Sleet, snow , gail force winds???

[hannah]

is this just a precaution is will it really happen?

[ollyit]

I dont know either - its gonna be brass monkeys though, northerly winds I shant be windsurfing I know that - dont think it'll bother the boaty peeps on here tho for sundays blast... provided its not a f10 or anything

[codprawn]

Rough in Swansea at the moment - storm force 10 for our area!!! As usual we get the worst winds and spotted yesterday Swansea also has the highest rainfall of any city in the uk - si it's not just my imagination that it is always bloody raining!!!

[ollyit]

I found that cardiff is always raining everytime I passed through on my way to haverford west, wonder why that is?

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by ollyit

I found that cardiff is always raining everytime I passed through on my way to haverford west, wonder why that is?

Cardiff is actually 5th highest rainfall in UK - Swansea is 1st - not exactly a record to be proud of!!!

We also get the highest winds on a regular basis - the winds are mainly South Westerlies coming in off the open Atlantic - 3000 miles to build and they then get funnelled up between Ireland and Cornwall - Swansea is at the neck of the funnell.

West coast of Ireland also gets it bad but they don't have the funnel effect to make it worse. Scotland is also pretty bad but they get some shelter off Ireland.

What I can't quite work out is the winds at the moment are Northerlies - in theory Swansea is sheltered by the whole of the UK from the North but we have STILL got some of the highest winds!!! Just can't win!!!

[Phil Chitty]

Look here.

Scotlands had a fair bit already.

http://webcams.scotsman.com/?id=12

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by Phil Chitty

Look here.

Scotlands had a fair bit already.

http://webcams.scotsman.com/?id=12

It is so unfair - we also get less snow than most places but at least the Brecon Beacons are only 26 miles away - they usually get pretty wild!!!

All down to the bloody Gulf stream - apparently it could change direction in quite a short space of time - if it did we would be like Norway - hot summers and GREAT winters!!!

When you look at a globe it is suprising just how far North Britain is - even the South Coast is further North than Quebec and Newfoundland.

[Andy Gee]

Originally Posted by Phil Chitty

Look here.

Scotlands had a fair bit already.

http://webcams.scotsman.com/?id=12

Not on the West got 5 Gritters/Snowploughs sitting in the yard all ready to go................if it comes here. At the moment the Met office think it will have us surounded but may not fall here!!
Andy

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by ollyit

I found that cardiff is always raining everytime I passed through on my way to haverford west, wonder why that is?

........and, apparently South Wales has replaced Essex as Chav Central. Which adds up as the Welsh Rugby team wouldn't look out of place in the English soccer premiership in terms of Tatts and bad hair.

[ollyit]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Cardiff is actually 5th highest rainfall in UK - Swansea is 1st - not exactly a record to be proud of!!!

We also get the highest winds on a regular basis - the winds are mainly South Westerlies coming in off the open Atlantic - 3000 miles to build and they then get funnelled up between Ireland and Cornwall - Swansea is at the neck of the funnell.

West coast of Ireland also gets it bad but they don't have the funnel effect to make it worse. Scotland is also pretty bad but they get some shelter off Ireland.

What I can't quite work out is the winds at the moment are Northerlies - in theory Swansea is sheltered by the whole of the UK from the North but we have STILL got some of the highest winds!!! Just can't win!!!

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