun look more Orange than Yellow. European news was saying this morning it would effect up to mid Germany and central France. Check your cars over the next couple of days to see if the forecast winds will carry the Sand particles this far North.   $sunny$
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« Reply #406 on: October 16, 2017, 12:41:21 pm »
The storm proper started around 1200. Sustained wind speeds are roughly 30mph at the moment. Met office has updated the Amber alert to include most of North Wales.
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« Reply #407 on: October 16, 2017, 12:54:26 pm »
I've just telephoned a firm in Belfast. Their answerphone said 'Sure, it's gonna to be a bit windy here, so just in case, we've all gone home. Or down the pub. Please phone back tomorrow. '........
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« Reply #408 on: October 16, 2017, 06:23:20 pm »
Capel has had a 90mph gust. I suspect it's peaking here about now.
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« Reply #409 on: October 16, 2017, 06:25:06 pm »
The Sun has been changing colour during the morning and I was only able to take this photo when it was past its best.   It was odd though being able to look direct at the Sun while taking the photo.

At the moment the wind is gusting quite strongly and when I took my dog for a walk earlier I kept away from the tall trees just in case.

At this moment I can see a small boat about a mile out in the bay and it seems to be riding out the storm but the sea looks very angry indeed.  Please excuse the quality of the photo as I took it from inside my house as there was no way I was going out in this weather

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« Reply #410 on: October 16, 2017, 07:05:21 pm »
I imagine the boat is sheltering there.
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« Reply #411 on: October 16, 2017, 07:27:35 pm »
Large tree is down, and blocking the road at the triangle, on the Gt Orme, just above Mike’s golf course.
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« Reply #412 on: October 16, 2017, 11:01:23 pm »
Tellytubby sent me these photos that someone took today in Aberdaron.  The gusts there reached over 90 mph

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« Reply #413 on: October 17, 2017, 07:16:19 am »
Apart from F's downed tree, any other damage around?
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« Reply #414 on: October 17, 2017, 08:59:10 am »
It was pretty rough last night, especially around 1am, but no damage spotted apart from a few garden pots blown over.

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« Reply #415 on: October 17, 2017, 10:07:47 am »
We've lost half a dozen trees including this big beech but glad to survive a very rough night.

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« Reply #416 on: October 17, 2017, 10:55:28 am »
Arvon Avenue this morning. The poor driver had a dreadful hole punched in his windscreen by the falling tree.
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« Reply #417 on: October 17, 2017, 01:48:47 pm »
Is there such a thing as a 'nice hole through the windscreen'?
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« Reply #418 on: October 21, 2017, 02:43:05 pm »
It looks like Storm Brian is coming northwards.   I can't see Rhos on Sea from my window now because of the rain and the wind has started to pick up.   
I've put all the garden furniture down to save getting it damaged by the gales

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Re: The Great British Weather Debate
« Reply #419 on: October 21, 2017, 03:26:36 pm »
I suspect it's going to be far quieter than last week, simply because there's a lot of rain around, and that absorbs the wind energy rather well.
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.  ― Michel de Montaigne

Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes.