Singing in the rain… NOT!
December 19, 2008
Weather is terrible here. Gales and heavy rain and all looking very dark and gloomy. I’m just back from walking Jingles, however not the usual long walk. Only on the field next to our house. It’s not too bad there as it is sheltered. Jingles was actually blown off his feet a couple of times when he walked up the hill towards the road. Very funny to see. Just like me, he got the idea in the end and remained in the sheltered parts.
What annoys me is the website of the Metoffice. Today their weather maps showed a forecast for Skye of a 30mph wind with gusts up to 50mph (my estimate would be gusts over 70mph). Yet they have issued a weather alert with gusts up to 80mph!! It’s obviously difficult to get the maps and the alerts properly aligned. In this day and age of advanced computer systems it shouldn’t be that difficult to come up with a proper website connected to meteo-devices.
Yesterday we got some bags of coal delivered. Although we have a supply of firewood, we do not yet have a place to properly store and dry firewood. So up until now we used to cut and log for a week. But then the burning is difficult as the wood is still very moist. Also the cutting and the logging become a challenge when the weather is like this. So, the coal is a nice solution. Both stoves are really great. During the day we have the kitchen stove burning and by 4pm we light the stove in the lounge. The underfloor heating is only on to heat the bedrooms when they get too cold and it sometimes switches on during the night when the temperature drops below 17C.
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Agree about the wind Rogier, Up at Halistra this week it must have been more than 30 seemed more like 50+. Will definitely need to acclimatise to Skye weather . Will email for more advice on this matter. Also coal suppliers .
Have now returned down south with cobwebs completely blown away!!!
Rob
You may be interested in the data from my weather station in Milovaig, it shows that we really do have some of the wildest weather in Scotland.
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=ISCOTLAN36
It has only been up and running for 11 months, but already gives a picture of what the weather is “really” like.
alan