"Dover:  Southwesterly storm force 10, increasing hurricane force 12 imminent"

Not often you see that kind of thing...

Heres the link

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_forecast.html#All~All

Pretty much a constant roar now and added noises outside. A fence panel has gone in the house opposite.

Amazingly the tarpaulin on my shed that I tied up there yesterday is still in place - just!

Indeed Neil getting wild here  my chickens now all the garden and my partner wants them in the front room not likely 

Talk about ruin my sex life

Neighbour knocks on Neil's door Tue am..."Well Neil, the good news is, that tarpaulin you tied to your shed roof is still in place. The bad news is, your shed's at 3,000' and rising!"

Latest fax charts

12z Friday - oh dear! http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PPVM89.TIF

12z Saturday - next system in the Atlantic on its way towards us http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PPVO89.TIF

Latest update on my Weather Pro app has downgraded the rain here on Friday to 23mm but upgraded Sunday night / Monday to 48mm.

Yup, the wind is no fun at all. When it roars it is like nothing else I have heard, it is very disturbing. And weather watching in high winds can become and expensive hobby. Stay safe. 

A minute or two ago I heard a plane go overhead on its approach to Gatwick (they fly low over here if it's windy).  Wouldn't like to be aboard in current conditions...  Still wet here but not as windy as it was earlier this evening. Just have to wait for midnight...

i'm more worried about the Condor Clipper enroute to Guernsey - watching it on Marine Traffic making SLOW progress...

I am fairly well sheltered from the wind in its present direction, but it has definately notched up in the past hour or so. Peak gust up until now is 45mph, but I am sure this will increase.

Pressure continues to drop and is currently 981mb.

Rain started just after 11am and has produced 26.7mm so far, with a few hours of precipitation still to come.

As others have said, I will feel a sence of relief when the wind dies down, these conditions are not good.

A lot of rain in the next few hours then the n/w getting a little wet

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=201312231800&VAR=rsum&HH=24&ZOOM=0&ARCHIV=0&RES=0&WMO=&PERIOD=

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

really not that windy here at all. The occasional just but mostly pretty calm. I'm really still getting used to my new location but it seems we are shelterd here in a little dip.

Sure things are much different up at beachy head right now

Not nice 

My December gust chart, frankly is just absurd, and becoming more absurd by the day. Just 4 days with < 50mph gusts, 4 days with gusts > 80mph. 2 days with 100mph gusts....and it goes on. My average wind speeds are stupid. Yes, NW Scotland is windy, but this month is not funny.....

Anyway, time to turn in. Stay safe folks.

Just had a brief power outage here. That is unheard of. Seriously nasty out there now.

No trains on SouthWest before 0730 tomorrow. 4 new reports of trees blocking lines in and around the Guildford area.

south coast and parts of London 22.00 update think its gone up a bit from then

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_latest_weather.html

Really raging something rotten out there now.

Recent wind gusts in the hour to 10pm

Mumbles 75mph
Plymouth Mountbatten 74mph
Solent MRSC 69mph
Culdrose 68mph

Pointe Du Raz on the Brest peninsula 89mph

plymouth 74 mph constant 51mph

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_latest_weather.html

As the song says, "after midnight..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AvxJ0TVvVzE

Just pleased Ian gone to bed