Looks like it might be a tad breezy in this neck of the woods,when is it likely to be at its strongest start travelling to work 05.15 best watch out for the possibility of branches etc.

I have the garden hammock under cover, todays winds have already moved the hammock 3 feet across the patio , will have to get my remaining concrete blocks to try and hold it in place .

Not sure about anyone else but today is a very windy day in itself.

God knows what overnight will bring

The mean shows the feature deepening quite markedly

12z-18z: 10mb

18z-00z: 5 mb

00z-06z - 5mb  (down to around 978mb)

The Op has it around 977mb at 06z tomorrow, the spread across the ensemble members is only 2-3 dam.

Latest warning update is out from the Met Office. No change for now in the prognosis and it remains an amber warning. The end timeline has been shifted a little given the system is expected to move through a little quicker than the forecast this time yesterday

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1382918400&regionName=se

Gusty here too, and the waves along the bay are a total white-out.

Biggest gust so far recorded this morning has been 52Kts, main event not due until the early hours of tomorrow morning. Wind due to back this afternoon  to the South and decrease F6 to Gale F8 then increase overnight up to Storm F10 with gusts to 70 Kts, I overlook the sea facing NW and it is boiling, forecast wave height locally is up to 27 feet later. I went out earlier and already the wind is strong enough to rock the 4x4 and there is already a covering of salt produced by the spray in the air.  

Best of luck down there........ I dont envy you I really dont.

Bless you Ian, you seem really nervous and worried, don't give yourself a breakdown over it mate lol...what will be will be, it's an Act of God afterall.

I've put everything away in the garden just incase, hanging baskets are now down on the floor.

I'm worried about those who put there rubbish out early, got a feeling that will keep us all awake when they start rolling down the road

P.S Fairly breezy out there at the moment but the sun is shining and it's very pleasent

As well as the strong winds moving through quicker (end of warning lunchtime rather than late evening Monday),the widely expected gusting wind is now widely 60-70 with peak gusts 80mph rather than 80mph being more widesprad on yesterdays warning.but still nasty enough....

Since the box ticked is still  high impact,but not yet highest likelihood of ocurrence, I wonder if any further update to red will occur now? 

also that is a lot of rain in a short time in a wide area!!

20 to 40 mm of rain may fall within 6 to 9 hours,

Hi Lucy. Based on the latest output the worst should be over by around 7-8am.  Unless you go to work very early you might be OK.

"Matty and Gooner, Weathercops" The movie

Very Good

Good name for a series with The Sweeny music thrown in

Gusting more frequently with bouts of very heavy rain, dark one moment bright the next bit of blue thrown in

I forgot about this satellite animation site

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

13:02:40

Same in Peasedown...

There's mother on the rain radar bottom left

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/uk-rainfall-radar.aspx

There she is 996 almost spot on ukmo thats what my projector tells me on target not far from ukmo.

http://meteocentre.com/analyses/map.php?map=eur_full&date=2013102713&size=large&lang=en&area=eur

Pressure has now steadied at 1003.0Mb after slowly rising all morning. Very squally shower has just moved through with gusts to 43Kts, and the mean at 32Kts. Wind should now back and ease ahead of the main event.