SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 01/01/2018 onwards

[alexisj9]

Wind starting to get audible here now. Still wouldn't call it strong yet. But it is increasing in strength quite quickly, and seem more constant then gusty.

[interested & confused]

The wind is beginning to pick up here, as well, just dashed out into soggy garden to prop the leaning fence post back up - I wonder if it will make the weekend when it was due for proper repair..

Too dark, wet and miserable to do anything outside today.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

wind picking up here to ever so slightly...

[leedsnowfan]

Theres that 4am Bin knocking over squall then....

[Daniel*]

More poxy rain pretty heavy here currently.. so fair January keeping up in similar vein. 

[Dbarb]

Reports of chaos in Northern island with gust of 97mph inland, looks like a sting jet.

 

[m1chaels]

When are the peak gusts / squalls due?

[Dbarb]

Wow BBC news just said 80mph gusts possible on the south coast.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

97mph is quite something, thankfully we wont be seeing anything like that down here.. 9pm winds picking up over the whole region midnight on wards stormy.. Very stormy in any showers 

[tinybill]

any  one travling A14  to night  they closing  the orwell bridge at 2100  till some time  wednesday should travling should be fun geting arouned  ipswich  in  the  morning!!!

[Dami]

Can hear the wind. 

[Dbarb]

Dartford crossing closed aswell

[Ben Lewis]

Very entertaining reading the pant wetting over on the MAD thread regarding  the lastest ECM ... *gone on the next run - watch the cry’s and whines... 

Looks like it could be a bit windy tonight.. standard affair!! 

Fields bogged walking the dogs this morning.. soaked ground. ‘’We need the rain they said” 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Batten down the hatches... First signs of something developing now out west on radar.. 

[tinybill]

wild in ireland looking at their thead

 

[Dbarb]

The worst are the squally showers, I remember a severe microburst here which destroyed small buildings and ripped roofs off back in 2011. not to mention seeing my large trampoline fly away down the road.

 

[JennyJane1]

22 minutes ago, Dbarb said:

Reports of chaos in Northern island with gust of 97mph inland, looks like a sting jet.

 

seeing the pictures of flooding over there

[James Oliver]

Becoming breezy along the SE Kent coast now. I was expecting the wind to pick up a little quicker than has been.

Nevertheless, a wild night ahead I'm sure! 

[tinybill]

looking  at the winds  ireland  are  geting 100 mph  ,could  the same thing happen  here  to night lights are flickling  here

 

[LightningLover]

@alexisj9 Same here.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Squall line now visible on radar, lets see how it develops (if at all)

[Daniel*]

20 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Batten down the hatches... First signs of something developing now out west on radar.. 

It won’t be that bad  

However I’m seeing some wild wind gusts in excess of 60 mph on some models here, that’s very unusual for sheltered metropolis of London it would cause some problems. 

[alexisj9]

Wind starting to go for it now, and still more constant then gusty, although it makes a louder noise at times.

[Dbarb]

Absolute pandemonium in northern Ireland right now, lots of reports of trees down and damage to roofs coming in aswell as people on planes saying the planes are swaying.  

[NO LONGER POSTING]

7 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

It won’t be that bad  

However I’m seeing some wild wind gusts in excess of 60 mph on some models here, that’s very unusual for sheltered metropolis of London it would cause some problems. 

It is rare 60mph inland.. Certainly going to be a bit blowy..