It's moderately breezy here in Manchester - but this regions seems to be out of the firing line of the really strong winds.

Some quite vicious echoes heading across the West Country now.

Nice one with the pics Rob.   Yes, I noticed those snaking echoes.  What is going on there? Weird.

Many thanks Doc,   I hope those Devonian folk are safe under that feature...

That would seem to be the most likely explanation.

This storm is already proving borderline exciting/ dangerous.  Blimey....

Wind hasn't been as strong as I thought it might be

 sub <950

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

The power is flickering...

A 2m long branch has mysteriously materialised in next door's garden. It looks nothing like any of the trees in that garden, which means to get there it must have risen about 4m off the ground to clear the fence and make its entrance!

The rainfall is relentless, moderate with some heavy bursts. The squall line on the radar looks ominous... latest obs reveal a marked drop in the wind gusts behind it, meanwhile they are increasing all the time ahead of it.

71mph gust at Solent MRSC in the 3pm reports.

12z gfs very windy and wild to come along that extreme s/e corner for parts of s/e England

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/vent-rafales/6h.htm

Ditto here - so far !

The strongest winds  seem to be  passing through to the south of us here - not that I'm complaining  !

I suspect our stongest winds might coincide with the  band of intense percipitation currently out to the  West - cold front ?

Dear me i hope I just miss that purple

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/vent-rafales/12h.htm

http://xcweather.co.uk/

259mph sustained winds reported at Cork Airport 

Darkness is descending now... won't get to capture the winds along that squall front 

I filmed a bit outside but the winds are so unpredictable... typically a particularly strong gust occured just after I stopped capturing footage 

It's horrible here, wheelie bins flying around as winds funnels around side of buildings, etc.

And yet the worst is yet to come for tonight at 1 am to 4 am.   

Not liking it at all. Sorry.  

If the roof is still attached to my house this time tomorrow than I will consider myself lucky - or am I worrying too much?

Really? Here in London it is making noises I have never heard in all my time working here. Really howling around the office blocks and making strange singing noises in the cables on the roof. Quite eerie.

Looking at these charts if you hover your cursor through the series you can see there will be a brief lull this evening in the south before a renewed burst of even stronger winds around midnight.

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/vent-rafales/3h.htm

i expect that will stay offshore PL.

gonna be a lot of broken brollys out there ........................

I dont like it either Ian but nowt we can do about it in s/e or anywhere what will be will be just have to deal with it as it comes thats all we can do thing to do is try keep yourself and mum safe as you can.

Forget the blue meanies, its the "purple fiend" poised to savage  Sussex and Kent at midnight

Ditto, here in West Kent.

Really picked up the last hour or so.

Looking at all the maps I can find,  I reckon windiest period for me will be 2200 to 0200. And the worst looks like the extreme SE where the isobars really seem to pile up as the front moves across. We might just be on the edge of it here. You're in the fireing line ATM going by current models.

I know exactly how you feel, Ian. Stay safe, and remember each minute is a minute nearer to it being over

No it will stay at sea for mans sake