Wind alerts for festivals, shows and racecourses
Festivals, shows, racecourses and venues put up marquees, stages, gazebos and hospitality tents that each have their own gust limit. Gustline checks the forecast against every one of them.
Pay for what you run
One event of up to 14 days is watched until it closes. If you run several events, a season pass or a year pass covers every event on your account.
Warn the whole team
Alerts go to up to five email addresses and five UK mobiles for each event, so the site manager and the safety officer hear at the same time. Gustline checks every six hours from a week out and every hour in the final three days.
A record for the plan
Every alert is logged with a timestamp for your wind management plan. Gustline does not replace the plan or an anemometer on site.
Heat, storms and flood too
Every plan includes alerts for heat, thunderstorm risk and Environment Agency flood warnings in England, as well as ice and frost, heavy rain, fog and snow.
Plans
- This event£19 one-off
One market, show or festival of up to 14 days, watched until it closes.
- Season pass£99 a season
Every event in a season: winter is October to March, summer is April to September.
- Year pass£179 a year
Every event, all year. Renews yearly, cancel any time.
Included in every plan: wind, ice and frost, heavy rain, heat, fog, snow, thunderstorm risk (forecast), flood warnings (England).
Wind and weather guides
- How to write a wind management plan
What UK guidance says a wind management plan should hold: a limit for each structure, action levels, who decides, how wind is measured and a log.
- Wind limits for stage roofs, screens and temporary structures
How wind limits work for stage roofs, screens and temporary structures: the IStructE design gust, why sheeted roofs differ and example action levels.
- Wind limits for marquees and tents
A marquee's wind limit comes from its design certificate, not a general figure. What MUTA guidance says about design wind load and wind management plans.
- Wind limits for gazebos and market stalls
No national wind limit exists for gazebos and market stalls. What council market policies say, with the gust figures and weights they set.
- Heat at outdoor events
Met Office heatwave thresholds of 25°C to 28°C by county and UKHSA advice for events on water, shade and timing in hot weather.
- Thunderstorm risk at outdoor events
Writing a lightning policy from PLASA guidance: plan for forecast storms, set action distances and know where people can shelter. A forecast is not detection.
- Flood warnings near an event site
What an Environment Agency flood alert, flood warning and severe flood warning mean for an event in England, what they leave out and where to sign up.
- Met Office weather warnings for event organisers
What yellow, amber and red Met Office warnings mean for an outdoor event. Each colour combines impact and likelihood, so no colour means a set wind speed.
- Gusts or mean wind: which number to plan around
Forecasts give a mean wind speed and a gust speed. Why structure limits are gust limits, how load rises with the square of speed and what to compare.
How Gustline helps
Gustline checks the Met Office site-specific forecast for the point you pin on the map, every six hours from a week out and every hour in the final three days. It compares the forecast gust with the rated limit you enter for each structure and checks the weather alerts you leave on for the event. When a level changes it emails and texts the people you choose. Every alert is logged with a timestamp.
Gustline is an early warning for planning. It does not replace checks on site on the day, the official warnings or your event's own plans.
Set up alerts for your next event