OT: bizarre weather

"davek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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As if the weather hasn't been bizarre enough recently, I was just
looking at <URL:http://www.xcweather.co.uk/> before setting off for a
morning ride and noticed an interesting anomaly - everywhere in the
south-east is registering SW winds, except Herstmonceux (south coast,
near Brighton) which seems to have its own micro-climate including winds
blowing in precisely the opposite direction.

I presume this has got to be a mistake in the data collection, right?

Given the topology round Herstmonceux I would not be surprised to hear it
has a particular microclimate.

Doubt if the readings are wrong as the Met Office are pretty paranoid about
keeping stuff calibrated.

T

davek said:

As if the weather hasn't been bizarre enough recently, I was just
looking at <URL:http://www.xcweather.co.uk/> before setting off for a
morning ride and noticed an interesting anomaly - everywhere in the
south-east is registering SW winds, except Herstmonceux (south coast,
near Brighton) which seems to have its own micro-climate including winds
blowing in precisely the opposite direction.

I presume this has got to be a mistake in the data collection, right?

d.

I cycled up Boredale in the Lake District on Sunday and it was 30+mph
headwind all the way to within a couple of hundred feet of the col when
suddenly it reversed to a 30+mph tail wind.

Microclimates are like that.

Tony

davek said:

As if the weather hasn't been bizarre enough recently, I was just
looking at <URL:http://www.xcweather.co.uk/> before setting off for a
morning ride and noticed an interesting anomaly - everywhere in the
south-east is registering SW winds, except Herstmonceux (south coast,
near Brighton) which seems to have its own micro-climate including winds
blowing in precisely the opposite direction.

'Near' is a relative term. Herstmonceux might be near Brighton if you're
in a car, it's near Eastbourne if you're on a bike.

;-)
--
Michael MacClancy
Random putdown - "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't
it." -Groucho Marx
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Michael MacClancy said:

'Near' is a relative term. Herstmonceux might be near Brighton if you're
in a car, it's near Eastbourne if you're on a bike.

Er, yes, fair point - although on the wind map the arrow seems to
stretch all the way from Brighton to Hastings.

d.

Tony W said:

Given the topology round Herstmonceux I would not be surprised to hear it
has a particular microclimate.

Mmm, could be. The nearest point to me on that map is Manston (east
Kent) but I always find that a slightly unreliable guide as regards wind
strength because the weather station is at the highest, most exposed
point in the area. I tend to go by what it says for Southend or
Shoeburyness, which are all the way across the Thames estuary.

d.

"Tony W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Doubt if the readings are wrong as the Met Office are pretty paranoid

about

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keeping stuff calibrated.

Most of the data are from RAF airfields along with a few commercial
airports.

--
Simon M.

"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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davek wrote:

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I cycled up Boredale in the Lake District on Sunday and it was 30+mph
headwind all the way to within a couple of hundred feet of the col when
suddenly it reversed to a 30+mph tail wind.

Microclimates are like that.

We even have "micro climates" in a city due to buildings. A backwind
suddenly becomes a headwind when I pass a certain block of flats as the wind
is reflected off the face of the building.

--
Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Simon Mason said:

We even have "micro climates" in a city due to buildings. A backwind
suddenly becomes a headwind when I pass a certain block of flats as
the wind is reflected off the face of the building.

Quite. Many a time have I experienced the wind coming from all points of
the compass while using the Hammersmith flyover...

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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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Dave Larrington said:

Quite. Many a time have I experienced the wind coming from all points of
the compass while using the Hammersmith flyover...

The infamous cyclists omnidirectional wind - no matter which direction
you cycle in there's a headwind (and its uphill too)!

Tony

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:41:51 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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The infamous cyclists omnidirectional wind - no matter which direction
you cycle in there's a headwind

Againsterly, I was once told.
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Cheers,

Al

Simon Mason said:

Most of the data are from RAF airfields along with a few commercial
airports.

The local XCweather data comes from Shoreham, midway between Brighton
and my area.

James

davek said:

As if the weather hasn't been bizarre enough recently, I was just
looking at <URL:http://www.xcweather.co.uk/> before setting off for a
morning ride and noticed an interesting anomaly - everywhere in the
south-east is registering SW winds, except Herstmonceux (south coast,
near Brighton) which seems to have its own micro-climate including winds
blowing in precisely the opposite direction.

I presume this has got to be a mistake in the data collection, right?

Hi Dave

If you want to check Shoreham's weather, have a peek at the less
graphicaly pleasant
<URL:http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGKA.html>

EGKA is Shoreham. Find out the other EG?? airport codes for other
places and Robert's your etc...

I've mailed Dave Billington, creator of XC, a few times and he does
indeed nick his data from the airports.

James

davek said:

As if the weather hasn't been bizarre enough recently, I was just
looking at <URL:http://www.xcweather.co.uk/> before setting off for a
morning ride and noticed an interesting anomaly - everywhere in the
south-east is registering SW winds, except Herstmonceux (south coast,
near Brighton) which seems to have its own micro-climate including
winds blowing in precisely the opposite direction.

I presume this has got to be a mistake in the data collection, right?

d.

Problems....

10/8/04 19:24 Unfortunately XCWeather is currently down due to
problems at the web hosting company. I've informed them hopefully they will
resolve the issue shortly.

Apologies
Dave

That's what I got just now, so apparently it's not a short term problem.

Brian

BrianW said:

10/8/04 19:24 Unfortunately XCWeather is currently down due to
problems at the web hosting company. I've informed them hopefully they will
resolve the issue shortly.

It's been up and down for somew time but is now working.

18:41
Friday 13/08/2004

From the site:
12/8/04 17:23 After the problems of the last few days the site is now
back and running normally. However, in order to permanently fix the
problems the hosting company need to add a new disk to the server and
this will mean a further short outage sometime over the next day or
two. Hopefully we will be fully operational again in time for the
weekend.
Regards
Dave

James