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  1. 8 minutes ago, Liam Burge said:

    I'm not sure why but MetOffice keeps on downgrading the wind gusts for my area for tomorrow yet other forecasts are upgrading them? MetOffice had estimated gusts of 70mph earlier and now it's down to 59.

    20 miles north of you, MetO has bounced between 63 and 68mph peak today. Despite the fact Weston Bay faces Mumbles Head it never quite hits the same heights even in a due west gale. 

  2. Yes, it is always a "damned if we do, damned if we don't" situation with overnight warnings. In a way no warning at all would be best as it stops people venturing out to corral an errant trampoline and getting flattened by several tons of oak tree, but then again some people need to know if they will be around and about overnight.

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  3. 13 minutes ago, Tim M said:

    Yet for me in Mansfield and the East Midlands in general the speeds have been increased to gusts 60mph Sunday afternoon and mean speeds 30mph which is  extremely unusual for our location.

    I wonder if this is moving the track more northerly than expected then? Much as I like extreme weather I do like my roof tiles firmly attached to my house... 

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  4. Weston-super-Mare appears to be flitting between 53 and 58mph gusts from Sunday evening into Monday but the continuous prediction is 40mph+ from Saturday 9am until 6pm on Tuesday evening! Breezy. I am surprised we have lower gust predictions than London though, despite our exposed coastal position. 

    Edit - New Metoffice update moves the 40mph+ winds to no earlier than Saturday evening now and a lowering to 51mph max over Sunday/Monday night x

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  5. Well I would like to relive the Burn's Day storm of 1990 I think. I was but a tender 11 year old at school watching tiles, sheds and goodness knows what whipping around the place. Too dangerous to send us all home. Luckily our Victorian buildings were made of stern stuff. I remember bits but not the savagery of the wind. It may not be recalled as often as 1987's storm but for me it was something I would want to relive but not repeat.!

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