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  1. MAF
    Exactly Paul, communication is by far the most important thing when trying to relay a message of any kind. So the most simple, effective, understandable method of communicating a warning should be adopted as opposed to the current one. Maybe the Met O need a communications officer for warnings as well as their press office staff for news.
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    @Jo Farrow, Jo can you make the font bold and about 100 times bigger for that link about warnings..... just for the hard of understanding people out there
  4. MAF
    Ah, but thats according to weather stations readings. Who's to say there weren't higher gust away from a weather station?
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    I think geography plays a part too. Hills/plains/urban/built up all probably affect the outcome of a gust depending on the geographical contours of the lay of the land. Just me thinking aloud.
  6. MAF
    or doing their best to get things going again. let's remember the staff have the same issues the rest of the public do. they are, after all trying.
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    I am sick and tired of Met O bashing where it comes to their weather warnings. Quite simply, if a person feels they are not warranted, then why bother discussing them. Personally I think the Met O are an organisation for the meteorological recording/forecasting/warning/etc etc and they are no doubt doing the best they can. why knock that?
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    and looking blustery here in the SE too. Met O showing 29-42 mph from midday and overnight. So still blowy for this part of the UK. Trying to avoid any discussion on warnings, but this is where things are all relative. the windspeed may not be that high, but given the built up areas and the funnelling affect buildings make, sometimes a 40+ mph wind is possibly 'felt' to be higher.
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    Odiham is an RAF base ( I've worked there) and quite a flat part of the area, so i can see why the gusts were high there. I live about 1.5 miles from city airport, but the other side of the river, and although it is a recording station at the airport i tend to dismiss it a bit as the site is pretty much sea level where readings are affected by the amount of structures around it and the low level. can be quite a difference from LCA readings to my address which is some 40M ASL. fortunately we had a reasonably calm night last night, but thats most likely due to the wind direction. my front of the house faces East, and halfway down a terrace the wind was getting blocked by the houses across the road from my back. i can see how many others suffered though and feel for them. the walk across Westminster bridge this morning was blustery but the walk through the park was a mission of avoiding loads of branches. so, glad to hear there are no casualties this morning for our regional posters and, finger crossed, Tuesday will be not so ferocious
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    Lets not forget the Met O warnings are for 12 hours duration, so any lulls may be short lived as there are still a few more hours before things abate a bit uk wide.
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    For those struggling to keep up (like me) here is a sit rep from 2100 It's 21:00 GMT and we're three hours into a 12-hour Met Office amber alert for high winds affecting basically the whole of the country. Here's a rundown of what's happened so far: Storm Isha has hit across the UK - winds reaching 90mph were recorded in isolated areas of Wales and Scotland. Electricity companies have reported cuts to thousands of homes across the country - including 5,000 in the north-west of England, 2,000 in Wales and several hundred in Cornwall. ScotRail cancelled all of its services at 7pm and said they would not resume until after rush hour on Monday. Other rail operators cancelled services and National Rail imposed a 50pmh limit on most still running. In London, the last Avanti West Coast service left at 18:15 and only went as far as Wolverhampton. Belfast Airport cancelled all flights to Britain shortly before the amber alert came into force at 18:00. Other airports in the north cancelled flights, and many services were delayed. Cumbria said it was on standby for a "major incident" and the potential for damage, disruption and flooding. Airports in the south-east of England were less severely affected, with Virgin Atlantic saying it had not yet cancelled any services from Heathrow - but landing conditions have been difficult. One person has been injured by falling debris in Belfast. Courtesy BBC
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    yeah a few hours to go yet, so might pick up in the next hour or so.
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    and just to show how if it's not in your back yard, some others are experiencing a bad night
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    And with Blackwall tunnel closed southbound, it'll be a nightmare crossing the Thames tonight
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    like that round here without a storm in progress. London eh, don't you love it
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    Live updates on BBC
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    Courtesy of the BBC
  19. MAF
    Not sure what the models are going to tell anyone currently. Surely this is a situation where you put your head out the window and gauge what's happening. Sorry, but no computer knows what the windspeed will happen to be in the next hour, let alone the next 3-4.
  20. MAF
    I think it's a question of 'how long is a piece of string?' this type of weather is so unpredictable. could be some gusts nowhere near you that affects other areas. it really is a watching game i think.
  21. MAF
    take more water with it* *said in the most jokingly way possible hope you get well soon
  22. MAF
    that'll be the wheelie bins blown over.
  23. MAF
    used to do 4-4 and its the best working pattern ever! bought my kids up on it, sometimes some of the mothers thought i didn't work at all as i never slept between two 12 hours days and two twelve hour nights - two 12 hour days and two 12 hour nights, then a sleep day and then back to work ... bliss
  24. MAF
    regardless, it's still going to be windy and mild. nothing compared to the last week. going from one extreme to another is an example as to why the model posters just can't look at data 5+ let alone after that
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    ^ four on four off?
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