Weather School Musing...Gales - here we go again!

Forum for general cruising topics
Post Reply
weatherman
Weather Guru
Posts: 325
Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:43 pm
Contact:

Weather School Musing...Gales - here we go again!

Post by weatherman »

Hi everyone,

Here we go again then, more gales on the way for western areas tonight.
(see the strong winds dashboard lioghting up red at http://www.weatherweb.net/swisareasuk.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and http://www.weatherweb.net/swisareasire.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

The winds do ease quite quickly tomorrow in the south, although they are maintained in the west.

Interesting developments into this weekend too as low pressure moves into northern France. This brings gales through the Channel and along eastern coasts of the country, although it could then be the harbinger of good news as as the low clears into next week, high pressure may build from the west. We'll see eh?

Simon
Simon Keeling, PhD MSc, FRMetS
My new book The Pocket Weather Forecaster is out now. Read sample pages here.
http://www.weatherweb.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.weatherschool.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
User avatar
lady_stormrider
Sailing Widow
Posts: 477
Joined: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:31 pm
Boat Type: Jeanneau Espace 1000
Location: Home:Yorkshire Boat: Scotland

Re: Weather School Musing...Gales - here we go again!

Post by lady_stormrider »

Simon - thanks for the early warning about the weather coming towards the UK - we'll keep an eye out on our way up to Glasgow this weekend. Parts of the M6 near Tebay can get quite scary.

Galley Slaves - killing off perfectly good sailing threads since 2008
Became a full-time sailor at the end of May
User avatar
marisca
Yellow Admiral
Posts: 1711
Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:55 am
Boat Type: Contessa 32
Location: Edinburgh

Re: Weather School Musing...Gales - here we go again!

Post by marisca »

Can you no change the record Simon? I'm getting a tad pee'd off with great wodges of wind midweek fading away to b'ger all by Sunday. Must be the 3rd or 4th week of this. I'm racing on Sundays, if the mud of Port Edgar lets me out, and Marisca needs 12kts or more to have any chance of sailing near her handicap.
Bring back Heather, she used to give good forecasts!
User avatar
Mark
Old Salt
Posts: 893
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:16 pm

Re: Weather School Musing...Gales - here we go again!

Post by Mark »

lady_stormrider wrote:Parts of the M6 near Tebay can get quite scary.
That's 'cos it's cobbled north of Warrington.
Post Reply