South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 26/10/13

[Mesoscale]

The rain is calming now and so are the wind gusts?

[snow raven]

Wind has woke me up - is this it or worse to come?

Rain has stopped at some point in the night too.

[k66yla]

Wide awake now....does'nt help having lots of trees close by as I can hear the wind rushing though the leaves. Not looked outside yet, sounds too scary. 

[SF-02]

Quite a few trees near so would have thought I'd be hearing lots of noise but so far nowhere near as loud as a brief storm during the week at about 4am. South London way.

[Sussex Jules]

Wind has woke me up - is this it or worse to come?Rain has stopped at some point in the night too.

Morning some of us haven't even gone there yet. The latest that John said was that he thought there is worse to come. The low is still over Bristol Channel way and it doesn't seem to want to move.

Edited October 28, 2013 by Jules71

[Sussex Jules]

Sussex Police â€@sussex_police 12m

Just talked to man from the Met Office who says that they've recorded 60mph+ gusts at Shoreham and Herstmonceux. #sussexstorm

[West Sussex Kate]

More from Sussex police on twitter:

@sussex_police: Power cables brought down in Fir Tree Lane, West Chiltington with resulting local power outages. #sussexstorm

@sussex_police: Man from the Met Office said rain beginning to clear the Hampshire/Sussex border. Still pelting down in Lewes. #sussexstorm

Edited October 28, 2013 by West Sussex Kate

[alexisj9]

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations

[JennyJane1]

hello, anyone up? calm here although looks like it rained before i woke up.

[SF-02]

Some rail companies now have timetables up. Starting about 8am on southeastern with 2 trains an hour to London instead of 6-9 on metro lines. Very unlikely most will fit on that. Southern are around 2 an hour on local lines starting about 9am. That seems to continue all day.

[West Sussex Kate]

It 4am now.... It sounds like the whole things moved away now.

It reached its peak around 2am.

Going to try and get some sleep, hopefully it doesn't come back.

Night all xx

[alexisj9]

It 4am now.... It sounds like the whole things moved away now.It reached its peak around 2am.Going to try and get some sleep, hopefully it doesn't come back.Night all xx

Doesn't sound like it's calming down here yet, unfortunately, to noisy for sleep.

[Karmamel]

Windy in whitstable but not gusts . Rain has stopped

[Wivenswold]

Really picked up here in the last 20 minutes. Got a constant rumble in the background.

[JennyJane1]

oh well, back to bed for a while

[FatherOf2]

Really picked up here in the last 20 minutes. Got a constant rumble in the background.

Yes pretty noticeable now as it increases.  Gusting gale 8 in Harwich Harbour.  Looks like game on for a while.  PS lights just flickered grrr

[alexisj9]

According to this, if you click on the pressure tab, the center of the low is 977 and still in the bristle channel.

 

 

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations

[crazy_diamond]

This has probably been asked adozen times at least, but I am about to head out to work, am I going out to an improving situation or a deteriorating one? Any thoughts much appreciated!

Thanks

CD

[SF-02]

I think it is supposed to be worse here in SE England from 6am. 

[Wivenswold]

It should peak between 7 & 8 am as the low moves out over the North Sea and the wind direction backs Westerly. 

[Hurricane Debby]

Now I love this kind of weather but I have to confess I s*** myself a couple of times the gusts have been so strong here ! And its getting worst as I type ! I heard this wire cable go twang a while ago and can hear it in the background somewhere swinging around and making a racket. If anyoneis awake can they tell me if this is the peak or if its going to get worse ? Jesus it really is blowing up out there

[crazy_diamond]

Oh deep joy! Thanks for the info SF-02. I think I might ponder my options!

CD

[blackprince]

This has probably been asked adozen times at least, but I am about to head out to work, am I going out to an improving situation or a deteriorating one? Any thoughts much appreciated!ThanksCD

Hi Crazy   hope its getting better but a lot a lying water and gusting wind,if you are going into the city can you post how it was,my relief is coming from Thurrock down the A13 and I have to go back down the A2/M2 ..Thanks

[SF-02]

Oh deep joy! Thanks for the info SF-02. I think I might ponder my options!CD

If you are taking the train it looks like most are cancelled until 9am and then only a very limited service.

[Hurricane Debby]

I'm surprised more people aren't on here. I've had an hours kip but can't sleep through this racket ! I just had to drive to the petrol station to buy some coffee to stay awake ! Its not too bad out there actually. Lots of leaves but not much in the way of branches. Very mild as well