{"id":293335,"date":"2024-01-01T12:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293335"},"modified":"2024-01-01T12:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:34:40","slug":"inverbervie-confirmed-as-site-of-86-mph-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293335","title":{"rendered":"Inverbervie Confirmed As Site Of 86 Mph\u00a0Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"293340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=293340\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?fit=1620%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02ef71_6fc7d3346307422eae8252411c701974mv2.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A bit more information on the windspeeds at Inverbervie during Storm Gerrit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">27 Dec 2023<br>Anemographs<br>What about the 84 mph on Fair Isle, people do live there \ud83e\udd14<br>I think they&#39;ve slipped the &#39;Isle of Wight&#39; into their list to justify their warning in the S, I&#39;d like to bet that&#39;s the Needles, because St Catherines pt hasn&#39;t been that windy \ud83e\udd28<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stormgerrit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stormgerrit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZAYNh2g1yQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZAYNh2g1yQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Willie Mossop (@williemossop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/williemossop\/status\/1740055212122144946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willie is an ex-metman, and produces some wonderfully detailed weather posts on X.<br>He has managed to confirm that those 86 mph winds really did come from the Inverbervie station, which we suspected. The altitude is as the Met Office stated \u2013 134m.<br><br>His graph also shows average windspeeds, which appear to have peaked at around 67 mph:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"335\" data-attachment-id=\"293337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=293337\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png?fit=553%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"553,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png?fit=553%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png?resize=553%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png?w=553&amp;ssl=1 553w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will recall that at sea level in Inverbervie itself, average windspeeds peaked at 30 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference between sea level and a 440 foot clifftop is stark, and confirms that the Met Office\u2019s focus on these exposed sites is grossly misleading the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe next time we have a heatwave, they might like to highlight temperatures at the top of Ben Nevis, instead of Heathrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between sea level and a 440 foot clifftop is stark, and confirms that the Met Office\u2019s focus on these exposed sites is grossly misleading the 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