Storm Agnes?

[Graham Easterling]

I must have blinked!

Now I know that the storm passed a little further NW than forecast. and southern Ireland was hit, but here it was just a tad breezy. In Penzance, facing into the S wind, it never really got above F5. In fact there were a couple of stronger gusts last Sunday.

What I don't understand was the fact the weather warning was left in place, certainly as far as SW England is concerned. Why aren't these things updated in the face of reality, a typical bluster day for us.

Not me, somebody else on the tip of Cornwall, concerning the media more than the MetO

The media has much to answer for when it comes to weather warnings and general purveying of information that may or may not have a detrimental effect on our lives. It seems to me that they would rather scare us witless than offer some sensible knowledge and advice. Over the last few days, I have had several people (holidaymakers) come to me saying that they were going home a day early to avoid the weather. Another told me he supposed he would not be able to go anywhere today and would have to stay at home.

 

There are always exceptions, of course, and I had one American couple who planned to walk from Pendeen to The Cove today. I suggested that even being careful perhaps such a walk would be better done another day. I was told that today had been allotted for this walk and that was that.

 

I checked with the weather stations and at Land’s End gusts had peaked at 57 miles per hour and even at Gwennap Head, the windiest place in the universe, it had only topped 66 miles per hour. It seemed to pick up a bit more later in the evening but when I check the data much later on, the record gusts for the day had not changed.

At Lands End the wind has to get >70mph for people to start taking note. My maximum gust in Penzance is 83mph, yesterday the peak gust was 31mph. 

Graham

Penzance