Ex Katia - Guess The Gust

[03jtrickey]

Hi all,

I noticed yesterday that there was no 'guess the gust' thread for the upcoming storm, as there have been for past events.

So just for fun I thought I'd create one.

Simply state which official weather station (ie ones on Met Office or xcweather.co.uk, but no high altitude sites such as Cairngorm etc) you think the highest gust will be recorded at and the maximum wind speed you expect.

The 'winner' is the person who guesses the right location AND is closest to the highest recorded wind speed (no prize as such, just the satisfaction of winning unless Netweather is prepared to provide some sort of reward).

How it will be judged:

• If the actual max wind speed lies between two guesses, the person with the higher guess wins.
  
• If no-one guesses the right location, then the guess closest to the highest recorded wind speed wins and if multiple people have guessed the same value then the first person to guess this wind speed wins.
  

I will start off with:

104mph in Tiree

[glasgow-guy]

just a quick update then I am out of here from my local weather station

[Aaron]

98 miles per hour at Eskdalemuir.

[knightrider]

Is there a weather station in Stornaway? If so I'm going for the highest gust there at something like 98mph, I cant see any gusts over 100mph if the BBC's national forecast is only predicting 60-70mph for north-western regions, but it might be more then that locally. By the way does anybody think there will be headlines in tommorows papers about this?.. cause I know there was today but havn't been able to get my hands on 1 as my local newsagents have totally sold out out of papers already god knows why.

[dave.p]

I'll go for 67mph at Dundrennan.

[AWD]

36mph at Filton

[Cookie]

Is there a weather station in Stornaway? If so I'm going for the highest gust there at something like 98mph, I cant see any gusts over 100mph if the BBC's national forecast is only predicting 60-70mph for north-western regions, but it might be more then that locally. By the way does anybody think there will be headlines in tommorows papers about this?.. cause I know there was today but havn't been able to get my hands on 1 as my local newsagents have totally sold out out of papers already god knows why.

yeah thier is but i think it will be futher south then us.

going with 105 mph tiree

[tonbridgemole]

Rona 115 mph

[Robbie Garrett]

Not sure where, but the gust is so bad that it wipes the machine out recording it.

[Backtrack]

Machrihanish - 106mph.

[Zenarcher]

78mph Tiree

[AderynCoch]

Tiree 98mph

[bodysnatcher]

Malin Head - 96mph

(PS surprisingly , I've cancelled 1800 Monday ferry to Islay )

praying for Islay max 35 mph midday Tuesday

[lorenzo]

Whilst the west coast will get smashed with wind if the system retains any depth as it moves across the country the lower edge could well whip the winds in the mountains up.

Cairngorm 145 km/h gusts as recently as 06/09.

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3065.html

My Guess would be around 104 mph / 168 km/h

This location currently holds the verified Scottish Wind Speed Record

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Weather_Records#Wind_speed

Low pressure system passing through in March

Converter to help with the guesses

[Hairy Celt]

Fast enough to take your head off with a flying tin roof if you're in the way anywhere on the west of Scotland north of Ardnamurchan.

[loopydreamer]

45 mph in chatham

[TonyH]

Tiree 113mph.

[Sprites]

Wattisham - 51mph

[SP1986]

Stornoway 100mph

[helen of the north]

Durness 97mph

[A.J]

Islay - 82 mph

[A Winter's Tale]

104 mph somewhere in Scotland (or Northern Ireland).

[Staffordshire]

93mph Tiree.

[Marie]

53mph Brighton ,ok just hoping ha ha .

[NickyB]

60mph Wirral