The meteorological office issues an advisory that strong winds are expected at sea blowing from the south and west between 1 pm today and 2 pm tomorrow and expected to reach storm force 8. And indeed the winds are howling round the flat long before afternoon. In fact the effect is rather strange. It’s the sort of sound we associate with winter storms but there’s no precipitation and the temperature is about 20, although it feels quite a bit cooler because of the strong winds. Not that we’ve never experienced gale force winds in summer, but it still sounds like winter.
And not familiar enough with the Beaufort scale to translate, but Google comes to the rescue. Force 8 means gale, 50-61 km/h. On land twigs break off trees, progress generally impeded. Sounds about right. One step below Force 9 which features 7 to 10 metre waves and roof slates and chimney pots blowing off. Good day for reading.
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