Storm Imogen

[Nick F]

Quiet in here this morning, top gusts on the mainland so far I've seen in last few hours have been 75 mph at Mumbles and Aberdaron in Wales, 66 mph at Plymouth. Culdrose saw a gust of 79mph overnight. Looks like peak gusts of 60-70 mph reaching further east across southern counties late morning into early afternoon. Fairly calm here atm compared to the squalls that came through early last night.

[Summer Sun]

Top gust so far is 96mph

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sunnijim]

Based down at camber sands since yesterday afternoon, The anometer was picking up gusts around 50 and 55mph until about 2100.Between then and 0100 I recorded 63mph as the highest gust.A lull in the wind strength between then and 8am.As I type they are increasing again.

The top tide is just before 11 so am hoping for the steady increase to coincide.

Sods law a vicious squall went through my London neck of the woods last night as I was away! Grr.A constant roar of wind here last night, and the sands have become like a blizzard.

[Summer Sun]

Roof blown off Lloyds bank in Yatton

http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/roof_blown_off_lloyds_bank_1_4409447

[Nick L]

Expecting a peak in gusts between 12:00 and 16:00 across much of the south coast, frequent 70mph gusts, topping 80mph at times.

[Mapantz]

Quite bizzare how each wind event varies locally. It's not windy at all here! (yet)

[Nick F]

81mph gust at Mumbles Head near Swansea at 9am, Buoy off SW Ireland reporting 96 mph gust.

[sunnijim]

Scilly St Marys records a gust of 81mph recently.

[Nick B]

55 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Roof blown off Lloyds bank in Yatton

http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/roof_blown_off_lloyds_bank_1_4409447

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off..."

[Nick L]

1 hour ago, Summer Sun said:

Roof blown off Lloyds bank in Yatton

http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/roof_blown_off_lloyds_bank_1_4409447

I bet they weren't banking on that.

[PLANET THANET]

1 hour ago, Summer Sun said:

Roof blown off Lloyds bank in Yatton

http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/roof_blown_off_lloyds_bank_1_4409447

at least it wasnt the bank charges that went through the roof this time

[stevofunnelcl]

got some webcams for beaches in North Devon

westwood ho one seems to be down at the moment, but others are working

Saunton, that looks like full gale, with white foam being blown up the beach

http://www.eyeballhq.tv/surfcheck/saunton/

Had a brief power cut earlier

[Nick L]

7 minutes ago, stevofunnelcl said:

got some webcams for beaches in North Devon

westwood ho one seems to be down at the moment, but others are working

Saunton, that looks like full gale, with white foam being blown up the beach

http://www.eyeballhq.tv/surfcheck/saunton/

Had a brief power cut earlier

Take a look at the Woolacombe cam, with the palm trees it could be mistaken for a hurricane...ignoring the England flag

[Summer Sun]

 

 

 

 

[Nick L]

2 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

 

 

 

 

And that's why speed restrictions are put in place during high winds!

[Rob Walker]

1 hour ago, Mapantz said:

Quite bizzare how each wind event varies locally. It's not windy at all here! (yet)

Yes I agree! looks like the coasts and hills have got the wind a few hours earlier than it picking up over inland areas. 

Has been very gusty here at times but the wind does drop away in between gusts to almost completely calm!!

Although the past half an hour  have noticed an increase in the frequency/strength of the gusts and the calm spells are definitely shorter!; either that or we're just more sheltered from westerlies than southerly winds!

 

[William Grimsley]

Just a normal windy day here. High Wind Gust: 48 mph at 11:46.

Edited February 8, 2016 by William Grimsley

[William Grimsley]

12 hours ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

A flash of lightening and thunder in Exeter, Devon, winds just seem squally at the moment 

Yes, I heard the thunder! It was a nice suprise!

[Liam J]

Can't see any of the GFS' 65-70mph gust predictions inland yet across southern England, 40-50mph quite widely and there are a few stations recording 50-60mph. Strongest winds so far have been across S/SW Wales, North Devon and along the exposed south coast, as expected in the amber warning zone. 

Edited February 8, 2016 by *Sub*Zero*

[Nick L]

4 minutes ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

Can't see any of the GFS' 65-70mph gust predictions inland yet across southern England, 40-50mph quite widely and there are a few stations recording 50-60mph. Strongest winds so far have been across S/SW Wales, North Devon and along the exposed south coast, as expected in the amber warning zone. 

The peak will be through this afternoon across southern England. Gusts of 60mph possible up to the M4 corridor going on the Euro4 hourly gusts.

[cobbett]

The amber warnings should never have included some central southern counties - breezy and thats it. Can tell it's a non event here (southampton) as haven't heard one person in the office talking about it

[Nick L]

1 minute ago, cobbett said:

The amber warnings should never have included some central southern counties - breezy and thats it. Can tell it's a non event here (southampton) as haven't heard one person in the office talking about it

See my post above. The worst is coming this afternoon. And observations all along the south coast have gusts above 60mph so I don't really see what more you can expect? 

Edited February 8, 2016 by Nick L

[Wivenswold]

Perhaps, and this is a crazy thought, it's best to see how this event plays out before saying whether the Met Office got it right? 

[Liam J]

2 minutes ago, Nick L said:

The peak will be through this afternoon across southern England. Gusts of 60mph possible up to the M4 corridor going on the Euro4 hourly gusts.

Yeah up to 60mph seems nearer the mark away from exposed coasts, Isle of Portland 79mph and the Isle Of Wight 69mph just recently. GFS does tend to over do inland wind speeds a tad, best sticking to hi res models when in range. 

[Daniel*]

9 minutes ago, Nick L said:

See my post above. The worst is coming this afternoon. And observations all along the south coast have gusts above 60mph so I don't really see what more you can expect? 

GFS 6z has gusts of 66ph for me at 15:00PM quite a storm for London's standards.