Interesting line of convection developing over Cornwall showing up nicely.

Ditto here.

The next phase is certainly well under way now.

Pointe Du Raz has recorded 87mph a few moments ago....   Wind is really picking up in Guernsey now

Just locked the car park gates at work. First time I have deployed the rubber trousers in anger!

Very rough now - I can here the thunderous roar of the wind through the roof of my building

However bad it seems now," the roar" is going to increase, peaking around 12 midnight to 2 am.  This is from the 18z GFS hi res and it shows the now inevitable peaking of gusts.

Force 10 now in Guernsey 51knots

With the developing squall line appearing across Deven now we can assume that the CF will still not have cleared Hampshire by 1am. That means another 4 hours or so of pretty heavy rain

Worth noting that it's been a particularly windy day down on the Isles of Scilly - not so much for gusts (they peaked at around 75mph) but more in terms of average wind speed  - the peak for the day was 56mph which is a steady Storm force 10. It dropped through the afternoon and is now back up to 51mph. That sort of sustained wind does quite a lot of damage, even down on the islands which are used to a good gale.

Pressure very low, 952.8hPa and falling rapidly. Started at 990.1hPa this morning.

Winds have really picked up again here in the last half hour. I presume this is the cold front passing through, then they'll die down.

A truly spectacular storm, in terms of longeveity as much as anything else. Non-stop very heavy rain for over 12 hours, accompanied by the strongest winds I've experienced since '87.

Langdon Bay was up to 76mph at 2100 but that has probably been exceeded since; we now seem to be entering the key phase.

In a few hours I'll be looking at that issue but my attention is elsewhere LOL

Tomasz shagglethicket has just tweeted about it being one of the biggest storms he's seen

Surely not Nick 

Seriously though, a huge number of flood alerts and warning across the south. Not nice at all....

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/142151.aspx

Yep the returning wave has developed right on cue and the rate of pressure fall is extraordinary - I actually think I feel light headed because of it.
The CF can clearly be seen across Cornwall and if anything it's a smidge further NW than modeled which may widen the area affected by the worst of the wind in the next four hours.
Certainly has been a rapid increase in gusts again and we are back up to the mid 60s again here.

Oh, and the rain is torrential.

Or as the French would say..."Excuse my English but Swindon Town!"

Well its certainly interesting outside at the moment!!

Dear Me dont go out in a boat

Thames

Gale warnings - Issued: 1544 UTC Mon 23 Dec

Southwesterly storm force 10, increasing hurricane force 12 imminent

Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1625 UTC Mon 23 Dec

There are no gale warnings currently in force for the selected sea area.

Dover

Gale warnings - Issued: 1544 UTC Mon 23 Dec

Southwesterly storm force 10, increasing hurricane force 12 imminent

Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1625 UTC Mon 23 Dec

It's worse this evening than today and they've closed the first Severn bridge

Cant quite see that my eyes not to clever these days but it looks like 937 on t22.00

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