By Paul Homewood
According to the BBC, winds are gusting at over 50mph this afternoon here in Sheffield.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2638077
Which is all very strange, because the Met Office is forecasting gusts of only 42mph:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcqzwtdw7
The Met Office also properly show true wind speeds, not gusts, which the BBC now ignore when it gets windy, no doubt to emphasise extreme weather.
Sustained windspeeds of 20mph only qualify as “Fresh Breeze” on the Beaufort Scale:
https://billboyheritagesurvey.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/beaufort-scale/
Wind speeds here in Sheffield peaked this morning, but only at 29mph, in other words a Strong Breeze:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/observations/gcqzwtdw7
Meanwhile, according to the Telegraph, the Met Office are absurdly calling Ciara the “storm of the century”. Just about every reader’s comment has rubbished the article.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/09/storm-ciara-hits-britain-mph-wind-rain-travel/
Full round up tomorrow.
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