Showing posts with label squall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label squall. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Storm Ciara squall

When Storm Ciara crossed the UK on Sunday there were several lines of squalls.
One passed over here.

From my weather records on Wunderground:

Temperature 2020-02-10_07-16-26-221

The top graph shows the temperature dropping from 14.7C to 7.1C as it passed through.

 Rain 2020-02-10_07-18-48-805

The rate of rainfall reached  50mm / hour (about 2 inches per hour).
Fortunately the squall passed through in about 15 to 20 minutes.

How it looked through my kitchen window:



There were lots of reports of Lincolnshire roads bring blocked by falling trees.
Talking to J, a dog walker we often meet, he had a narrow escape.
As he drove out of the small estate behind me a large tree crashed down ahead of him.
Needless to say he decided to go back  home.

One 'heritage' disaster was the 5 sail windmill in Burgh le Marsh losing its sails.
It looks as though the whole rotating section was blown off.
J told me he had heard that the sails were rotating backwards in the high wind.
Found these videos on t'internet.

When the sails started to break up:


The final damage:
 
 
Built around 1844. A working mill until the 1960's
Now owned by the County Council and run by volunteers.
I wonder whether it will be restored.

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