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  • Location: Rotherham , South Yorkshire 137m a.s.l
    • Location: Rotherham , South Yorkshire 137m a.s.l
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    Hi all, can anyone explain something i've just experienced please ?

    Sat under a gazebo on a nice summers morning just a few shallow cumulus in the sky and very little breeze if any. All of a sudden me and my wife are laughing as we are having to hold on to the Gazebo and the washings virtually being tugged off the line. It was all over in the space of 15 seconds max and now we are back to calm sunny conditions. Our nearest data recordings are at Robin Hood airport in Doncaster where currently on Windmapper its showing variable / calm.

    any explanations please as it was so strange and made us laugh ?

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    Terminal Moraine Accomplished

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District 290 mts. Wind speed 340 mts
  • Weather Preferences: Rain/snow, fog, gales and cold in every season
    • Location: Derbyshire Peak District 290 mts. Wind speed 340 mts
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    This sounds like a small dust devil caused by localised heating in strong sunshine.Dust devils can become large enough to threaten property but this is rare and most are very small like the one you described.

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  • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
    • Location: Horsham, West sussex, 52m asl
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    Hi all, can anyone explain something i've just experienced please ?

    Sat under a gazebo on a nice summers morning just a few shallow cumulus in the sky and very little breeze if any. All of a sudden me and my wife are laughing as we are having to hold on to the Gazebo and the washings virtually being tugged off the line. It was all over in the space of 15 seconds max and now we are back to calm sunny conditions. Our nearest data recordings are at Robin Hood airport in Doncaster where currently on Windmapper its showing variable / calm.

    any explanations please as it was so strange and made us laugh ?

    alien laughing gas blaster...

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    Delta76 Newbie

    Delta76

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  • Location: Rotherham , South Yorkshire 137m a.s.l
    • Location: Rotherham , South Yorkshire 137m a.s.l
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    This sounds like a small dust devil caused by localised heating in strong sunshine.Dust devils can become large enough to threaten property but this is rare and most are very small like the one you described.

    thanks for info TM, its was a tad gusty......out of nowhere !!

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