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• Mournes Summit Bivvy: January 15, 2011 - January 16, 2011

[suspectmonkey]

Believe it or not the BBC weather forecast appears to have changed from Heavy Rain to Light Rain... woohoo

Looking at a few different weather websites there could be heavy showers Saturday afternoon that will clear away leaving some scattered showers or light rain overnight.  Which I suppose is pretty normal for the Mournes!  Looks like it will definitely be a windy one though, with the wind dying down overnight going into Sunday morning.  Temperatures are pretty high though!

[Dowser]

Believe it or not the BBC weather forecast appears to have changed from Heavy Rain to Light Rain... woohoo

Looking at a few different weather websites there could be heavy showers Saturday afternoon that will clear away leaving some scattered showers or light rain overnight.  Which I suppose is pretty normal for the Mournes!  Looks like it will definitely be a windy one though, with the wind dying down overnight going into Sunday morning.  Temperatures are pretty high though!

You should get Kat a pair of these... She'd be sorted for any weather 

[darren]

Believe it or not the BBC weather forecast appears to have changed from Heavy Rain to Light Rain... woohoo

Looking at a few different weather websites there could be heavy showers Saturday afternoon that will clear away leaving some scattered showers or light rain overnight.  Which I suppose is pretty normal for the Mournes!  Looks like it will definitely be a windy one though, with the wind dying down overnight going into Sunday morning.  Temperatures are pretty high though!

supposed to be mild over the weekend.
at least we wont freeze to death.

thing is weather in the mountains is so changeable.
ive had experience of it.
every time ive been up bearnagh its always been cloudy.
you say its now light rain.
hopefully by saturday its just a very odd light shower.
you expect rain at this time of the year.

[Kat]

Believe it or not the BBC weather forecast appears to have changed from Heavy Rain to Light Rain... woohoo

Looking at a few different weather websites there could be heavy showers Saturday afternoon that will clear away leaving some scattered showers or light rain overnight.  Which I suppose is pretty normal for the Mournes!  Looks like it will definitely be a windy one though, with the wind dying down overnight going into Sunday morning.  Temperatures are pretty high though!

You should get Kat a pair of these... She'd be sorted for any weather 

I have never seen anything so hideous!! 

[LandyLiam]

hmm, plenty of grip for the downhill slopes  


here's a wee pic of meelmore summit



(sorry if i spoilt for the surprise for anyone!)

Plenty of space & plenty of sheep poo along the flat bits by the wall which is why i parked a wee bit out.
The "lodge" at the end smells of wee so emergency use only  

but with an L shaped wall you should be able to get protection from most wind directions but you'll really be wanting a westerly (forecast is for a southwesterly)


p.s. any chance people could stop quoting whole posts, its a real bugger to read them on my phone    :'(   

[666_pack]

hmm, plenty of grip for the downhill slopes  


here's a wee pic of meelmore summit



(sorry if i spoilt for the surprise for anyone!)

Plenty of space & plenty of sheep poo along the flat bits by the wall which is why i parked a wee bit out.
The "lodge" at the end smells of wee so emergency use only  

but with an L shaped wall you should be able to get protection from most wind directions but you'll really be wanting a westerly (forecast is for a southwesterly)


p.s. any chance people could stop quoting whole posts, its a real bugger to read them on my phone    :'(   

sorry about that

[LandyLiam]

wee need more smilies too

[Tim]

The met office have issued the following weather warning;

"Heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds or gales, is expected on Saturday with 25 to 40 mm likely, and with over 60 mm possible over high ground of western Scotland, Northern Ireland, Cumbria and north and west Wales. With ground saturated in places, there is a continuing risk of localised flooding."

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html

This is gonna be an interesting night 

[RedLeader]

Definitely going to be windy and wet but there's no actual weather warning for NI. Good times

[twentyclicks]

There may be localised flooding downhill from the latrine area depending on how much is drunk on the night 

Well, for rehydration purposes of course...

[LennyJ1]

Definitely going to be windy and wet but there's no actual weather warning for NI. Good times

thats just going to be in some peoples pants.

[MikeD]

Do you think there is any hope of trying to create a windbreak with an extra 3 metre x 3 metre tarp - we'd need two really strong poles (prob not walking poles) to hold it up ?

[RedLeader]

Not sure how much it would help on a summit. When we were on Binnian the wind just blew in circles, didn't matter what direction stuff faced it still was wrong direction for the wind.

Do you think there is any hope of trying to create a windbreak with an extra 3 metre x 3 metre tarp - we'd need two really strong poles (prob not walking poles) to hold it up ?

[LennyJ1]

Do you think there is any hope of trying to create a windbreak with an extra 3 metre x 3 metre tarp - we'd need two really strong poles (prob not walking poles) to hold it up ?

good idea for people in bivi bags, I just took a walk along the lagan on lunch and almost got blown over twice.

[sjh1]

Re. Mournes weather forecasts have you all seen this website?

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/mountain-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&site=UKMOOL%3BMourne+Mountains&fday=3&fhour=0

Not sure how accurate/useful it is compared to the TV forecasts but I usually check it before going up the Mournes.

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