Thanks for all those, Ian. The time-lapse clips were a good idea and were
rather entertaining.
In defence of the Met Office, the low level wind, below around 500ft agl, is
pretty difficult to forecast: it's affected by all manner of local conditions
and topography. The Met Office is pretty good at forecasting the "geostrophic
wind", though -- the one at 2,000ft.
Chris
Chris
On 17 Aug 2012, at 16:48, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx7uZyMeE8k&feature=plcp
>
> Then I went back on Friday evening, and parked myself up the hill from the
> launch site. Met office said the wind was heading that way, but that means
> very little in the real world, and they actually took off and went roughly
> parallel to the hillside instead.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQQ4qa6lCI&feature=plcp
>
> Saturday I was otherwise engaged, and on Sunday the weather was much
> windier and rain showers were forecast. It turns out they still launched
> and the wind took them right past my flat. Didn't snap any pictures
> though. Wouldn't want to broadcast the state of my windows to the world ;)
>
> Still photos of all 3 ascents in my picasa gallery, including a Friday bee
> getting stuck-in (never thought of the 50-200 as a macro lens) and some
> nice crepuscular rays.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/103946165422859151776/BristolBalloonFiesta2012
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