1949threepence Posted July 13, 2023 Author Posted July 13, 2023 3 hours ago, blakeyboy said: https://www.stratusdeck.co.uk/tornado-scales Britain's strongest is a T8-9, so around 240 mph, so around F4. The T scale is way more scientifically based than the F scale. I'm in Figueres, NE Spain, on a job, and the locals have been complaining about the heat.... OK, so using the T scale, let's remind ourselves of the definitions for T8 and T9:- T8 - Motor cars hurled great distances. Wooden frames houses and their contants dispersed over long distances; stone or brick houses irreperably damaged; steel framed buildings buckled. T9 - Many steel framed buildings badly damaged; locomotives or trains hurled some distances. Complete de-barking of any standing tree trunks. I'm fascinated to know when we had such a powerful tornado in the UK - so do you have a date and location? I can then check it out with the meteorological conditions. I've spent many years studying weather and weather history in this country and have never seen factual and verifiable reports of such powerful tornados. I don't accept that the tornado which occurred in Portsmouth in December 1810 was anything like as powerful as touted by some, as a) there is very little information about it, and b) definitions are different these days to what they would have been then. Quote
blakeyboy Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 1666, apparently. No trains to throw about though....?? 1 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 On 7/12/2023 at 7:07 PM, copper123 said: We are of course very lucky to have the gulf stream - without it these isles would be more like Canada in the winter - please god , no , I just hate my winter bills as they are nevermind a -30 ,in that temperature I am pretty sure I would be stuck at home in the winter for four months. The gulf stream is slowly moving mainly if not entirely due to the melting of Arctic ice. However we will never get Canada weather as our weather prdominantly is subject to Atlantic westerlies which means much milder, damper climate. Quote
copper123 Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 38 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said: The gulf stream is slowly moving mainly if not entirely due to the melting of Arctic ice. However we will never get Canada weather as our weather prdominantly is subject to Atlantic westerlies which means much milder, damper climate. Esp in Cumbria 1 Quote
copper123 Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) hot.webp scorchio Edited July 13, 2023 by copper123 1 Quote
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