what to do when the wind comes

Not sure what to do as its very warm and could do with leaving the vents open on the sides of the tunnel but would i be better of shutting them with the storms forecast

 

Hi Lazydog
You should be OK. Wind gusts are only 40's and temp. supposed to be 18C.

Its much worst West and North.
See link: West Bromwich weather forecast - Met Office

 

Cheers I know one thing the sky is moving at a fair pace atm its like being on a train ans watching the scenery wizz past

 

Currently gusting 36 mph here, but forecast for severe gale later with speeds of up to 80mph.
Looks like we won't be needing a ladder to finish off picking the apples:D

 

38 knots ((approx 45 mph) here in Cambridge according to our local weatherstation

according to another site about wind, 39-46mph:, [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica]Fresh gale breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress [/FONT]

well, I've called it a day ... done some mowing etc and it's not pleasant out there

 

I've done a lot of swearing today. Pots blown over, stuff shredded, bits blowing everywhere. Hoping my blow-away doesn't take off or come apart. Stupid wind!!!

 

Yesterday evening I shut 2 out of three vents on the side the wind would hit and left the poly tunnel door shut this morning.

There's been very fast moving low clouds most of the day with some terrific gusts in the last hour or so, and I'm off to check it out now (plus see if there's any more windfalls).

EDIT: 76 deg F, so not overheating.

 

I can't get the current observations for our local weather station. Perhaps its in pieces scattered over a wide area by now because of the wind:OUCH:

I was out earlier in the car, and I saw a poor old lady crossing the road, she nearly got all the way across when a gust of wind strong enough to rock the car sent her back in the direction she'd just come from. That was about 3 hours ago and its been getting progressively stronger since then.

I fully expect to see some damage by morning.

I feel for the people down the west coast, I haven't noted which way the wind is blowing but I know the prevailing wind comes from the west, so those of us in the east benefit from a couple of hundred miles of land mass, and the penines, to give us a bit of shelter from the worst of it.

 

Its been blowing a hooli here all day and last night, polytunnel standing firm. We did earth a friends door flap up today on his tunnel as wind was getting under that...he can dig it out tomorrow ...but I guess it's better than driving a few miles to collect the whole tunnel.

Steve...

 

I have now shut 4 and left 2 open forgot about the bottom of the door though will need to remember that when winter comes if i havn't change the design

 

I have an old door mat that gets thrown over the door 'skirt' in the poly tunnel entrance. We often joke as to whether we should be wiping our feet on the way in, or on the way out.

 

We are having a good blow in the Vale today...
Winds are currently increasing over parts of central and southern Scotland and northern England with winds gusting 60 to 70 mph in places. Latest gusts include; 76 mph at Edinburgh Blackford Hill, 72 mph at Glasgow Bishopton and 71 mph at Loftus, North Yorkshire. The next few hours will see winds continuing to gust 60 to 70 mph in these areas with a few isolated gusts reaching 75 mph. Winds will slowly ease overnight. Keep up to date with the latest warnings using the link below. Issued at 1638 on Mon 12 Sep 2011.

 

Wow my polytunnel suvived the wind but a trellis work that I put up for the other half to block the view of the poly from the house didnt (tee he ) :happydance:I did watch the cover moving a bit with wind getting inside the poly so todays jobs is to block off the gaps around the doors Ive got a tin of expanding foam for that lets hope it works. I hope no-one had any disasters & all is ok with your polys, Mick

 

To be fair the winds here were minor so just used them to test mine the only job i need to do is change the door from the zippy type to proper job which will be done in the next few weeks,i have a piece of scaffold board along the flap at the front at the moment after being reminded by scrungee's post