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I think I can hear the odd distant rumble at the moment listening out the kitchen window.

Certain I can hear the odd distant rumble here at the moment listening out the kitchen window.

So we have fun wind and surprise thunder around here in Wales already then! Doing pretty well then so far considering there is suppose to be the higher thunder risk tonight once the cold fronts gone through bringing thundery showers. I have not had any thunder here yet though but we did last night for a bit. Mostly around us and in the distance. Am going to go and listen out for anything now.

Had a gust of 32mph in the garden from the 6-7ft high weather station not long ago. That means it must be gusting around at least 40mph now in better exposure.

Hope I didn't miss anything yesterday as it looks like there was actually thundery showers in Wales all day. I didn't think there was going to be anything and because I rely on my parents to tell me if they hear anything as they are alway's outside I fear they may have missed some nearby distant storms as they will only hear stuff thats nearby because they are in a shed. I only noticed some lightning this evening around the area for a few hours with one distant but powerful sounding rumble and then another half an hour or so later that was closer but I think less powerful as the thunder was softer sounding. Another thing that I thought was unusual today though was the strange nature of the wind as you would have hours of there being just Light or Gentle breezes but then when a shower came through you could have a few minutes of Strong or even Near gale to Gale force gusts.

Didn't seem to be much wind here today like I thought there would be. There was certainly the rain though and we had a period around midday where we had a rain rate of over 5mm/hr before the main rain band cleared away leaving sunshine and showers.

Just had some thunder here in the last hour. I didn't expect that. The power even wen't out for a few seconds and considering the thunderstorm was in the distance, that particular thunder after it happened had a loud boom sound which means it must have been quite a powerful cloud-ground strike. Especially since it made our power go out for a few seconds.

Just had some thunder here in the last hour. Anyone else in Wales hear it? I didn't expect that. The power even wen't out for a few seconds and considering the thunderstorm was in the distance, that particular thunder after it happened had a loud boom sound which means it must have been quite a powerful cloud-ground strike.

Going to be two great day's in a row if we get thunder here later. Fun wind yesterday and thunderstorms today.

Met office have issued a yellow thunderstorm warning now. It was a fun windy day yesterday so if we get thundery weather today then that will be two day's in a row with the two weather types i like the most.

Had a gust of 41mph on the weather station at ground level in the garden today and I saw it hit 39mph as well. Thats the highest I have recorded yet on this station but I think it's because we had Southerly winds and because quite a few trees have been cut down that way over the last year or so so more of the wind can probably now get through. It wasn't any different to what we normally get though when i wen't up the top of the hill with my handheld anemometer with max gusts only into the 40's mph. The highest gust I got up there in the afternoon was 47mph.

Are there many houses at Portland? I ask as I haven't been before and I would have thought with it getting about 30mph higher winds then other nearby areas that there would be many instances of quite bad structural damage or power cuts through out the winter months when the usual Atlantic storms come in.

This is a small pumpkin my dad made today which I think was pretty good for a first try. I think pumkins faces are one of the best things about halloween especially at night because even with a white colored head torch light like we put in this pumkin it still gives off a nice orange/yellow colored glow kind of light even without candles when its dark and the light is enclosed inside of it.

I am pretty certain that those winds won't be hitting many areas with many houses or power as those winds would cause bad structural damage and widespread power cuts. Widespread Severe gales and Storm, Violent storm or even Hurricane 1 in a smaller area according to the beaufort scale. I have a handheld anemometer myself and have noticed the winds I get here to be much lower then what the weather models and agencies predict, sometimes 30-35mph lower in fact.