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!!!

Interesting read every days a skool day as they say

[Hightower]

Codprawn, I'll give ya a wave whilst I cruise pass Cardiff tomorrow....Better tell the weather to stay away till Saturday though.

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by Hightower

Codprawn, I'll give ya a wave whilst I cruise pass Cardiff tomorrow....Better tell the weather to stay away till Saturday though.

Wouldn't be seen dead in Cardiff - Swansea is much better!!!

BTW Swansea University just been voted best Uni in the country so the place must have something going for it!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4464736.stm

[codprawn]

WOW it is snowing - blizzards in fact!!! Just off in the landie for a play in the Beacons!!!

[gavin]

When the Landy gets stuck I will organise tro the owners club, a L200 to get you out.
You do have an active immagination though
last Sat you were telling us it was minus 8
we were up north Lisburn/Belfast it was only -3 up there a few hundred miles north of Swansea

and now the West of Ireland gets less battered by the Atlantic wind than Swansea , Funnel effect, eh are we not in the way first?????

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by gavin

When the Landy gets stuck I will organise tro the owners club, a L200 to get you out.
You do have an active immagination though
last Sat you were telling us it was minus 8
we were up north Lisburn/Belfast it was only -3 up there a few hundred miles north of Swansea

and now the West of Ireland gets less battered by the Atlantic wind than Swansea , Funnel effect, eh are we not in the way first?????

I can assure you it WAS -8C - I know because I was playing with my really cool infra red hand held thermometer!!! That was the temp of my car roof - the ground was only -3C because it was still holding some heat from the sun!!!

If you look at a GLOBE rather than a map you will see that the British Isles are at a bit of an angle - the prevailing wind is MAINLY SW so it hits Cork/Kerry and Cornwall first - think of them as the rim of the funnel - the wind is then squeezed down until it hits the SW Wales coast - hence the funnelling.

There is not much in it though - W Ireland still gets one hell of a battering.

[The Jackeens]

Originally Posted by codprawn

MAINLY SW so it hits Cork/Kerry and Cornwall first - think of them as the rim of the funnel - the wind is then squeezed down until it hits the SW Wales coast - hence the funnelling.

There is not much in it though - W Ireland still gets one hell of a battering.

Which is why some of us moved

missus

[Tim M]

I'm in Norfolk at the moment, and it's snowing!

[hannah]

still no sign yet here in the southern coast but getting very very cold!!

And in reply to the rainfall convo , i say the uk never gets any good weather any way so why worry!!

[bogib]

Enjoye the winter period, I am planning going boating over the weekend as forecast is as follows:

Saturday:
No wind
-8 degrees
Clear skies
Sea temperature 1,8 degrees

Sunday:
Little or no wind
-10 degress
Clear skies
Sea temperature 1,8 degrees

Like a fair spring weather

Bogi

[Hightower]

I hope you're please with youself Bogi....After all it's you that's giving us all this white stuff .