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Telegraph_Sam

crumpet_man said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Todays wind looks grim 

That's clearly a glitch/error with the BBC website.

I was about to substitute "Florida" in place of NE England when an update came through for the local BBC forecast: 15,852.  I defy anyone to beat that - whatever unit of measurement is chosen. 

double_dutchy

At least it's not going to be 385 centigrade over night like some places.....

Spoonie_Turtle

Telegraph_Sam said:

crumpet_man said:

debitcardmayhem said:

Todays wind looks grim 

That's clearly a glitch/error with the BBC website.

I was about to substitute "Florida" in place of NE England when an update came through for the local BBC forecast: 15,852.  I defy anyone to beat that - whatever unit of measurement is chosen. 

Caerphilly had winds forecast in excess of 25000

(I thought it was photoshop at first, but evidently not.)

Slinky

My friend in Bodmin had over 27000

Telegraph_Sam

By rights those who have endured hurricane force wind speeds should be compensated with low(er) kWh unit prices as a result of lower generating costs from inland wind farms.

debitcardmayhem

Telegraph_Sam said:

By rights those who have endured hurricane force wind speeds should be compensated with low(er) kWh unit prices as a result of lower generating costs from inland wind farms.

Can’t run wind farms in a Hurricane, iirc the cut off speed is 55mph

Telegraph_Sam

Do you have much choice or is it not a double whammy Catch 22? 
I'll be interested to see how the past few days are handled in the Tracker (and Agile) accounts.

la531983

Tomorrows rate the highest I have ever seen it. Should be some respite from Tuesday onwards as the wind picks up again.

masonic

la531983 said:

Tomorrows rate the highest I have ever seen it. Should be some respite from Tuesday onwards as the wind picks up again.

Could be very cheap next weekend based on the current forecast, although there's plenty of time for that to change.

Telegraph_Sam

It looks like us in the North East on Dec 2023 v 1 are maxing out just now @ 22.54 / 22.55 p I think including SC's. That looks like a fraction below our SV on the graph, in figures now 23.19,  which has got to be the ultimate short term yardstick. I'm not aware of us actually exceeding the SV daily though there have been some near misses in the past.  Of course taking the average over a longer time period(s) is the more meaningful statistic and on this we are quids in.