Guess The Gust!

[BranMan]

Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula. 99mph

[Cookie]

time is up for any entries.

now to keep any eye on the met office site.

[weatherobsuk]

If I cant go for the Isle of Man, then Anglesey can also be discounted as that is also a Island. Can't have one rule without the other for fair reason.

[Coast]

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED FOR ANY MORE ENTRIES

Anyone posting a guess after this will not be included

[chionomaniac]

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED FOR ANY MORE ENTRIES

Anyone posting a guess after this will not be included

What is the largest gust so far?

[Coast]

What is the largest gust so far?

Not sure officially, I think Paul is keeping the log.

I have seen 60mph from Loftus at 8.00am: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ne/loftus_latest_weather.html

[Backtrack]

If I cant go for the Isle of Man, then Anglesey can also be discounted as that is also a Island. Can't have one rule without the other for fair reason.

Anglesey is a well known island less than a mile from mainland Wales (Caernarfon and Y Felinheli)

Anglesey is one of my favourite places, it's not in the middle of the sea so there is no reason why people should be not allowed it.

[johnholmes]

Not sure officially, I think Paul is keeping the log.

I have seen 60mph from Loftus at 8.00am: http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html

on Wx Online=Capel Curig=78 mph

[vortex_liam]

Yay the place i chose (aberdaron is doing well) http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/aberdaron_latest_weather.html

[AderynCoch]

If I cant go for the Isle of Man, then Anglesey can also be discounted as that is also a Island. Can't have one rule without the other for fair reason.

Anglesey is part of the UK; the Isle of Man isn't.

[johnholmes]

Anglesey is a well known island less than a mile from mainland Wales (Caernarfon and Y Felinheli)

Anglesey is one of my favourite places, it's not in the middle of the sea so there is no reason why people should be not allowed it.

Thomas Telford link is about 420 yd I THINK, including the main span and approaches from each side?

Edited November 11, 2010 by johnholmes

[Southern Storm]

87mph Blackpool

Just for fun!

Edited November 11, 2010 by thunderman24

[SalopWatcher]

I put together a list of all the guesses, from across the UK (set as the limit of entries for this competition by the people who are running it)

This is in gust speed order, and in some cases where a person put Anglesey I have assumed they mean Valley.

There are a couple of guesses set out below the main list that do not fall into the critira for the comp (a UK met office station) Its up to the people running this weather they are counted or not.

I had much speare time this AM to do this, and when each gust recorded and approved, guesses can be knocked off the list… Hope this helps and not treading on toes, but gives us all an idea of where we sit in terms of our guesses!

Cheers

Roger J Smith Glen Ogle, Scotland 118 mph

Valley Valley, Anglesey 106 mph

SteveB Capel Curig, Snowdonia 106 mph

Dogs32 Mumbles, South Wales 104 mph

Cookie Capel Curig, Snowdonia 104 mph

10123 Crosby, Liverpool, England 103 mph

January Snowstorm Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland 102 mph

Tucco Great Dunn Fell, Cumbria 102 mph

Nimbilus St Bees Head, Cumbria 102 mph

Clee_show Valley, Anglesey 102 mph

NorthNorfolkweather Valley, Anglesey 101 mph

Radiating Dendrite Valley, Anglesey 99 mph

Salopwatcher Valley, Anglesey 99 mph

Bullworker Aberdaron, Wales 99 mph

K66yla Valley, Anglesey 98 mph

Barry Aberdaron, Wales 97 mph

Sunny Andriod Machrihanish, Argylle and Bute, Scotland 97 mph

BFS/BHD Isle of Man 96.4 mph

Mondy Dundrennan, Scotland 96 mph

Lady of the Storm Valley, Anglesey 96 mph

Storm Mad 26 St Bees Head, Cumbria 96 mph

Rain Rain Rain St Bees Head, Cumbria 96 mph

Backtrack Valley, Anglesey 95 mph

Ocean Valley, Anglesey 94 mph

Milkmaid CampbelTown (Machrihanish), Argylle and Bute, Scotland 94 mph

UKfire Mumbles, South Wales 94 mph

Chris Mantle Blackpool, England 94 mph

Snowray St Bees Head, Cumbria 94 mph

DorsetBred Isle of Man 93 mph

ECHOBASE1975MK6 Bolton, England 93 mph

Pyrotech Capel Curig, Snowdonia 93 mph

SP1986 St Bees Head, Cumbria 93 mph

AderynCoch Blackpool, England 92 mph

Peterf Capel Curig, Snowdonia 92 mph

North Sea Breeze Stranraer, Scotland 92 mph

Snow-Fan Liam Aberdaron, Wales 92 mph

Muggy Valley, Anglesey 92 mph

Shuan Wales Valley, Anglesey 91 mph

Supercell Capel Curig, Snowdonia 91 mph

Bazookabob Eskdalemuir, Scotland 90 mph

Pennine Ten Foot Drifts Capel Curig, Snowdonia 90 mph

03jTricky Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland 89 mph

Paul B Walney Island, Cumbria 89 mph

on the coast St Bees Head, Cumbria 89 mph

Geordiesnow Capel Curig, Snowdonia 88 mph

Flash Elvis Machrihanish, Argylle and Bute, Scotland 88 mph

Mike Meehan Stornaway, Western Isles 87 mph

Matty M Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland 87 mph

Lancashire Lass Walney Island, Cumbria 87 mph

Tonyh Valley, Anglesey 87 mph

Chionomaniac Aberdaron, Wales 86 mph

Marcus_Surfer Aberdaron, Wales 86 mph

James12 St Bees Head, Cumbria 85 mph

Candice Valley, Anglesey 84 mph

Fozfoster Valley, Anglesey 83 mph

Suffolkboy Great Dunn Fell, Cumbria 82 mph

PeterG Malin Head, Northern Island 82 mph

weather09 St Bees Head, Cumbria 81 mph

Coast Liverpool, England 76.5 mph

Daveweiser Ipswich, England 72 mph

Grey-Wolf Blackpool, England 71 mph

The Following Guesses are not in the main list as 1) Cumbria is to Generic and there are a few Met Office stations in Cumbria

There is no Met Office Station called "Marlows" that I can find, however I could be wrong, and will add it if I am?

Moley Cumbria 99 mph

Andy Pepler Marlows 94.7 mph

For Reference and to see how close they were the IMO guesses are listed below

SnowJoke Ronaldsway (IOM) 112 mph

Snowstorm 1 Ronaldsway (IOM) 108 mph

Deepsnow Isle of Man 108 mph

Catchmydrift Ronaldsway (IOM) 98.1 mph

The Watcher Isle of Man 97 mph

Crewe Cold Ronaldsway (IOM) 96 mph

Isolated Front Douglas (IOM) 92 mph

ajpoolshark Isle of Man 91 mph

Ibanez Ronaldsway (IOM) 78 mph

[Snowstorm1]

Oh damn !!! I thought Ronaldsway (IOM) would have counted! damn not fair

[Gratts]

Blackpool 89 mph

[vortex_liam]

Just got 71 mph acording to the meto at my location

[Cheshire Freeze]

I think the guesses for the IOM will be counted. TBH there is a Metoffice station at Ronaldsway and I *think* from what Paul said, the IOM would be counted- if not then it is splitting hairs of the highest order.

[Snowstorm1]

I think the guesses for the IOM will be counted. TBH there is a Metoffice station at Ronaldsway and I *think* from what Paul said, the IOM would be counted- if not then it is splitting hairs of the highest order.

Oh phew ! lol

[Cheshire Freeze]

Oh phew ! lol

Well that's just my thoughts. No-one said last night before the close of the competition that the IOM couldn't be used (well none of the rule makers anyway) and with so many guesses for the IOM, if it is not valid, people should have been made fully aware of this before the midnight closing time of the competition. So yeah, my guess is that the location will be valid. It may not even matter in the end though!

[vortex_liam]

Whos winning so far

[Cymro]

Think I'm too late to enter but definetly capel gurig at 96mph

[Fozfoster]

Met office have Valley top at the mo with Wind speed 41mph, gusts 66mph.

[vortex_liam]

Met office have Valley top at the mo with Wind speed 41mph, gusts 66mph.

Cough aberdaron ( my choice) is at 91 mph ten more and i'll be in with a chance of winning!. My extra runs out tmoz aswell

Edited November 11, 2010 by Snow-Fan Liam

[johnholmes]

for those of you interested in the top gusts then this link updates and is usually very reliable

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ukukstdf.htm

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Has the Capel Curig 91mpg been discounted? Its not on weatheronline and it does look extraordinarily high given the 45mph wind speeds.