And will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the earth?
Asking for a friend.
Not bad weather for a one way ride.... :DOnly if the ride was dead straight with a tailwind and no chance of side-gusts, or falling debris due to the predicted powerful gales.
Storm Git is predicted to reach us Saturday night, so I'm hoping it won't be to bad for a pootle by Sunday afternoon.Bugger! She's slowed down. Not due in West Wales until Sunday morning now.
That jet looks mean. Tornadic wind speeds at the core.
The PV has been so strong this winter, i
What's the significance of PV? (Potential vorticity?)
What's the significance of PV? (Potential vorticity?)
Polar vortex.
I am supposed to be doing the 100k Rutland and Beyond audax on Sunday. I suppose that the 61mph gusts that are forecast will make a nice change from last year's torrential rain or the year before's hail, blizzard and murder enquiry.
Never thought I'd say it but here goes "I'm missing the wind".
Amber warning for most of the south now. Batten down the hatches.
Pretty stormy here and we're about to head out into it. Wish us luck :-\
https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20;D ;D :thumbsup:
Dutch headwind cycling.......
https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20
Dutch headwind cycling.......
https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20
Dutch headwind cycling.......
Gust forecasts touching 100 steady around 60, fine if you're riding into it or with it on a segregated path that's nowhere near the bigger heavier faster vehicles.
But I'm still slightly freaked out by my issues at Achnasheen in December and Drummochter the other week.
Forecast to reach that here soon, but need another 28k on the gusts to shut the bridge, means I don't have to go to Glenrotten to shop. phew.
I thought I had secured everything in the garden yesterday but woke up today to find a very large plant pot on its side. Still trying to work out how, as it's in a pretty sheltered position.
Today's entertainment is provided by watching birds attempting to land on the various hanging feeders ;D
I noted that BA were cancelling "hundreds" of flights because Wind. Whoever drives the Met's helichopter is made of sterner Stuffs, as the wretched thing was still out and about at hours 03:30 of the clock this morning.
I noted that BA were cancelling "hundreds" of flights because Wind. Whoever drives the Met's helichopter is made of sterner Stuffs, as the wretched thing was still out and about at hours 03:30 of the clock this morning.
It's the cross winds that are difficult (and more dangerous). Can be riding along no problem then a side gust hits you and takes you across the road or into the ditch.
I noted that BA were cancelling "hundreds" of flights because Wind. Whoever drives the Met's helichopter is made of sterner Stuffs, as the wretched thing was still out and about at hours 03:30 of the clock this morning.
Was looking on Flightradar24 - Luton appears to be deserted - when I noticed the BA flight from Haneda miss its landing and do a go-around.p :o They’ve now stacked them over Reigate wait for another slot to be free.
I noted that BA were cancelling "hundreds" of flights because Wind. Whoever drives the Met's helichopter is made of sterner Stuffs, as the wretched thing was still out and about at hours 03:30 of the clock this morning.
https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20
Dutch headwind cycling.......
It's the cross winds that are difficult (and more dangerous). Can be riding along no problem then a side gust hits you and takes you across the road or into the ditch.
Aye, I left that unsaid, when I lost the shelter of the trees at the Ledgowan I was pretty lucky nothing was oncoming as I narrowly avoided hitting the kerb on the offside.
Then at the circle my attempt to turn the bike up the Kinlochewe road resulted in the bike turning towards inverness and my correction had it pointing back to Strathcarron.
My retreat to the Ledgowan was neither stylish nor without difficulty, despite having been on top of Mt Keen with an MTB in gale force winds I've never had the wind lift the bike up like that before.
If I'd made the turn I'd have had 26km of misery pushing into it; was only barely able to walk the bike until I got a lift.
Similar issue to that last one on Drummochter the other week, Coire an Tuirc was being a bit of a funnel which had be pushed to a standstill a couple of times between the Cottage and getting into the shelter of the Boar. If I hadn't worked out that funnel and that I wasn't too far from topographical shelter I suspect I'd have turned round and gone to Dalwhinnie for a train.
Oh aye that's something else those wind charts don't allow for, Topographic funnelling
Woke up to this in the back garden:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQVUr0gW4AExt4Z?format=jpg&name=medium)
Forgot I got it in the Argos sale two years ago.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/british-airways-fast-flight-scli-intl-gbr/index.htmlTrying to get my head around this...
London (CNN) — A British Airways (BA) flight has broken the record for the fastest-ever subsonic flight between New York and London, reaching a top speed of more than 800mph (1,287km/h).
The Boeing 747 aircraft flew overnight from Saturday to Sunday and reached its destination in four hours and 56 minutes, as Storm Ciara sped towards the United Kingdom.
The plane landed at Heathrow airport at 4.43 a.m., almost two hours earlier than scheduled. Its top speed during the flight was 825mph (1,327km/h), according to Flightradar24, an online flight-tracking service.
Ground speed not air speedWhat?
Ground speed not air speedWhat?
Well if we're doing Fun Facts ...
Unlike light the speed of sound isn’t fixed either, depends on medium and temperature as well etc.
Well if we're doing Fun Facts ...
Unlike light the speed of sound isn’t fixed either, depends on medium and temperature as well etc.
Actually light isn't fixed to one speed. The "speed in a vacuum" - or the "c" in the E=mc^2 is the MAXIMUM it can travel. Send it through glass or water, say, and you slow it down. Which leads to refraction and other fun stuff :)
Which is why they take off and land into the wind. You get the same airspeed at lower ground speed, so you start flying quicker, which is safer than going at that speed on the ground.Of course.
Woke up to this in the back garden:Need some context, but to me it looks like a perfectly normal kiddy bouncy trampoline in a garden.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQVUr0gW4AExt4Z?format=jpg&name=medium)
Forgot I got it in the Argos sale two years ago.
The problem with dead straight roads in your part of the world is that they are often accompanied by ditches or drains full of water. 😁https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20
Dutch headwind cycling.......
seen that before, we have a road near us, 10 miles or so dead straight into a south-westerly. I suggested we could give it a go here.
Dutch National Headwind Championships abandoned … due to the wind (+ video) http://road.cc/271009 #cycling
The first cyclists heading out on the course at 10am this morning, with the start time brought forward to noon due to the storm being forecast to worsen as the day went on, with gusts of up to 10 kilometres an hour predicted.
Dutch National Headwind Championships abandoned … due to the wind (+ video) http://road.cc/271009 #cyclingQuote from: Road CCThe first cyclists heading out on the course at 10am this morning, with the start time brought forward to noon due to the storm being forecast to worsen as the day went on, with gusts of up to 10 kilometres an hour predicted.
Huh?
We have a winner! https://twitter.com/kisseswithamor/status/1226530918657077251
The problem with dead straight roads in your part of the world is that they are often accompanied by ditches or drains full of water. 😁https://twitter.com/stormkees/status/1226435268535824385?s=20
Dutch headwind cycling.......
seen that before, we have a road near us, 10 miles or so dead straight into a south-westerly. I suggested we could give it a go here.
Am I the only one a bit fucked off at peoples selfish stupidity after seeing the news footage of the Hastings lifeboat nearly capsizing as it put to sea today to rescue a surfer? Surfing in these conditions? Should have been left to drown.As someone who has always been attracted to and participated in dangerous sports I have no criticism of him 'giving it a go'. Did he ask to be rescued or even need rescuing ? I also don't have a problem with your 'Should have been left to drown' comment, presumably if the rescue services had deemed it too risky to mount the rescue then they would have left him or her to perish, and that is fair enough too. He or she probably knew the risks and were happy to take them.
Am I the only one a bit fucked off at peoples selfish stupidity after seeing the news footage of the Hastings lifeboat nearly capsizing as it put to sea today to rescue a surfer? Surfing in these conditions? Should have been left to drown.As long as they had their safety belts done up they would be fine - the Shannon class is designed to gently roll over and self right, but it was a long way from that. The dangerous part is later when they do the actual rescue.
Did he ask to be rescued or even need rescuing ? I also don't have a problem with your 'Should have been left to drown' comment, presumably if the rescue services had deemed it too risky to mount the rescue then they would have left him or her to perish, and that is fair enough too. He or she probably knew the risks and were happy to take them.
but it was yourself who made the comment "Should have been left to drown"!As someone who has always been attracted to and participated in dangerous sports I have no criticism of him 'giving it a go'. Did he ask to be rescued or even need rescuing ? I also don't have a problem with your 'Should have been left to drown' comment, presumably if the rescue services had deemed it too risky to mount the rescue then they would have left him or her to perish, and that is fair enough too. He or she probably knew the risks and were happy to take them.
I certainly have a lot more respect for that surfer, than the idiot I seen today risking the lives and well being of others by driving his oversized SUV at stupidly high speeds on a minor country road. Presumably if he had piled into another road user and killed them it would be put down as some sort of act of god.
I think that shows that you don't understand either the feelings of the persons family and friends, nor the dedication of the volunteer unpaid lifeboat crews and coastguard.
like to exaggerate everything out of all proportions
might be interesting today, geting to LHR by train and then flying north. Trains to London seem OK so far, but Heathrow Express is a reduced service
We just had a mega squall with rain and the office lights went out momentarily. I think we're off grid power now.
might be interesting today, geting to LHR by train and then flying north. Trains to London seem OK so far, but Heathrow Express is a reduced service
Seems OK at the mo. I’m on my third attempt to go transatlantic :thumbsup:
Yesterday I discovered that exiting an airport when you haven’t actual flown in from anywhere is not at all straightforward. :facepalm:
might be interesting today, geting to LHR by train and then flying north. Trains to London seem OK so far, but Heathrow Express is a reduced service
Seems OK at the mo. I’m on my third attempt to go transatlantic :thumbsup:
Yesterday I discovered that exiting an airport when you haven’t actual flown in from anywhere is not at all straightforward. :facepalm:
We just had a mega squall with rain and the office lights went out momentarily. I think we're off grid power now.
A Royal Navy warship has been dispatched to help in an urgent search for a man in the sea off the Kent coast.
Lifeboats and the coastguard helicopter are scouring the sea near Margate Harbour after reports of a man overboard, HM Coastguard said.
Sixty-gun frigate HMS Winchester is believed to have responded to a relay call and is in the area, according to ship tracking data.
Apparently, assorted media outlets would have us believe that Storm Dennis has opened a portal back to the 17th century. ;D :facepalm:QuoteA Royal Navy warship has been dispatched to help in an urgent search for a man in the sea off the Kent coast.
Lifeboats and the coastguard helicopter are scouring the sea near Margate Harbour after reports of a man overboard, HM Coastguard said.
Sixty-gun frigate HMS Winchester is believed to have responded to a relay call and is in the area, according to ship tracking data.
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-15/royal-navy-warship-and-lifeboats-searching-for-man-in-sea-off-kent-coast/
A few seconds with a search engine would have told the useless hack that there is no ship bearing that name in service, and it's only the first ship so named (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Winchester_(1693)) (launched in 1693 and lost off Florida in 1695) that was packing 60 guns* - which made it a fourth-rate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth-rate) ship of the line, not a frigate. :demon: ::-)
H/T: https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1228679518442881025
* The HMS Winchester launched in 1822 was designed for 60 guns, but carried 52 - an early case of "fitted for, but not with".
I am a bit annoyed by the BBC courage of Dennis. They decided before hand where the trouble was going to be and reported from there. Their Welsh correspondent seemed to be the only one who reported where the actual floods were. (He was confined to Wales). So the floods in Herefordshire and Shropshire were hardly reported on at all.
Dundee's been cut off, it's officially windy.
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I heard on the radio that an estate being built in South Wales (by one of the big housebuilders)At least 3 new estates near us, is being build in the valley floodplains. On the latest one they are just preparing the ground erm I mean moving mud around in a lake. I can see the headlines to come for the next many a year. If it has taken more than eight years talking and nada regarding getting a food bridge over a busy A road, I don't think any time soon we will see an update to the flood defense up and down valley. Heck they closed one road for 7+ months to update the flood defense there, to only flood 3 weeks after it re opened.
has been flooded before it has been completed. Who in their right mind will buy a property on it?*
*Landlords and property investors trying to increase their portfolios?
People were warned well in advance about the storm. Those who get caught out, whilst out and about
But being out in the storm was invigorating.
People were warned well in advance about the storm. Those who get caught out, whilst out and about
But being out in the storm was invigorating.
should really have heeded the warnings. No sympathy, especially for those whose vehicles become
stranded.
If those people were told they'd be shot if they ventured out in such conditions I'm sure they
:demon:
There was a waterspout in the Menai Strait.
Feel sorry for the fish. They thought that had found new water but now they are trapped frantically swimming in every decreasing puddles.