I have been trying to make the jaws of friends and family drop by showing them the charts for Monday, but most of them are not very familiar with them so it doesn't have the desired impact
http://cdn.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20131221/12/57/windvector.png
That there is the most epic wind chart I have seen since I started watching the models half a decade ago. The spatial coverage of those near-60mph sustained winds puts many low-end hurricanes to shame!
The frontal system advancing across the UK during the day looks to be a right monster, with a real focusing of the wind energy to generate some extreme gusts, with 60-70mph widespread and 80mph or so very much possible even inland - as has been well discussed by many on here already.
http://modeles2.meteociel.fr/modeles_gfs/runs/2013122112/57-289.GIF?21-12
The GFS version is similar to the WRF-NMM version, though marginally less severe with 110-120kph (68-75mph) rather than 120-130kph gusts.
Originally Posted by: Stormchaser