Nasty looking down to 944mb

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

This system is really a non event up here. For us we may see some strongish winds (60mph) on the leading edge tonight or early tomorrow morning, though the only real interest is the low pressure reading. Looks to be around 950hPa, perhaps a touch lower tomorrow, which is low, especially given the 939hPa we had yesterday / xmas eve. 

As for December wind speeds, to date (including todays readings so far) only 4 days have seen peak gusts < 50mph. 5 days with peak gusts > 80mph including Christmas Eve. Christmas day just missed out with a peak gust of 79.4mph.

After today things looks to be setting down to something far more like average. December traditionally is windy with a few storm systems for us. But Dec 2013 has been an exceptionally stormy even by NW Scotland standards. I just hope Jan - which is normally much more stormy than December is calmer than average  

Take care in the rain and gales due later tonight and tomorrow folks. 

Very windy in s/west Ireland in the next few hours

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

Dear me something we dont want to see those amounts are topping up for many parts

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/accumulation-precipitations/114h.htm

Wind really picking up here right now, gusting 25mph in the garden which is fairly sheltered, the rain isn't so hard but whats coming down certainly drives into you.

Sounds like my dad talking about the world war 2 without the wine and cake of course

Judy D, from Broad Oak, near Rye in East Sussex, has been without power since Monday, and as her house is entirely dependent on electricity she has "no shower, no hot water, no heat, no light, no television, no radio, no internet access".

Describing her Christmas dinner she said: "We made some toast on the wood burner, and we've got a little camping ring for tea and coffee so we had some scrambled egg, and we had a glass of wine with it and some chocolate cake for pudding. And very nice it was too."

Really think we have all have had a enough

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25502655

Just clocked 52mph on my weather station already, what's it going to be like in the morning?!

Latest from E A

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31618.aspx

Think these are average wind speeds Alan those are the ones Peter (GTW) uses anyway

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/vent-moyen/9h.htm

More aviation nightmares by the looks of things.

Quite a few diversions from Dublin. I've just been watching ZB627 as it aborted its landing at Manchester: http://www.flightradar24.com/MON627

Made it second time round! 

Kicking off here.(Dublin)
Just when I thought it was a damp squib.

This doesn't half remind me of Monday into Tuesday... it's not quite as bad but the lights are flickering once again and the rain is lashing down. And once again I was woken up by the wind, but at 2AM rather than 1AM. As on Monday I'm watching the squall line approaching from the west on the radar but unlike Monday it's actually moving steadily rather than stuttering eastwards.

Just woken up and that wind's got a bit of a kick to it. Seems to be as strong as the last time. Wonder how the rest of the UK are doing?

Update at 7.15 am: It's tipping it down but the wind is now practically dead calm - but the actual squall line is still to my west, a lull before that final bit of gustiness?

Really stormy again, has been all night.  Wind picked up around 2am as thats when the rattling windows woke me.  Lashing rain and the radar shows a blob pulsing up from the Channel which should be here by 8ish in east Kent.

M2 is closed London bound by a serious crash.  SEastern has no trains running, further flooding expected.  Merry Christmas

Edit: Langdon Bay at 62mph gusts for most of the night, was up to 76mph but averaged 71mph gusts for last storm so definately not as windy but if the rain in the channel does clip into Kent then sadly the flooding is going to get even worse

Morning 

On a very local scale this mornings gusts felt and sounded every bit as bad as Monday night. AS WI correctly eludes the max gusts at nearby Langdon Bay would tell us otherwise.