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Can you also tell the thousands who are reading these blogs daily a bit about what the differene arrows on the wind chart mean. What is the significance of 1, 2 3 barbs on the end of the arrow? Is there a significance as to which side of the arrow the barbs are placed? Also I notice on th woodvale charts there are a number of, for want of a better name, blobs. There are a pair of them at approx 22S 56E. What are these.

Hi there guys, Hope all is well with you both.Sorry not to have posted for a while but life has been a bit busy here in Rutland! ( I was gpoing to say "sunny" BUT we have had RAIN, RAIN and yet more RAIN today!!! and thunder and lightening too. Very wet indeed!....just in case you think you have the monopoly on weather, I thought you ought to know that we still get weather here too!! have just read an email from Sarah, she sends her best wishes to you both. She's having a mixed bag of weather too...Bob's been oput again, but she did have a bit of a break and manage some serious rowing today too. How was the party....sorry I ddin't make it but my swimsuit was at the cleaners, and then i couldn't find the right shoea to wear....you know the sport of theing!Anyway, hope it went well and that you had something suitable to toast with............................if not, I'm sure you'll make up for ut on Mauritius!! take care, you're doing really well. HUGZ Helen

Hi again...sorry about the previous typing errors..... and then I hit "post "before checking it through. Helen

Come on Helen it's that glass of wine and the addiction at the end of the day we are all getting hooked on!! It's great that you are here supporting the girl's(as Jem calls them) what with your own huge support for Sarah,dipper's and Bob. I met a friend's husband the other day in town and he told me that his wife is coming up to bed later and later,he hardly ever see's her now!! I'm thinking it must be the addiction that's getting to us all; hey Jill? Has anyone ever seen a Moonbow? Woodvale reported that J&J saw one last night! Moonbows or Lunar rainbows are rare ~ A bright moon near to full is needed,it must be raining opposite the moon,the sky must be dark and the moon must be less than 42* high. Wonder if Guy and Andy have seen one yet? T

JohnP, The barbs on the arrows indicate the wind speed, difficult to explain without drawing, but I'll have a go, but it's very easy to understand. The longest line of the barb with the smaller ones at one end indicate where the wind is coming from [winds always come from]. The smaller lines are two different lengths and indicate the wind speed. The longer one equates to +2 forces of wind on the beaufort scale, the smaller one, +1 force of wind. So two longer ones would be force 4 and one large and one small one would be force 4, and so on. For more information on the beaufort wind scale, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale They currently have a westerly wind scheduled to go southerly, so scroll through and you can see the barbs and wind direction change. The pair of blobs around 22S, 56E are Reunion Island and Mauritius, and hitting Mauritius is like threading a needle at 3000 miles as it's only 17 miles long, but here we come! Jem

wow that must have been amazing, it's sites like this that must make it all worthwhile...hope A&G see something oarsome soon too x