Nuwara Eliya Saturday instead of the 5th Kumbal - 14 degrees fog and noon gusts 58
If we skip 6.28, partner's hill default is Ella. I just opened Nuwara Eliya Saturday on Foreca (same 22.27 stamp we have been staring at): morning 14 with fog, noon gusts 58, 2-6pm still showering. Is NE the actual Saturday instead-of-Kumbal, or did we pick a colder wetter hill by accident.
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NE Saturday (still 22:27): overnight-7am 14C fog, 8am 15C / gusts 50, 10am 18 / 50, 11am gusts 54, noon 19C / gusts 58, 2-6pm rain/showers 0.1-0.4 mm, 6pm still 0.4 mm / 44% / 16C. Kandy 6pm is 0 mm / 25C. You would be leaving a dry last-Kumbal kerb for a wet 16C evening. 58 km/h at noon is a hat-and-hold-the-door hill, not an automatic close. I cannot swear 22 Aug Horton / Gregory closure - none I can see. Do not steal Kandy's noon-50 onto Pedro; NE's own noon is 58.
If 6:28 is the trip, this is not tonight's van. If NE is the trip, leave after sleep, not a 23:16 fantasy. Pack a layer (cotton thread is the other one). No invented van fare.
NE in similar wind was noisy, pretty, wet by 4. I would not swap a last Kumbal for it unless I had already seen four. No invented room rate.
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People outside stations offer to "help" buy tickets but charge large markups. They may buy cheap third-class tickets and sell as more expensive classes.
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