Foul winds blowing..

[Mr Gus]

Well not quite, but a weather thread that was a steady feature at st elsewhere seems peculiar by any other name.

Joe's early morning snow from a few nights back finally (unusually) reached us yesterday, at time of writing we have had 24hrs of slow trickling snow,settling everywhere bar paths & roads.

Just hovering above freezing for that time, & 5c in the conservatory (the atypical snow blanket temp)
it took 24 hrs to spread from 6 miles up the road but got here in the end, so I imagine east anglia is now adding pressure on the energy system.
Wind curently ticking over, producing more than nuclear (11.am) so i'm happy about that.

Wife on day off, so downstairs heating is where it normally is & living room is an ok 16.7c with background heating.

It's defiitely a gridwatching kind of day eh!?

Don't forget to feed & water the birds.

[Mr Gus]

36 mph winds by us currently, here on fens edge since early morning.

Is it all over the place?

[Bugtownboy]

Gusty down here in Somerset, so presume it’s pretty widespread.

Should be ok for the South Wales WT

[Mr Gus]

Indeed, just waiting for joe to give us both site reports

[AE-NMidlands]

Gusty down here in Somerset, so presume it’s pretty widespread.
Should be ok for the South Wales WT

Indeed, just waiting for joe to give us both site reports

...except that we have a grid outage! Grrrr! Still, we haven't done so badly financially this month, even if my calculated capacity factor is only 0.20 Just imagine a windy month!
A

[Joeboy]

Both sites outputting equally today

[nowty]

Its bin collection day here on the South Coast and they are randomly strewn in the roads and gardens around here.

[ecogeorge]

10.40am and interesting to see a bit of pumped Hydro in the energy mix . I can only assume they are expecting cheap wind to pump it back up later .......
George.

[spread-tee]

Blowing a hooley here 50mph gusts if the forecast is believed. Amazingly my panels are still up on the roof on my DIY timber fixings Mind you next door are doinga lofty at the moment and have a tin hat with sheets all round which is making a helluva racket, the tarps are trying to head off to Norway by the looks of it. I woke a few times last night convinced a panel or two were trying to escape.

Desp

[Mr Gus]

Le bags au sand?
Is it all initial "not been up long" worries or the wind & noise next door Desp?

I'm sure you've got a wee bit of sandy type stuff to weigh it down to see you over the hump, (or water filled 5 litre containers)