View Full Version : wheelie bin racing season is definately underway!
Tugmistress
06-Nov-10, 21:06
haha we've already topped 50mph winds this autumn a couple of times and there is the possibility of this again tomorrow night/monday early hours which has probably already been picked up on the general forecasts used, then it is looking interesting again on friday - this is a long way away at the moment and can change drastically but i'll keep an eye on it, the two pics below are for sunday midnight and friday noon
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1138.snc4/150086_451541493143_300395478143_5587242_221319_n. jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs943.snc4/73612_451541703143_300395478143_5587251_547448_n.j pg
also at these low pressures expect some higher tides than usual if you have a boat moored somewhere.
Cant it wait until monday i have to work tomorrow[lol]
Tugmistress
06-Nov-10, 21:19
You'll be ok, it's only getting up after dark or thereabouts lol so you'll just have to get out of yer pit early on a sunday for a change lol ;)
orkneycadian
07-Nov-10, 00:09
Awww...I thought this was going to be a thread about fitting motorbike engines to wheelie bins and seeing who could achieve the fastest time from Latheron to Thurso...
Was already scheming a Hayabusa powered bin when the thread opened up...
Oh well, never mind...
ywindythesecond
07-Nov-10, 08:24
Maybe RETF's post isnt a joke after all?
http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=126765
Looks like you were spot on Tugmistress (again)...but....its come 4 hours early, I was hoping to be tucked up in my warm bed at midnight but now I have to take the dog out in the gales....Well done you on such an accurate forecast, hope the wheelybins can all be found in the morning!!!
C3....:lol::lol:
You'll be ok, it's only getting up after dark or thereabouts lol so you'll just have to get out of yer pit early on a sunday for a change lol ;)
started 8 o clock sharp thank god i did!!
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 08:16
Top gust since midnight 52.5mph at 02.40 so not too bad ;) lol
yesterdays chart for friday, slightly changed for caithness but let's see what happens later today on the charts lol
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs489.ash2/76274_451968463143_300395478143_5595481_2289560_n. jpg
annemarie482
08-Nov-10, 09:32
Top gust since midnight 52.5mph at 02.40 so not too bad ;) lol [/IMG]
your joking?! is that all?!!
i cant even stand outside in lyth this morning!!!
had a 5 minute fight to shut the house door after i opened it to let the dog out:lol:
Feels more like 152 mph to me.....it is a good one alright, well done for getting it so accurate.
C3...:D
As usual Ye olde Scrabster Weather Witch is spot on with her mystical predictions. We came out of the restaurant last night and had to run to the cars,it had changed that quick. Cheers Paula.;)
Stack Rock
08-Nov-10, 09:51
Must be windier on the east side - gusting 58mph (WicK) at 8.00 this morning
The Angel Of Death
08-Nov-10, 10:41
had a 5 minute fight to shut the house door after i opened it to let the dog out:lol:
but now I have to take the dog out in the gales....
C3....:lol::lol:
Hope poor spot and rover were tethered either that or hooked up to a fishing rod till reel them back in
northener
08-Nov-10, 11:05
Yup, a tad breezy on Sinclair Bay:eek:
Attempted to take Missy the lunatic lurcher for a walk about 20 minutes ago, got about 50 yards and the dog just sat down and refused to go any further.
The dogs' obviously smarter than me.:Razz
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 12:32
Keiss
Maximum Gust (last hour)41.3 mph at: 11:23 Maximum Gust (since midnight)54.3 mph at: 01:04
Dunbeath
Maximum Gust (last hour)49.6 mph at: 10:49AM Maximum Gust (since midnight)58.1 mph at: 1:26 AM
Scrabster
Maximum Gust (last hour)29.7 mph at: 10:35AM Maximum Gust (since midnight)52.5 mph at: 2:40 AM
Scarybiscuits03
08-Nov-10, 12:32
your joking?! is that all?!!
i cant even stand outside in lyth this morning!!!
had a 5 minute fight to shut the house door after i opened it to let the dog out:lol:
I'll 2nd that, I couldn't get my door closed last night for the force of the wind and by 01:30 I had to get up and move to my daughters bedroom for fear that my window was going to blow out and land on me!......[lol]
Alice in Blunderland
08-Nov-10, 12:35
Kids slept in my room last night due to the howling noise coming from our windows last night.
It was deafening and not what I expected from a new build. :(
Must go and check the windows now to see if they are keeping the water out.
Tropical Lybster got 55Mph with a 10 minute average of 45Mph.
teenybash
08-Nov-10, 13:09
Last night my lurcher lad and lass refused point blank to step over the door step as the wind and rain battered down. This rickity old house has been rockin' and rollin'....seems slighty less windy this morning....at least doggies went out for their basics, though refused to go for a walk!! :roll:
Scarybiscuits03
08-Nov-10, 13:15
Kids slept in my room last night due to the howling noise coming from our windows last night.
It was deafening and not what I expected from a new build. :(
Must go and check the windows now to see if they are keeping the water out.
Same thing in my house funnily enough![lol]
I had to leave my bedroom due to it getting so cold, the wind was blowing in one window and back out the other - and that's them closed!!
achingale
08-Nov-10, 15:27
Yup, a tad breezy on Sinclair Bay:eek:
Attempted to take Missy the lunatic lurcher for a walk about 20 minutes ago, got about 50 yards and the dog just sat down and refused to go any further.
The dogs' obviously smarter than me.:Razz
They have the right idea! :D
I must get some bungee cords for the wheelie bin lids...they were clattering some last night.
Havent ventured far enough in the garden to see if the compost bins are still where they should be, but, the bird table is now sleeping:D
Is it going to get worse or is this as bad as it will get?
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 15:39
It should ease off as the day goes on :)
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 22:13
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs964.snc4/75763_452509743143_300395478143_5605440_3173802_n. jpgall change again for friday, less windy again at noon but what's it going to be like before hand? ;)
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 22:16
The point of interest has moved forward to thursday afternoon/eveing this is the chart for 6pm thursday
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1124.snc4/148607_452516868143_300395478143_5605486_1736079_n .jpg
annemarie482
08-Nov-10, 22:19
sorry tuggs, could you put that in laymans terms for a fool like me?! :lol:
Tugmistress
08-Nov-10, 22:24
sorry tuggs, could you put that in laymans terms for a fool like me?! :lol:
lol no problem, and you're not a fool at all, you just haven't been taught yet ;)
i know it's small but pick out in the UK where you are situated. next look at the white line either side of your location. if the lines are close together then it's going to be windy, the closer the lines the windier it's going to be :)
does that help a little?
annemarie482
08-Nov-10, 22:33
ah now it makes sense!!
kinda got the pressure thing but didnt know it told about the wind.
cheers x
wickscorrie
11-Nov-10, 08:17
and the blue ones go anticlockwise and the red ones clockwise
and i'm really quite amazed that my greenhouse roof didn't do a good impression of dorothy's farm house last night
hopefully this will ease by school time but looks like it will be back tomorrow
annemarie482
11-Nov-10, 08:47
omg!
it is wild out here at wester! :eek:
northener
11-Nov-10, 09:13
The boat took a bit of a pasting t'other day, I hope the wind drops off before high tide:eek:
silverlady
11-Nov-10, 10:16
Shocking morning! Tugmistress, please tell us it will be over soon..... I had to stop car and move a wheelie bin from the middle of the road, it was a very full, very heavy bin, amazed how the wind moved it cos I hardly could! :confused
Chrisf1961
11-Nov-10, 10:19
Tie those wee bairns doon!:lol:
Tugmistress
11-Nov-10, 11:26
It's easing off at the moment, not sure how it will go later today - we may be lucky and get away with it but further south will get a battering and so will the west coast.
The wind will back through easterly and go northerly over the weekend so although not great wind speeds it will be bitter to the bone :(
A favourite saying of mine........
"Enjoy and make the most of the weather that comes because you cant do anything to alter or change it"
I enjoy everyday, whatever the weather!!
C3....:)
annemarie482
11-Nov-10, 14:37
Shocking morning! Tugmistress, please tell us it will be over soon..... I had to stop car and move a wheelie bin from the middle of the road, it was a very full, very heavy bin, amazed how the wind moved it cos I hardly could! :confused
wasn't in lyth was it?
mine flew up the lyth road this morning.....full!!
got it back though, still full!
silverlady
11-Nov-10, 16:15
wasn't in lyth was it?
mine flew up the lyth road this morning.....full!!
got it back though, still full!
No AnneMarie, Wick. It has eased off now, lovely sunny crisp afternoon...complete contrast to this morning, enjoy the peace everyone!
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