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The Met Office has released a yellow weather warning for Friday as high winds are predicted for the east coast and the borders.
The high winds are to start around 4 am, and die down around 6 pm, with winds reaching up to 60mph.
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"Severe weather warning"
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Posted 4 years ago #
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Not as windy as yesterday??
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Will. be in the Gusts? I think. Was windy yesterday and again today but I have missed the lashing that is occurring now
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It's wet.
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My forecast says the wind will pick up later.
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The Met Office was only forecasting gusts up to 33mph for Edinburgh this morning, and they've downgraded it to 30mph since. It looks like the worst is of the weather hitting further south. Pal of mine currently staying with family in Cork reported property damage and a 12 hour power outage last night, a yacht broken free from its moorings in Cobh trashing the marina and other boats, and flooding in the city centre. Reports of 70mph+ gusts on the Isle of Wight last night, too.
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My colleague this morning: "You should get a car"
Me: "I've got a car"Posted 4 years ago # -
@bill annoyingly was dry when dark but wet when light
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Felt autumnal yesterday. Now it just feels Noah-esque. Perfect weather to welcome a visitor from Germany.
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I will need to be extra disciplined without the regular commute (still working at home)
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It's very wet.
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I really hate strong Easterlies - feels like the whole world is (even more) A-o-T than usual
Posted 4 years ago # -
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"The rain will turn more showery in the afternoon with winds easing. Maximum temperature 17 °C.”
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Posted 4 years ago # -
That Ventusky website from @bill is new to me and highly addictive. It's just so pretty...
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Out on shop e-cargo bike today. Wettest I've been on a short journey. Cycled over grass on Meadows as trees were moving around.
Council in removing one (or branches) that had fallen earlier on MMW.
Heading back from shop soon and still raining. Minor journey in comparison with @bill !
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@Greenroofer. Seconded. Oh dear, I have found another time waster. I have been looking at Storm Francis on it, with live sound outside.
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@Greenroofer @Rosie I got this website from another post on this forum, so the blame should go to them! ;)
Regarding the website name: I thought it was pronounced like a Slavic name and only Mr Bill told me that it's probably ventu-sky. Mr Bill adopted my pronunciation though.
@LaidBack It was a bit wet but warm and not too windy or gusty really. Pleasant compared to the autumn/winter storms.
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"Ventusky" should clearly be pronounced with a thick Russian accent.
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@IWARTS or Sean Connery's Russian accent.
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@bill
Same thing in my mind.
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I read it as Slavic name too eg Ventoosky
I dont think English can split a. Word Ventu // Sky or Vent // usky which only leaves us where we started Ven // tusky
Il. Vent. Mauvais.
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Sven Tusky, a famous Viking walrus hunter.
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I read it as Ven-tooshky. Said sadly, with lots of vodka on the breath. Polyester Soviet-era suit.
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From Ventusky About page:
The name itself, Ventusky, is a combination of two words. The first is the Latin word, Ventus, means wind, and the second is the English word, Sky.
But what do they know.... :)
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a combination of two words
I thought that was obvious. :-( But I still prefer the Slavic pronunciation.
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twas me who first plugged ventusky round this parish
also yr.no quite a few years earlier
meaningless reflected glory, admittedly
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@bax
yr.no is yours. No doubt. Graven deeper than a spear's length in the granite annals of CCE.
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Think @bill had to cycle through those floods?
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@gembo indeed! Between East Calder and Ratho I got caught in several downpours, even with a thunder and lightning. The fields were already covered in water, so I imagine they got several of those earlier. Clifton Rd was almost entirely under water.
Bottom_Clifton_Rd_deluge_01 by Bill Harriman, on FlickrI was told the upper secion of Clifton Rd impassable (by cars) but even the lower section had a long stretch like this:
Socks_deep by Bill Harriman, on FlickrCliftonhall Rd became a burn with a car stuck under the Newbridge viaducts:
Cliftonhall_Burn by Bill Harriman, on FlickrI escaped onto the towpath which was also underwater but (in principle) more predictable. Under the bridge next to the Ratho climbing gym I chatted to a cyclist on his way to Glasgow. He was waiting for the rain to pass and planning to camp out around Broxburn that night.
Canal_deluge by Bill Harriman, on Flickr
Surfing_site by Bill Harriman, on Flickr
Once east of Ratho, the roads looked normal. Puddles regular size. Edinburgh completely oblivious to the horrors of the wet west.This morning Ratho hill looked like this:
Ratho_hill by Bill Harriman, on Flickr
Sit_here_and_wait by Bill Harriman, on Flickr
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