Off topic

I might add it's not so much a tree falling (up-rooting) but more to do with a loud crack/cracking sound as a tree trunk snaps through weakness, the wind, or the weight of another tree on it

The radar seems to be a bit troubled today; there's this sharp drop-off of intensity in the returns across a large part of Devon. There looks to be a similar issue across part of the Channel too.

Still, the warm front is what we're seeing across the south at the moment, and that tends to be a wide but not all that intense feature. The cold front/occlusion coming up from the SW for the middle part of the day looks to be more intense.

7 to 7:30 shows the warm front band gaining a little intensity, so we may not be seeing the real picture just yet.

wonder if a red warning will be issued for the south coast . i got a feeling about this one ,and its not good

Me too Rob, doesn't look to be that bad

The stuff coming up from Biscay is I think the one to watch.

This morning, between about 7 and 9, it was raining very, very heavy.

It's dropped of a fair bit now to what it was - wind is still an issue though.

Alot of local road are flooded, the A30 has alot of standing water. The odd tree limb down overnight too.

Looks fragmented to me

The warm front has fragmented, but the cold front still in the channel

Slight OT but from the Croydon Advertiser today:

A BOURNE expert has said the water levels are currently the highest ever  recorded.

John O'Brien lives in Woldingham where the Bourne begins before it runs down  to Kenley and Purley.

"It will always flood in Kenley and Purley when the river rises above surface  level in Woldingham," he said. "Once that happens, Kenley and Purley have 14  days before they flood. It is the highest ever at the moment and it is only  going one way – to Purley."

Mr O'Brien added: "I get sent pictures of where the council have made new  flood ponds and I think 'don't these idiots know where the river starts?'

"But now there is nothing they can do, it would be like putting sandbags by  the River Thames when it had already burst its banks."

He also said the drainage system at the start of the Bourne was already four  feet deep at the end of January. Now it is 12 feet deep.

Mr O'Brien said the flooding of the Bourne often  foretells  a national  disaster. According to him, the river  flooded in 1938, just before a  country-wide typhoid outbreak. Then in 2001 there was the foot-and-mouth  crisis.

"I can't help wondering what it will mean for 2014," he said. "I have a  feeling Ukip will win a lot of seats in the European elections."

Probably as a result of Lots of moisture + strong winds Vs land /cliffs - sudden and extreme lift = Tstorm

You're in Birkenhead? On the Wirral?

very odd.

i too am in Birkenhead today, and it is raining.  albeit not very consistently

IMBY comment

certainly not the drenching that was forecast, far from iy

Yes, doesnt look as bad as forecast, but the waves off ppn are still developing. Main band coming towards London now

its been raining here near eastbourne for 5 hours non stop . thankfully i don'nt live near a river but tonight wind is a concern because seaford beach has been wash away  and there nothing  to stop  the huge waves coming over onto the road .like it done in the last storm.

The projected rainfall totals (according to GFS) have reduced somewhat to previous runs... Just 9mm for me from the event - good job as if the south had an inch widely it would be carnage.

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/accumulation-precipitations/24h.htm

aye,

seems like one portion has split off towards the channel, and the other towards the Irish sea.

Importantly missing the areas that really dont need / cant cope with more rain.

Not so sure about that... the rainband appears to be on or heading towards the Thames Valley.... Doesn't seem to be especially heavy or long lasting, though other pulses/rain areas will probably develop/spread before this event has finished

74Mph gusts recorded in Camborne.