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nearly everytime we have been camping we seem to have high winds, we make sure we use decent pegs and peg everything down and try and use the car as a windbreak. so far so good not had any casualties yet apart from the gazebo we used for cooking in.

20 mph winds are not too bad but gusts of 30 mph would worry me. I am not sure how a weather forecaster can come up with such a difference in wind strengths...'up to' could mean anything from 21 mph to 30 mph. Sounds like an educated guess to me.

I would check nearer the time before worrying too much. 30 mph winds can uproot trees but providing your tent is a decent one and has been pegged and guyed correctly before the wind picks up it should withstand those winds. You wouldn't want too much stronger than that though and erecting a tent in 30 mph winds would be difficult to say the least.

Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 26/4/2011

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20 mph winds are not too bad but gusts of 30 mph would worry me. I am not sure how a weather forecaster can come up with such a difference in wind strengths...'up to' could mean anything from 21 mph to 30 mph. Sounds like an educated guess to me.

I would check nearer the time before worrying too much. 30 mph winds can uproot trees but providing your tent is a decent one and has been pegged and guyed correctly before the wind picks up it should withstand those winds. You wouldn't want too much stronger than that though and erecting a tent in 30 mph winds would be difficult to say the least.

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Very common to have forecasts for gusts of 30mph with 20mph winds Bob. Believe it or not very common for that to actually occur too - just not neccessarily when and where they say it will !  Have had forecasts for 15mph wind with gusts of 45mph.

I agree with you about pitching a big tent in winds like this in an exposed situation. It may well be ok once it was up but getting it up safely could be dodgy, sooner not risk it myself.