Yeah NEPN was fine this morning a few larger branches but pushed off the path.
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"Severe weather warning"
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@ed1 "Would have guessed it would have diverted after failed attempts."
The flight was already diverted from Belfast back to Edinburgh. I guess there was only so many runways still open at that point and no guarantees the next airport would be easier after burning more fuel to get there.
Why the woman was filming during landing is another matter. Is aeroplane mode now allowed during takeoff and landing?
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Is aeroplane mode now allowed during takeoff and landing?
It is!
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lots of fallen branches in Regent road gardens this morning, one was blocking the adjacent footpath. Luckily no trees down, which is good: we need our urban trees.
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“we need our urban trees“
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Got to love a bit of JJ Burnel.
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And we think the comments on cycling articles are bad
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On very juddery train out of Inverness, will improve at top of Culloden. Weather was epic. Camper van very wobbly on achmelvich beach the other night.
Saw two people cycling in tailwind down to lochinver yesterday. Bought a wooly bunnet in cafe in achltibue yesterday. Australian woman running campsite at altandhu described the bunnet buying as me totally immersing myself in the culture. She was also hilarious on the achltibue cafe. I guessed she grew up on Desgraves Street in Melbourne. She liked this guess.
Stac Pollaidh is still standing but get there quick before it collapses.
The roads are perfect for cycling but it is far fa awAy
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Wave as you pass
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y74014/2018/09/23/advanced
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Just left Kingussie so will be a wee while yet. Some cyclists in early morning Ullapool and Inverness. Going to their work it looked to me.
There is a pop and literary festival in Ullapool next weekend, alabama3, John cooper Clarke, Val mcdermid etc it is called Loopallu. Which is neat as brings in the original indie festival Lollapalooza but with a Wester Ross twist.
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Waving now, can you see me?
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Little American child whose noise I have been amused by in the quiet coach just went Wow that's beautiful as we emerged out of the tunnel onto the rail bridge. She is still banging on about the beauty as we type.
In case you think I am losing it, I did ask the callow youth sitting under the Quiet Coach sign with chunes blaring from his ear buds to turn his music down. He looked astonished but complied. Took him some time pressing the button to reach an acceptable level.
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Windy but pretty warm this morning. But be aware, the Innocent Tunnel is still pretty chilly - it's quite a shock entering.
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Shorts turned out to be a bold choice this morning. The frozen dew on my bike shed should have been a clue!
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I went for 4 layers this morning (with 3 degrees on the thermometer in town). It soon became unbearably hot though!
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The wind is getting tedious.
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Are you feeling tousled?
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Little bit, yes.
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Agreed - I had the slowest ever ride North-West along Portobello prom / Seafield Road yesterday. I had to drop down to 3rd gear (Which I normally reserve for moving off from stationary) - 11 Km/h according to Strava...
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Was going down broughton street on tank electric bike, weighs a good tonne and was blown sideways. Spotted wee old woman clinging on to building with both hands legs in the air. Was a tad windy.
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It felt gustier on the towpath this morning that it did on the morning of the storm the other week. As I was emerging from under one of the Wester Hailes bridges, I was caught by a gust that felt like it could have knocked me over if I hadn't been prepared for it. An advantage of cycling on the towpath is being able to see a preview of the upcoming gusts of wind as they manipulate the water ahead.
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I was chatting to a neighbour yesterday evening and we both agreed that it seemed rather odd that no obvious warning seemed to have been issued about the strong winds we've been experiencing the last few days.
Sunday lunchtime me and the missus were out for a walk and when we were heading south up Comiston Road one gust stopped us in our tracks. An older, frailer person could well have been blown over. According to Wiki "inconvenience felt when walking against the wind" is force seven on the Beaufort scale: "High wind, moderate gale, near gale" - and a single triangular red warning flag should be flown at shore-based naval establishments in such conditions. Given that there are only two more severe warning flag signals, that sounds like a yellow warning to me.
The wind was fair roaring in the chimney on Sunday evening, to the extent that we had to turn the volume up on the telly! Yesterday morning I found that our potted Christmas tree had blown over - last time that happened was during the amber warning storm back in September.
On Monday morning the met office's "last 24 hours" said that the wind was gusting just under 50mph on Sunday night. That was at Gogarbank: where we are in Fairmilehead we're about 600ft higher, so the wind speeds are greater.
Another feature of this current weather system is that, unlike the storms back in September, it has hung around for about 48 hours now. The peak winds were probably on Sunday night but it was still blowing pretty strong last night, and this morning. I also get the feeling that the gusts have been more consistently strong, and more frequent.
In terms of whether or not warnings should have been issued I wonder if perhaps, as a longer-lived weather system, it doesn't get treated in the same way as the Atlantic storms that can readily be detected by modern meteorological sensors as they charge in towards us from the south-west.
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The MET app just informed me of a yellow weather warning for rain. Having said that, the MET weather app suggested the chance of rain on my commute the last two mornings was around 20%, despite it actually being raining at the time on both occasions. I'm beginning to wonder if the BBC made a good decision moving away from using the MET since their app seems to more regularly reflect what I experience, but it is often incorrect too. I also have an app called Rain Alarm which warns of nearby rain (proximity, intensity and area) which is based on actual measurements of rainfall...
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Said warning applies to Friday and Saturday
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings#?region=dg&date=2018-10-13®ionType=area
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I find the met fairly accurate in that what they forecast happens more often than not, but the timing is sometimes a bit off (for some reason changes in the weather most often seem to turn up earlier than forecast).
The only TV forecast I regularly watch is the week ahead one during Countryfile. I think the new provider's forecasts in that slot are a step backwards: notwithstanding that the map of the UK looks clearer at first glance, I find that the actual weather information is badly presented and lacks clarity, and often seems garbled.
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foerecast on BBC has been for strong gusts. My nets over my recently planted purple sprouting broccoli have bnot yet blown away.
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Apparently it was storm Callum: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45797101
I don't recall anyone (by which I mean the Met Office) mentioning this before it arrived - and it's not showing on their UK Storm Centre web page either.
Ah, that page does say: "A storm will be named when it has the potential to cause an amber 'be prepared' or red 'take action' warning." Given that (AFAIK) no such warnings were issued, I suspect that the BBC has been too quick out of the blocks this time.
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Duvet cover blown off the line. Quadruple pegged.
Wind getting tedious now.
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