Storm Brian - Weather discussion

[Polar Bear]

5 minutes ago, kar999 said:

Aberystwyth taking a pounding again.

Capel Curig is top of the leader board for wind gusts at  70 mph. I can confirm it's a tad breezy here as my bins have gone up the lane for a nice walk again this morning.

Wow that is a big sea... 

[Mokidugway]

Never ceases to amaze me ,oh there's a storm coming I'm just off to park the car as near as I can to the sea dear...

[The PIT]

28 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Meanwhile out at Bognor the surfers are having a great time! http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live

 

Looks like they've gone for lunch. Big undertow though by the looks of it.

[Ciderwithrosie]

I have no idea of wind speed I'm afraid, but suffice to say it is , judging by the fence panels , rather breezy in Somerset. Dark too , but little in the way of rainfall. Although that is set to change I believe in the coming hours . 

[andymusic]

really nasty winds here but we are on top of a mountain in wales 240m up - mumbles is showing gusts up to 75mph, don't think we are too far off that here aswell

[Evening thunder]

Things look to be coming along about as shown by the models in the last few days (though the GFS was a bit slow, clinging on to a slightly higher intensity). 

Windy, yellow warning worthy in places so the Met Office warning about right, but not sure if it's worthy of a top story 'UK braces for storm Brian disruption' headline on the BBC? or them saying conditions aren't as bad as expected. Very windy at the usual exposed sites on the west coast though, Mumbles average 58mph gusting 75mph.

Seems that because it was named by Met Éireann due to an orange warning there, and that several days ago there was a possibility if a more potent system, the news/media have ramped this up as quite a big event for the UK..

For my location, just a blustery/windy day so far as expected, forecast only reaches 40mph gusts for a few hours, though I was wondering if that is slightly low because the GFS nears 50mph (though downgraded a tad from yesterday), and the Met Office has mid-high 50s' and even 60mph near the north/south coast of Devon.  Probably correct though as we can seem a bit sheltered from the SW by Dartmoor etc, and widespread 50mph+ gusts look reserved for exposed or coastal areas. Half an eye on showers bringing some more potent gusts inland though.

Sea was decent enough this morning but I have seen worse before in June.

Edited October 21, 2017 by Evening thunder

[Sparkiee storm]

That looks like an eye in the Irish sea on radar

[Snowyowl9]

This time on Monday we hadn`t had much wind as that peaked in the afternoon,so still time yet.

Esp as the winds on this occasion swing more to the west,still SSW its showery.

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

[Mapantz]

Around 10mph knocked off the original forecast wind speeds. It was just as windy yesterday and the day before but no yellow warnings then.. Nothing really noteworthy in this region.

[coldfingers1]

5 hours ago, SteveB said:

Not even windy here, am I missing something? 

Not missing a lot for the South coast although it is F8 gusting F9 here and high tide

. You are sheltered in North Somerset though.

Live webcam of high tide here in Bognor.

http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live

Edited October 21, 2017 by coldfingers1

[alexisj9]

Vid of brian here in aycliffe.

https://youtu.be/s_Y30NEAmSU

[Soaring Hawk]

Too windy to stand still at dog training earlier. Constantly having to step back or forward to remain stable. Now, at home in west facing garden (with open land beyond) it’s two/three steps to stay upright when putting away garden furniture.  No idea of wind gusts; only expecting 46 but it’s certainly blowing out there. 

Sunny with racing clouds - a fab day! 

[lassie23]

It's nice out, a bit breezy but that's it.

[kar999]

It's Wales rather than the South West taking the brunt of Brian. Gusts increased here in the last hour as the Storm centre moves across the Irish Sea.

Certainly warranted a Yellow and Spring tidal surge/flood warnings for this region.

Edited October 21, 2017 by kar999

[Tommo1969]

Lovely and sunny but getting cloudier here in Cambridge. Actually quite warm and there are some hardy bumblebees flying around... This bracing wind + digging  up the veg patch= Very effective hangover cure! 

[Nick F]

Just a bright and breezy afternoon inland here in London, even the showers have eased. Different story around southern and western coasts though.

Exposed sites recording some high gusts ... 82mph at The Needles on IoW (though very exposed in E. Channel), 74mph at Aberdaron (again very exposed sticking out into Irish Sea) and 72mph at The Mumbles near Swansea, S Wales.

 

[Evening thunder]

17 minutes ago, kar999 said:

It's Wales rather than the South West taking the brunt of Brian. Gusts increased here in the last hour as the Storm centre moves across the Irish Sea.

Certainly warranted a Yellow and Spring tidal surge/flood warnings for this region.

Indeed, although I'm not sure how much of that is just an impression created by the number of very exposed stations in Wales, or whether the GFS is quite wrong in it's wind distribution at virtually T-0 (which wouldn't be very good performance at all...) as it shows the SW getting winds as strong and the N coast of the peninsula perhaps getting the strongest gusts.

Definitely yellow warning worthy in these areas though, just not as strong/severe a storm as some might have gotten the impression of from the media etc

Edited October 21, 2017 by Evening thunder

[kar999]

Certainly still blowing a hoolie here but I'm also exposed and at altitude. Not as bad as Ophelia though. Hopefully if it dies down soon we're off down the peninsula for a beach walk with dogs now the tides out.

[Polar Bear]

Something is happening at Bognor beach.. you can see hear the Air Sea Rescue helicopter and activity on beach as people watching and pointing... http://www.bognorregisbeach.co.uk/live

[andymusic]

one of Brian's outflow fronts over us now - rain has gone mental and wind is quite formidable - worse than Ophelia here for defo

[Snowyowl9]

35mph gusting to 52 out west of here seems like it nothing much yet.

To see 35mph to 45mph means like they use to  across the country instead of just seeing gusts on the weather map forecast to would be better,instead of just showing feeble gusts of 45mph.

 

Edited October 21, 2017 by Snowyowl9

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Blooooody hell it's windy, I must be in some kind of giant wind tunnel here, some damge to trees here, huge branch down that was blocking the park entrance we cut it back carefully, got photos but they won't upload properly so taken screenshots 

 

 

[LightningLover]

Just been to the seafront. It was bright but very windy. A shower developed out at sea and ran parallel to my location, but it brought wind gusts of at least 55 mph, making it difficult to walk. The rain felt like needles, too.

[Met4Cast]

Damn it, I almost drove down to Bognor Regis today as well, the waves look fairly big on the webcam. No point now it's past high tide

[coldfingers1]

     Police on the beach at Bognor and a boat out searching, plus heard a helicopter the whole time I was out walking the dog for an hour! When will people learn NOT to take risks with the sea..

Edited October 21, 2017 by coldfingers1