Still early in the day but it looks like they've managed to dodge a pretty major bullet, the last minute weakening to CAT 3 definitely helped along with the slight shift in the inner eyewall east.
After moving from about 400 feet asl in Huddersfield, to Clarence Dock in Leeds, I've realised how spoiled I've been the last few years. Nothing more than a dusting in the last few days and all the daytime showers have been sleety/rain. Guess it's what I should expect for living so low down
Yeah, earthquake activity seems to have really shot up in the last hour or so. Probably just normal variances in the earthquake magnitudes, as we have seen this is recent days, only for it to quieten down again.
Swimming pool roof in Salendine Nook, Huddersfield was reportedly blown off while there were still people in the pool. Thankfully, everyone got out unhurt.
Rather interesting walk home. Was looking up at this ominous bank of cloud before it suddenly exploded into hail with gust winds. Street and road was covered in less than a minute and it went on for another 10! Snowing lightly now but settling on the hail.
Latest model outputs shows that parts of our region could be subject to some nasty conditions on Friday. As always however, still time for more adjustments north, which could make a large difference.
There's still the uncertainty of the southern extent of tomorrows strongest winds. Looks like the more northern parts of our region could have a lively day once again...
What is the Southern extent of tomorrows strong winds? Keep hearing mention of Ireland, Scotland and northern England being affected but is yorkshire far south enough...?
So why are the MO predictions much lower? And why haven't we been put under any sort of warning (not even yellow)? 60mph winds can do anlot damage, let alone in an area that is saturated and weakened from recent storms.
Met Office have me down for a max gust speed of 43mph tomorrow. Are we too far north and inland to have the 50-60 mph gusts that are expected? EDIT - Looking at other sites, Netweather has a peak period of 33-58mph while WeatherOutlook has a max gust of 69mph tomorrow afternoon. Met office being cautious?
I'm heading down to Shropshire at the weekend and am wondering whether the westward corrections of the thunderstorms have put more of the midlands at risk?
With unseasonably low temperatures forecast for the coming week, what can we expect the thaw rate to be like? I've got a feeling that this time next week we still be seeing lying snow at low levels badly affected.
Just been out to get an 'attempted measurement', with all these drifting conditions.
Just shy of a foot here in Huddersfield, and this is only 5 minutes out of the town center!