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DS: Risk Warning; Weather - Storm Brian

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Hello all,

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for our area for tomorrow. You may wish to warn and inform your team and take precautionary actions later today in preparation, eg: batten down the hatches, bring in all that you can, etc, then be vigilant tomorrow as the storm moves through and be prepared ​to take immediate safety action if presented with an unwelcome challenge. This may mean agreeing some regular visits to your site tomorrow with key members of your team to reassure yourselves all is well or be able to take remedial action speedily.

Today:

Friday begins on a dry and bright note with a few sunny spells continuning into the afternoon across the east. However further west a band of wet and windy weather will arrive and steadily spread east with coastal gales likely. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Rain clears to the east during the first part of the night with heavy, blustery showers following behind. Turning very windy across all parts with severe gales possible around coasts. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Saturday:

A very windy day with gales for many or severe gales in exposed coastal areas, giving a cool feel. There will also be heavy, blustery showers in all parts. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Winds gradually ease for Sunday which will be a breezy day with some blustery showers. Monday and Tuesday will bring breezy and often wet weather but it will become milder.

All the best.

Bill


Beaufort wind force scale

The Beaufort scale, which is used in Met Office marine forecasts, is an empirical measure for describing wind intensity based on observed sea conditions.
Specifications and equivalent speeds
Beaufort wind scaleMean Wind SpeedLimits of wind speedWind descriptive termsProbable wave heightProbable maximum wave heightSeastateSea descriptive terms
Knotsms-1Knotsms-1in metres*in metres*
000<1<1Calm--0Calm (glassy)
1211-31-2Light air0.10.11Calm (rippled)
2534-62-3Light breeze0.20.32Smooth (wavelets)
3957-104-5Gentle breeze0.61.03Slight
413711-166-8Moderate breeze1.01.53-4Slight - Moderate
5191017-219-11Fresh breeze2.02.54Moderate
6241222-2711-14Strong breeze3.04.05Rough
7301528-3314-17Near gale4.05.55-6Rough-Very rough
8371934-4017-21Gale5.57.56-7Very rough - High
9442341-4721-24Strong gale*7.010.07High
10522748-5525-28Storm9.012.58Very High
11603156-6329-32Violent storm11.516.08Very High
12-64+33+Hurricane14+-9Phenomenal

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