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Not seen a thread about this latest storm yet, but there’s a red storm warning across Wales and the Bristol Channel. The BBC Points West weather chap was saying that drivers should not even think about using the M5 tonight into tomorrow morning, in particular with vans and high-sided vehicles. To do so would be really foolhardy. Rain isn’t the problem like with Bert, it’s the wind, which could be gusting up to 90mph!
I’ve checked Windy, and the strongest winds are just off the Irish coast coming in towards Limerick, and I’ve seen 78mph as the highest, but that could easily change.
Take it easy and look after yourselves folks.
I got a government alert on my phone!
Coastal communities are going to see very serious winds, 50mph gusting to 80s.
People don't realise that 50 mph can knock you off your feet. 80mph will pin you to the floor
I remember watching a video of a car trying to cross the Skye bridge in a 100mph wind.
Jesus h Christ, how it got over I'll never know. There is zero chance the driver didn't soil their pants
Years ago I was driving to Cornwall in a storm, very windy but ok. Then it got worse and driving became impossible. Spent the night in the car for fear of being blown off the road
Just had a message from a friend in the NW who says it's lashing it down and howling a gale at theirs.
Here (nr Manchester) isn't too bad at the moment; I went for a ride earlier and although it was dry weather at the time, the roads were soaking wet in places and the wind was definitely picking up. One of those annoying days where it looks quite still but then you try and ride a bike and find you're doing 10mph on the flat and it's really quite hard work!
Slight breeze in the west of Ireland.
A bit breezy in Southampton. The Velux windows in the kitchen make a strange noise when it is windy, a bit like someone snoring. I assume it is pressure difference dragging air through the seals, either that or MrsWCAs cold is making her snore really loudly
A fair bit gusty here in the south of Ireland. Had to pick up the wheelie bins and re secure them already. Batten down the hatches. Seems to be a few power cuts around too.
Not to be too bad here, gusts topping out at 56mph which is pretty normal, glad I'm not down in the red zone though.
Daughter got a red weather warning on her phone in Exeter which looks to me like its in an amber warning area but I assume after the criticism they didn't make enough fuss about Bert they are being extra careful....
Neighbour 2 doors down hasn’t made any effort to tether down their trampoline that Bert manage to flip a short while back.
Wife says if they haven’t sorted it by 11 then she’s going out there with the girls from next door to dismantle it 🙂
I got a government alert on my phone!
It would be better if the alert system had a less dramatic mode for things that aren't actually emergencies, for when like this there's a few hours' notice.
I had an alert on my phone earlier, for a second I thought we were starting an annual Purge!
Cambridge, forecast is to be a bit windy and rainy. Kind of normal.
The Winter Fair has been cancelled; health and safety gone mad. Where am I supposed to get posh artisanal cheese from?
Drove from Brecon to Cardiff at 10pm, was absolutely lashing it down and windy as hell. Took it cautiously so made it through fine. unlike a lot of others. Now at home and it's very windy but not overly concerning. Did have two of the Warnings on my phone though, it really does sound like The Purge!
While I was watching the news from BBC Bristol, there was a weird noise and the presenter and the weather bloke both received government weather warnings on camera! First time I’ve heard one, and they were both rather startled by it. I’m about forty miles inland, but it’s blowing a fair bit at the moment, and my weather app is saying gusts up to nearly 60mph tomorrow.
As someone who lives on the west coast of Scotland I'm just amused at southern softies getting worried about a stiff breeze. That said, if it transpires to be a moderate hooley, you will have my sympathy. It can be hard to lever new wheelie bins from your council, and trampolines can get blown into neighbours Audis, grazing the paintwork.......
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As someone who lives on the west coast of Scotland I’m just amused at southern softies getting worried about a stiff breeze.
Yeah yeah. It’s never windy on the West Coast of Wales 😉
Right now it’s blowing hard. Nothing unusual but it’s pretty noisy, the internet has gone and the house is creaking. I’m in an exposed position (we can see Lundy so there is not much to break a SW gale) and having grown up here I thought I knew what strong winds felt like. Until I experienced a cat 4 hurricane. Those softy Europeans getting worried about winds that barely exceed double digits…
It’s getting pretty serious here. I’m about 15 miles east of north Bristol with nothing in front of our house for about 3miles and the roof is making banging, groaning and grinding sounds. Even with the car parked right in front of the garage door, during a large gust we’re seeing an inward bend of around 15cm and there are already trees down in the village.
The anemometer in the side of the house is already at 96kph and we’re not even into the worst of it yet!
No wind or rain at the moment in Rammy. Must be in the eye of the storm?
Maybe later in the morning for an increase in wind and rain?
I got woken by the wind at about 3.30am.
Very quiet and still now but my Rain Radar app shows a big chunk of weather moving in, probably coming along in the next hour.
Perfect day for scattering my Mam's ashes on the top of the North York Moors eh? :/
It's been organised for months to get the family all together and have a meal afterwards. Reckon we'll end up wearing her. Maybe it her way of saying she's not ready to leave the bottom of the wardrobe yet lol!
The buoy off Perranporth recorded a 58 ft wave overnight!
That’s a bit harsh sending your lad out in the middle of the night when there’s a red warning !
I'm in an amber area of the south west but well inland and it's not too bad here so far. However, a lot of the householders round here leave their various recycling receptacles permanently out front of the house, so good luck sorting them out, they're skittering all over the road!
Have we any reporters standing in the worst of it live on TV yet?
Heh was just thinking the same
I assume there will be plenty of men stood on high ridges in the hope of getting blown off today.
We have electricity again so we can get the kettle on for a cup of tea.
This is today's peak daily gust in km/h
It's not your usual piddly storm for Southern softies
It's very nasty along the coast
Yes, this is a big one for the south and west of England & Wales.
Have we any reporters standing in the worst of it live on TV yet?
The BBC Wales reporter was in Penarth but it's basically East facing coastline, which isn't going to deliver as much drama in a Westerly storm. It looked oddly flat behind him.
Even here on the Solent gusts are peaking at over 50knots (60+mph / 100+kph).
That's not soft nor is it anything like what's bashing Wales/West coast.
Just had to put the lid back on the compost bin here in Ilkeston. Added a brick to pin it down.
Only a yellow warning here, and generally looks unpleasant out the window. Hope it's not as bad as forecast for those of you further west, especially with the rain warning in south Wales.
That map must be km/h Shirley?
Mph would be utter disaster
Mind you, there are some bloody incredible speeds regardless
Jesus
Windiest I've seen it here in Carmarthenshire, neighbours fence is down but the fence I built a few weeks back has held up so far. I expect to see some carnage when I go for a walk later (after it's died down).
yeah it’s km/h. Top speeds in N. Wales reported at 90 mph
All rail services currently suspended here in NI.
Wind woke me up around 3am and it's been pretty wild.
Our local weather station says:
3 Bft - Gentle breeze
Today: 39.0 mph 07:45
Gust : 39 mph December 7
'Gentle breeze'?!!
yeah it’s km/h. Top speeds in N. Wales reported at 90 mph
Aw man that's gonna be wrecking people's houses, terrible
Heathrow Met Office are reporting 30mph winds with 50mph gusts.
Should be an interesting experience for those that are flying!
We were forecast snow above 250m but it has come to nowt and it's just wet instead. I'm supposed to be selecting and chopping down a Xmas tree later this morning so I suspect it'll be full waterproofs.
Right in the middle of a Red here in the Bristol Channel.
Bit hairy. High tide at 11:00 but relatively low in height a 12m.
I stepping out for a while and I may be some time 😉
@longdog I shouldn't laugh but getting Big Lebowski vibes off this one. Make sure you're upwind!
Two ridge tiles off so far. The same ones I lost ten years or so ago. I need to improve my technique for fixing them or replace the lot with a dry ridge system or whatever.
Heathrow Met Office are reporting 30mph winds with 50mph gusts.
Should be an interesting experience for those that are flying!
Just dropped OH off at Heathrow. She hates flying, I gather it’s not so bad in a massive airliner.
Was probably more dangerous negotiating the motorway morons @7am, followed by low flying wheelie bins in our street.
Probably belongs in the other thread, but the wind is all over the news and it’s always the same people’s rubbish I have to clean up from our drive when their bin opens or blows into the road.
I lie our bins down with the lid against the wall if it’s going to be stormy, or move them to the side of the house.
Tempted to empty our bin in their garden.
Im on the Berkshire/Wiltshire/Hampshire borders, was pretty windy a few hours ago, it woke me up, but it's all calmed down now. I'm driving to Brixham,South Devon at lunchtime.
Just dropped OH off at Heathrow. She hates flying, I gather it’s not so bad in a massive airliner.
MrsMC said it was a bumpy ride into Heathrow yesterday, so today should be good. BA were unable to serve hot drinks on the flight due to elf n safety.
There are various live streams on YouTube from several UK airports at the moment. They're usually quite entertaining in weather like this.
Just search for "[your local airport] live stream"
Isn’t the Heathrow one Jerry Dyer, aka the founder of Dirt?
I was almost underwhelmed landing at Bristol from Newcastle yesterday evening, not much more bumpy than an average flight.
Seatbelt sign didn’t go off and no drinks service through, must be bad for easyJet to turn down the revenue.
All quiet up Manchester way. Had rain overnight but nothing that wakes you. It's expected this afternoon here.
Wind is pretty much from the west so shouldn't feel anything as they'll land going headwind. As that's a sadly normal windspeed round here we now have a pair of near perpendicular runways to cut down on vomit
I hope you started a fight with the air crew for not supplying you with the required Stella and Pringles?
Wind is pretty much from the west so shouldn’t feel anything
At Manchester? Absolutely not, it's a bang on crosswind. Currently NW winds, 18kt, gusting 30 at the moment.
Mrs B is up in Keswick. Its a bit wild, apparently. The market has been cancelled as nobody wants to get killed by a flying artisan sourdough loaf
Never dissapointed by these threads flushing out the Scottish hardmen who accuse anyone daunted by 90mph winds as being soft.
U OK hun?
South Lanarkshire, pleasant dry and calm day, hardly a breeze and earlier rain stopped an hour or so back and it’s brightening up.
Local gravel ride in the morning hopefully
Hands up who’s going to sell Christmas trees in a hurricane with the Beavers?
Struggling to understand the euphemism.
Oi! I'm Irish.
In the Bannau Brechiniog. Devestation in the forest opposite, like a tornado has gone through. It also took out a massive Oak on the valley road, which means we are stuck here for several days. The electric is off (estimate repair time 11 pm) but the phone like is still up so I have old skool BT internet. It is at times like this I am glad I invested in battery storage, solar and a micro hydro system. Sat here with fan heaters and all lights on trying to use up a surplus of energy!
It is at times like this I am glad I invested in battery storage, solar and a micro hydro system. Sat here with fan heaters and all lights on trying to use up a surplus of energy!
Glad you're OK- that sounds like a peak STW thread right there.
Remarkably quiet here, in the south lakes, breezy but nowhere near storm force, maybe nw is the one direction our house is sheltered from. Going for a walk in a mo, see what it's like once were out on the fell.
Get that Oak processed before someone else does!
@Drac - Sea's wild here on the coast. 50 mph wind with 70 mph gusts. Nothing like Arwen mind.
I oiled and ran my genset a couple of weeks ago. So I can run my oil central heating, cook with an air fryer and gas camping stove.
Not getting caught out with the power cuts this time.
The map is in km/h it is from Wetter online.de
The values are observation data from meteo stations. It is unverified as it's live data and not gone through a rigourous QA process but it's good enough for this discussion.
😉
Look at Spitzenböen (Tag) - peak daily gust
The Dutch are making good use of the storm by holding their Annual Cycling Headwind Championships today!
https://www.zeeland.com/en/live-work/nk-tegenwindfietsen
Having just moved to Scotland can I now pretend to be a hard man, unflappable in the face of stormy weather?
I just took the dog for a walk (well, one of them - the old dog was having none of it, must still be too English) to the sea. The wind was strong up on the hills, and the dog looked hilarious. Nobody else was about.
It wiz nae bother.
Wind forecast speeds here in east Cardiff were 72mph gusts which is a good 20 higher than anything I've seen before. However since we had a warning everyone got out and secured their wheelie bins and garden furniture which was great, there has been no damage in my immediate vicinity apart from the annual clear out of rotten fences. I went out at 4am to make sure that the banging wasn't our meter cabinet door - it wasn't, but the neighbours' was flapping so I taped it up.
92mph gusts recorded in Aberdaron where we were this summer. A few downed trees on local Cardiff roads but nothing more I can find online. Tomorrow we need to go to Lampeter, but it looks ok provided the M4 reopens or the flooding on the A470 recedes.
I just took the dog for a walk in Bristol, lots of people doing the same, I guess because Bristolians are harder than Scots.
I’m 10 miles east of Carmarthen and the winds didn’t drop at 11am as forecast - in fact they’ve continued to get worse. We lost a handful of roof tiles at 2pm and it’s forecast to be gusting up to 65mph until the end of Sunday so I’m fully expecting to lose a few more. I’ve already left messages with a few roofers so we’ll see if anyone gets back to me.
The end of our roof's Facia is peeling off here in a windy part of Bristol, and quite a few roof tiles missing from nearby houses on a walk down to the shops. Storm Bert brought down a few trees and fences so I think that limited the damage done by this one.
It’s really ****in windy on the North Devon coast. Gusts recorded around 80mph earlier. Maybe around 50 now. Can’t remember or being this windy and for as long in my 20 years here.
lots of minor damage, few trees down on roads and Barnstaple Motel ( which was supposed to host our works Xmas party tonight ) has lost its roof.
Sea is huge. Bideford bay buoy recorded 79 feet of swell at 3 am this morning.
we lost power at 8am and supposedly won’t get it back for another 24 hours.
Genuine question, when people say 'you OK hun?' are they asking out of a genuine concern for the person, to suggest that the person is a snowflake, or because the comment the person made has hit a nerve?
Bideford bay buoy recorded 79 feet of swell at 3 am this morning.
Assuming that's a true reading, and not the buoy getting flipped over or whatever as per @jam-bo earlier today, then Crikey Blimey. Surf's proper up.
Nothing of any interest in Edinburgh. I don't know what all the fuss is about 🙂