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Blimey, often see the Marco Polo over at Tilbury, it's a big old cruise ship! Wouldn't want to be in the channel tonight!
I can't believe they were actually out there and not safe in harbour. That is criminal in my view. We have gusts of hurricane force already on land, it must be horrendous in the Channel!!!
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Back to gusting Force 12 and lights flickering again. Not done that since '85. Oh dear, just sounded like a tile sliding down the roof, they are really heavy ones too! Must tell family not to go out until morning.
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Pretty much correct there EML. It's all pebbles and so far this winter I dont think that pebble bank has been breached. Let's hope it stays that way.
Has been breached in Pagham 4 miles west.
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Hi Daniel,
Those are pebbled beaches that bank moves up along with the waves, the waves create the bank in fact.
As far as I know, and I might be wrong, but there's not any sandy beaches in Bognor
They were sandy beaches in Bognor and are sandy below the pebbles that were put there at least 20 years ago as sea defence. Having said that my kids, were there 2 days ago and said under the pier the sand had been stripped down to the underlying clay. Not seen that for many years. Also they saw a lot of stranded starfish. Didn't even know we had starfish in the UK.
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Still watching the Bognor webcam
http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live
The waves are getting to the top of the sandbank now & with over an hour until high-tide I wouldn't be surprised to see waves hitting the shops
I live here and would be surprised to see the waves hitting the shops. Wouldn't be surprised if the fishermen come down to move their boat soon though. Sea water not been on to the road in Bognor seafront since '87 but tonight seems to be the worst since then in my view. Especially seeing we haven't reached the peak of the storm yet. My house is starting to creak in some of the more severe gusts and I can hear the tiles lifting. Hope they stay on!
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Now Bognor has Force 10 mean speed and Force 12 gusts. 67.5 knots or 77.5 mph.
http://www.chimet.co.uk/%28S%28c50t5n3hum0yyp45051ooq55%29%29/Default.aspx
Still getting worse. How high can it go?
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Southampton now gusting force 12!!!!!! 66.3 knots 76 mph.
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Nice webcam! Can't help wishing it was day time but it's clear enough. I used to go down to Bognor a lot as a kid, looks like there could be some flooding there tonight
Pagham is the area most at risk tonight. The last severe storm the defences were breached and a couple of roads were flooded. What is most worrying is that the beach is disappearing at a rate of knots and the houses are now perilously close to the edge! If I lived there I would sleep elsewhere tonight.
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Agreed, this is epic in terms of wind speeds. Lights are like a disco here at the mo, haven't lost power though.
It still doesn't seem worse than 23rd Dec though
Looks like Southampton gust recorded a 65 knot gust.75 mph. It is supposed to get worse later! I do hope not.
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Southampton now Force 10 gusting 11. not often they get winds that high!!
Oh dear, now Bognor has F10 gusting 11 too.
And thankf for the reply Chris.
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and here's a good live station if you want to see some high numbers, the graph as given up
http://www.nci-prawlepoint.org.uk/weather.htm
Graph back but a constant force 12!!!
74 knots constant wind shown. That is 85 mph mean speed. WOW! As you say Hurricane force.
Where is Prawle Point though? Cornwall?
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Southampton now gusting Force 11. 59.3 knots or 69mph
http://www.sotonmet.co.uk/%28S%28ddecbdnkaec3wq55zf4ase45%29%29/default.aspx
And CHIMET not far behind with Force 11 58.2 knots or 67mph
http://www.chimet.co.uk/%28S%281x450fexmzkdow45oofidbik%29%29/Default.aspx
Please! I don't want it to get worse than a force 11. Not when we have 4 hours until the worst is supposed to be here anyway. Perhaps it is coming through earlier? Hopefully.
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A certain site on facebook told many of its followers to ignore Xc weather as they " xcweather uses low resolution model data btw so is not as accurate." is this correct?
I don't know how correct that quote is but I personally have always found their data to be very slow in updating as it has always been far windier here than the XCweather site is showing for wind.
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Now gusting 60 mph and ceilings creaking and tiles rattling. Nearly 4 hours until it is supposed to peak here.
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Wind has now gone up to a Force 9 gusting 10. Very strong gusts now and far more frequent.
High tide isn't due for another 3 and a half hours yet but looking at the web cam is far higher up the beach than should be.
http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live
A good cam as it gives the sound as well as video.
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looks pretty
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Yes, it does look pretty. Pretty horrible. Lovely view there
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Having taken stock of the situation there seemed little else to do. The south certainly in hot water tonight.
WOW! off topic and on topic at the same time! Just WOW.
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Too early to beef about the lack of wind Bovril. Give it a few hours and it will have beefed up and will stir people from their slumber, if they aren't spooning on Valentine's Day still that is.
Very punny
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Still quiet here .Whats going on ?? No rain or wind
Marie, it will head your way soon, it was relatively quiet for a while here too but the wind has now risen to a Gale force 8 gusting storm force 10.
Patience is a virtue.
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Southampton catching it already.
http://www.sotonmet.co.uk/%28S%28qbghobfb3mmu3vi3ruxpdj55%29%29/default.aspx
Force 10
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things calming down in north london, wind easing, rain stopping sun shining
Sun Shining???
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The winds getting up here and no I didn't just eat a haggis, couldn't catch one anyway!
Steak and strawberries for afters are FAR worse than Haggis. Mmmmmm love Haggis.
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Highest Gust 70.0 mph at 13:35 Highest Speed (10 minute average) 23.0 mph (F5)Just found this on twitter -http://www.capelcliffsweather.co.uk/today.htmCapel is a small village on the cliffs between Folkestone and Dover so the site should record some decent gusts later.
at 13:28
That is rather a high gust of wind for a 23mph wind! Sure this is accurate?
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OH! Wind now gusting to 50knots /57mph, Force 10 Mean wind speed 46 mph and it isn't supposed to be bad until midnight.
What is going to happen at midnight?-
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What is going to happen at midnight?
South East England & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 13/02/14
in Regional
Posted · Edited by coldfingers
Really worth watching the Bognor webcam now. Only 20 mins to high tide and it is blowing a hooley out there. This is a 4.5 metre tide yet is already up higher than the 6 metre tide earlier this year.
http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live