South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/10/13 1730z ------->

[Nights King]

Seen one tree down this morning on way to work in the village which is quite normal for a blustery autumn day   One fell down in a squall about the same size few weeks ago which blocked a37 for longer because it wasn't expected.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Picked up small branches and placed them in  a hedge. Put  wind blown refuse sacks back in collecting pile as blown onto  street. Swept up Sycamore leaves and seed...Highest gust 19.4 km/h. Lowest  pressure reading 978.9 hpa at 04:49 . Precipitation this morning 6.3mm. Lowest temperature 07:16 8.8c...Kept me awake at various times...Got up at  05:05....

[karlos1983]

Picked up small branches and placed them in  a hedge. Put  wind blown refuse sacks back in collecting pile as blown onto  street. Swept up Sycamore leaves and seed...Highest gust 19.4 km/h. Lowest  pressure reading 978.9 hpa at 04:49 . Precipitation this morning 6.3mm. Lowest temperature 07:16 8.8c...Kept me awake at various times...Got up at  05:05....

 

Not a stormy morning person then 

[Karl83]

Thunder and Lightning here in Bristol

[Sainsbo]

Had a torrential downpour about 45 mins ago and it has been raining steadily ever since. With last nights rain, we may end up with a high daily rainfall total in Swindon.

 

Been quite a wet month in general; Just over 100mm so far.

[Beast of Plympton]

What and evening!! Got down to 977.5mb in the end here and highest wind gust was 55mph. No damage, thankfully.... Thoughts are with people who have lost people and possessions....

[legritter]

Heavy squall here on west mendip ,wind picking up ,would not be surprised to hear some thunder ,gone very dark towards weston s mare ,

[AWD]

Latest from Ian;

"W COUNTRY Confirmation now from @metoffice that highest regional gusts were 75mph at both #Yeovilton, #Somerset & #Lyneham in #Wiltshire

[Skullzrulerz]

uh oh, round 2 anyone......?

 

UKMO 144

ECM seems to agree 

 

a few adjustments and and I could going out again 

 

GEM has ago also

 

they say to look for trends don't they........?

ROUND 2!

[kaz]

No problems with the wind last night here.. Just quite a bit of rain. Think we escaped any of the terrible weather. Still a few blustery showers coming through but again this is just a normal Autumn day here. 

 

Seeing pictures on the news and FB it looks like another world out there cant believe I'm in the same country. 

 

kaz

[Skullzrulerz]

This was yesterday i think this is wind speeds if it came off like this the storm will be more worse then last night's storm.

Scary.

[dec10snow]

Been out for a quick cycle this morning.... Looks like we escaped quite lightly, just a few branches down here and there, and I saw a bit of fence which had obviously had a branch of some sorts land on it, as there was a sign for 'tree cutting' and a bit of the fence had gone!

[Mapantz]

Around 100 trees down across Dorset roads, not surprising with what i was experiencing. Warnings all justified, i give a big hi-5 to the MO for sticking their neck out at such an early stage.

[Sainsbo]

Another torrential shower/hail storm. It's just been heavy shower after heavy shower here. The radar doesn't look like that will let up anytime soon. Quite worrying. We've already had 23.8mm in the last 24 hours and after last night I imagine that the drains will be blocked with leaves.

 

I think there must have been nigher gusts in Swindon than the mere 36mph recorded by the local weather station. I can see a tree down from my bedroom window!

[AWD]

Serious rain in Bristol now, flooding galore. Haven't seen it like this for a long while.

[Moleyroley]

Wow what a night here on Portland , resorted to sleeping downstairs with the kids at around 1.30 am . Living next to chesil was not pleasant last night !

[Dorsetbred]

Latest from Ian;"W COUNTRY Confirmation now from @metoffice that highest regional gusts were 75mph at both #Yeovilton, #Somerset & #Lyneham in #Wiltshire

So, the 72.5mph measured in the harbour wasn't that far short of the highest regional gusts.

[AWD]

Some more scenes of tree murder around the region.

Bulford;

Cholderton;

Bath;

Central Bristol;

Wells;

[Rustynailer]

We are used to this kind of wind speed here,trees and chimneys are regularly wind tested, indeed it has blown 100 mph in 2009 at the same Needles old battery.

That's why the Isle of Wight has minimum damage and the inland areas of the mainland are worst effected.

I also notice that lots of the trees felled in the City looked unhealthy around the roots and branches, as a qualified urban tree manager I can say that with some authority, please take pictures of damage before they cut up the trees and remove evidence, it matters to innocent people who have to claim. Some authorities know this and don't like pictures at all, lol.....

[Andy Bown]

Warminster on the national BBC News, wonder why they chose here!?

[festivalking]

Wow what a night here on Portland , resorted to sleeping downstairs with the kids at around 1.30 am . Living next to chesil was not pleasant last night !

 

Indeed! What was the road like out to Portland this morning from the fleet, I can imagine covered in stones?

[Moleyroley]

Indeed! What was the road like out to Portland this morning from the fleet, I can imagine covered in stones?

It was actually fine as far as I know , I think they did close it for a few hours though when the winds were at there worst . My garden actually came off lightly too considering how bad it was down here . The cast iron chiminea went walkies though ! Impressive considering it takes two to lift it normally !!

[karlos1983]

I know the dark arrives quicker when we leave BST, but I do enjoy being able to model watch an hour early  certainly makes the last hour of work much easier going! Unless of course there is an impending storm/Blizzard, that's always stressful !!

[Jax]

Well I set off to bed last night and it was quite calm, did not get woken up in the night by anything, the added insulation and uPVC double glazing certainly paid divideds last night, as my first warning on how bad it was just after 6am was me going out to work and seeing bins, bags, leaves, branches and other stuff sailing past me, and it was chucking it down, all the roads suffered some significant surface water buildup (well the ones I used did anyway)

 

 

It was actually fine as far as I know , I think they did close it for a few hours though when the winds were at there worst .My garden actually came off lightly too considering how bad it was down here . The cast iron chiminea went walkies though ! Impressive considering it takes two to lift it normally !!

I bet the Fleet and river Wey looks far different from the pictures I posted recently show, not even two weeks ago when I took them.

[Costa Del Fal]

Hi guys, I'm looking to compile a blog post tonight on the storm last night.

I would love to hear your max wind speeds and any damage you had or have seen out and about. This is for anyone in the SW region and the Channel Islands.

Please reply in here or PM me. I would love any photos too!!!!!

Cheers