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  • Location: Benson, Oxfordshire
  • Location: Benson, Oxfordshire
41 minutes ago, Nick L said:

With all the weird skies going on, completely missed how much the temperature has dropped this afternoon. Was about 21c at lunchtime, now about 15c. Back to the jeans I think...

I noticed that. I suddenly felt quite chilly but I put it down to being ill rather than the weather!

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  • Location: Upminster, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Wind, Thunder, Snow, warm sunshine!
  • Location: Upminster, Essex
12 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Third person has died =( another falling tree on car. While us enthusiasts study learn and indeed take some excitement from this weather, we must spare a thought for the people caught up init. 

Stay safe all and ride it out now, hopefully most are on there way or home now for the evening lots of people leaving early in the effected areas. 

 

Indeed my girlfriend in Ireland it currently petrified, hiding under her duvet by all accounts she's worried about her windows blowing in which are apparently bending inwards and a lamp post has been blown over in her road.

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex

Wind just suddenly picked up as well. I know it's nowhere near as bad as what's going on in Ireland and Western UK, but it's still something.

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  • Location: East Lothian
  • Weather Preferences: Not too hot, excitement of snow, a hoolie
  • Location: East Lothian
1 minute ago, Richard David McCarthy said:

to any Netweather members who live or are stuck in Llanllechid, Gwynedd police say use Tan y Bwlch road as your alternative diversion this is due to a fallen power line near moel ogwen

There is a regional Wales thread as well 

 

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  • Location: Belfast. 97m asl (Divis Mountain)
  • Location: Belfast. 97m asl (Divis Mountain)

Northern Ireland is wild at the moment.

Thousands without power, and alot of trees down and roads blocked.

Public being advised about non-essential travel.  Coastal roads being closed soon.  

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  • Location: Isle of Man
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snow, Blizzards, Storms, Hot, Foggy - Infact everything
  • Location: Isle of Man

Exceptionally windy now here on Isle of Man trees coming down all over the island. Highest gusts likely to be between 6pm and 8pm for us.

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  • Location: Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley 59m asl.
  • Weather Preferences: very cold frosty days, blizzards, very hot weather, floods, storms
  • Location: Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley 59m asl.

Winds picking up here. I saw a few small branches already got snapped off by the wind on the way home.

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  • Location: Bethesda NW Wales
  • Weather Preferences: Tropical and Convective Weather
  • Location: Bethesda NW Wales
10 minutes ago, Jo Farrow said:

There is a regional Wales thread as well 

 

Thanks Jo will use that for all local/regional updates on Ophelia 

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  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
  • Weather Preferences: Spicy weather
  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway

XC weather showing wind gust of 90 mph north wales 

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  • Location: Kingdom of Fife: 56.2º N, 3.2º W
  • Location: Kingdom of Fife: 56.2º N, 3.2º W
19 minutes ago, Jo Farrow said:

Yes, the A1 north and south will be a nightmare

It's always a nightmare :D

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  • Location: Carryduff, County Down 420ft ASL
  • Location: Carryduff, County Down 420ft ASL
21 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

I'm in Belfast and I have seen worse wind wise. Just a typical autumn/winter severe gale here IMO.

Agreed, nothing bad here at all.

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  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway
  • Weather Preferences: Spicy weather
  • Location: Lochmaben Dumfries & Galloway

Winds Getting stronger in Dumfries now

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  • Location: Near Allenheads,1400 feet up in northumberland
  • Location: Near Allenheads,1400 feet up in northumberland
1 minute ago, frogesque said:

It's always a nightmare :D

Should be allowed to temporarily ban high sided vehicles during worst conditions 

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  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy Winters, Torrential Storm Summers
  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL

Have we heard from Daniel who was heading to Pembrokeshire overnight? Not seen him post

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  • Location: Barrhead, East Renfrewshire
  • Weather Preferences: Severe gales, thunderstorms, snow
  • Location: Barrhead, East Renfrewshire

Winds picking up here in Glasgow, not sure how bad things will get later but nothing like Bawbag from a few years back :)

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Posted
  • Location: Galway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and cold
  • Location: Galway
24 minutes ago, Frosty hollows said:

Thank you for the updates. Must be very scary being in the thick of it

used to it mate, we get theses every winter, remember 2013? Now that was scary.

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  • Location: Kingdom of Fife: 56.2º N, 3.2º W
  • Location: Kingdom of Fife: 56.2º N, 3.2º W
12 minutes ago, Makemeasnowman said:

Just got home from work and the wind has picked up in Liverpool. Few trees down in the roads by mine in Aigburth. Not sure how bad it'll get, certainly didn't seem that bad for a tree to come down let alone several

It's the saturated ground and leafload that makes the wind effect much worse. Roots get loosened and the leaves make them top heavy. Add the wind and you are left with firewood.

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  • Location: New Zealand
  • Location: New Zealand

Needed a red warning for N. Ireland and an Amber for coastal Wales last night rather than this morning. N. Ireland needed the red simply because the Irish border doesn't stop the weather and it seemed, frankly, odd... but I can accept that amber should have been warning enough given a comment about seriousness (though, what's the point of a red warning if you never use it?). It was reasonably clear that the Pembrokeshire coast at least was reasonably likely to take a battering today though.

I suspect it's not entirely the Met Offices fault though. Amber triggers contingency/emergency planning, and there seems to be a culture of disincentive in the UK when it comes to things like that.

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67

 Actually getting quite big gusts here now, didn’t expect it to get this bad really but it’s getting there. 

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  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District
  • Location: Whaley Bridge - Peak District

Heading out to the local hill (Eccles Pike) in a hour, exposed to SWly's and some height elevation, to see if I can catch any of the expected 60mph+ gusts here.

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