SunnySouthCoast

Was a lovely day here, fantastic for the time of year. Was 19C even here right on the coast

Turned into a pleasant afternoon, some sunny spells have lifted the temperature to 21C.

Lights keep flickering here!

Just had a gust of 65mph here & lights have been flickering.

Blowing a hoolie on Southsea seafront: http://www.camscape.com/view/34670

Sustained wind of 40mph here now with gusts of 60mph. And while the pressure is dropping my temperature has risen by 1.3C in an hour.

Just had a gust of 60mph on my weather station.

F7/F8 sustained in the Solent now gusting to F9/F10.

Temperature has risen by 1C in the last 45 minutes here! (from 15C to 16C)

Gust of 83mph recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight at midnight.

Not according to the Met Office.

The worst will come in the early hours in Cornwall.

I don't know why people are being sarcastic about the lack of wind when the storm hasn't actually got to the UK yet! But saying that it has been windy all day here & I have just got back from the seafront in Southsea (the bit that hasn't been closed off) & the rain was horizontal & waves were crashing over the sea wall. Latest reports from Solent Met station show pressure as 992.3mb & wind 46km/h gusting to 69km/h so it has become less windy here, but this was always expected & is the calm before THE storm

The peak winds are not due to hit Cornwall until after midnight.

Portsmouth council have already closed off Southsea seafront this afternoon (yes I know it was closed anyway for Great South Run, but they are keeping it closed).

Brittany Ferries now cancelling some sailings from Portsmouth & operating a revised timetable for others. Hovertravel have already cancelled all crossings to/from Southsea/Ryde. LD Lines also cancelling sailing from Portsmouth to France.

Recorded a gust of almost 70mph here earlier.

Cloudy earlier but gorgeous clear blue sky & sunshine this afternoon, feeling warm too Currently 23C.

After yesterdays heavy showers today is much quiteter, dry with sunny spells. Temperature is currently 18.7C.

No. Still warmish down here & not had a night time temperature lower than 11C yet. We have pulled the bedroom window in a bit, but it's still open, the heating doesn't go on until sometime in November at the earliest here

Well didn't get much rain here, just 2mm between 6 & 9am! Though it is colder now than it was last night at 16C.

Very hot day, high of 29C & 24.5C now at 6:40.

Very hot & sunny today, hit 29C earlier! Think tomorrow is going to be a shock to the system

Turned out hot here today with a max of 28C! Nearby Lee-On-Solent was the warmest Met Office station today with 27C.

Weekend was much better than forecast here. Saturday was bone dry & after a cloudy start had some sunny spells during the afternoon, with a high of 22C. Today started with a spell of very light drizzle, not enough to register on the weather station, then this afternoon was sunny & warm too, with a high of 25C : )