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nsrobins
09 January 2015 00:47:39

Good luck to all in the zone tonight. Hold tight and hope damage reports do not multiply, but I expect they will.
It must have been really touch and go not to go red on this one.


Neil
Fareham, Hampshire 28m ASL (near estuary)
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Sevendust
09 January 2015 01:21:43

Winds now westerly in the north-west of Scotland. A drop in gusts to 90mph but it may well increase again shortly

Rob K
09 January 2015 01:34:14
112mph gusts at Bealach na Ba (although that is over 700m up)
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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Rich mt
09 January 2015 01:42:49

Stornoway 74mph (hurricane force) gusting 97mph
Poole, Dorset
Rich mt
09 January 2015 02:11:59

Just stepped up a notch, 79mph mean, gusting 106mph in Stornoway
Poole, Dorset
sam1879
09 January 2015 02:15:59

Just stepped up a notch, 79mph mean, gusting 106mph in Stornoway

Originally Posted by: Rich mt 


yeah sustained 80 gusting over 100 

Rich mt
09 January 2015 02:23:14

Not good for those folk, hope everyone gets through unharmed x
Poole, Dorset
09 January 2015 06:53:36

113mph at Stornoway overnight. Reports of a large number of trees down across Scotland


All Scotrail train services are suspended

Skreever
09 January 2015 07:19:13
Wind gusting to Force 12 - hurricane force - incredible noise with multiple power outages. Sleep was a rare commodity last night.
Veteran of winter of 62/63
By Scapa Flow, Orkney
doctormog
09 January 2015 07:22:06


113mph at Stornoway overnight. Reports of a large number of trees down across Scotland


All Scotrail train services are suspended


Originally Posted by: Global Warming 


i really do wonder what it would take to get a red weather warning for N Scotland.


Alun
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09 January 2015 07:30:01


 


i really do wonder what it would take to get a red weather warning for N Scotland.


Originally Posted by: doctormog 


Locusts?


Alun,
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doctormog
09 January 2015 07:47:55


 


Locusts?


Originally Posted by: Alun 


 Only if they were big beasties 


Nordic Snowman
09 January 2015 08:08:28


 


i really do wonder what it would take to get a red weather warning for N Scotland.


Originally Posted by: doctormog 


Agreed


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Crepuscular Ray
09 January 2015 08:45:18
Horrendous night....hardly any sleep! At 1 am we had a vicious squall with hail and lightning and another about 3am. Peak gust was 90mph at Blackford Hill, 1 mile from here. When Hurricane Bawbag went through a few years ago, Blackford Hill recorded 100mph.
Jerry
Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill
micahel37
09 January 2015 09:37:28


 


i really do wonder what it would take to get a red weather warning for N Scotland.


Originally Posted by: doctormog 


 


We had one during the stingjet event in Jan 2012


 


Pretty nasty night for me. The winds rose just as I went to be, and it kept me up for part of it.


The creaks from the rooflines are normal for most windy days, but (thanks to a timber framed house) some of the bigger gusts could be felt through the bed. We also has a heavy shower that thanks to the wind blowing the rain at the front of the house sounded like someone shotblasting the window.


This morning a couple of roads were absolutely convered in wood chippings presumably due to branches coming down and being run over. Also to the chopped up remains of a tree that must have been down overnight.


It's food waste collection today - I put a couple of bricks on the bin to stop it blowing away, but no doubt the council will not put them back and I'll have to go searching for it when I get in tonight.


Polbeth, West Lothian 150m asl
noodle doodle
09 January 2015 09:48:34


It's food waste collection today - I put a couple of bricks on the bin to stop it blowing away, but no doubt the council will not put them back and I'll have to go searching for it when I get in tonight.


Originally Posted by: micahel37 


Our collection was yesterday and i retrieved my food bin before nightfall. Someone else didn't though and theirs is now smashed to plastic shrapnel against my side gate. The number on the bin indicates it travelled 100+ numbers along the road 🙂 . Whoever it is will be boiling as edinburgh council takes about 6-8 weeks to replace them.

ghawes
09 January 2015 10:38:31

We got off very lightly here in NE Fife. Wind speeds were well down on Bawbag/Jan 3 2012 and it was just a regular winter storm here with gust to around 60mph.


Graeme
East Neuk of Fife



The Beast from the East
09 January 2015 10:45:18


 


Locusts?


Originally Posted by: Alun 


Alex Salmond coming to Westminster would get a Red warning!


But seriously, I was surprised there wasnt one with 100mph gusts forecast. Perhaps because hardly anyone lives there, they dont think its important enough


 


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glenogle
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09 January 2015 12:05:33
I think it was because it was overnight when traffic is light and most people are in bed.
I was lucky I'm on holiday today. A tree came down where I normally park my car, but I've parked it elsewhere as I'm away. Also a bit of faffing around this morning due to trains being cancelled, but now happily trundling south as if nothing happened. Another thing about last night was the rain, we received another inch, so there is a lot of flooding around too. It will be a difficult time for those without power as the storms over the coming days will make repairs difficult
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dagspot
09 January 2015 13:02:07
I guess its a relection of the percentage population distruption likely- it was stated that was the only reason the Scottish central belt was upgraded to Amber alert. Disappointing the 'Ched Evans' debacle was felt more important on BBC news than the hurricane force winds in Scotland.
Neilston 600ft ASL
Arcus
09 January 2015 14:28:52
That good friend of Lee Majors, Lee Rotors, should be evidence later today and overnight, given we have a nice warm sector with strong winds coming over the Pennines, causing the Lee Rotor effect. Some strong sustained winds possible for Yorkshire and NE England later, along with all the squally stuff INVOF the cold front coming down overnight as well. MetO have a warning out for this, highlighting the risk to transport using the A1/M1.
Ben,
Nr. Easingwold, North Yorkshire
30m asl
Saint Snow
09 January 2015 15:03:30

Whoever it is will be boiling as edinburgh council takes about 6-8 weeks to replace them.


Originally Posted by: noodle doodle 


 


Given the increasing gaps between collections, they should only miss one 'bin day'.


 



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glenogle
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09 January 2015 15:07:21
My dad's just texted me, my neighbours new car has been found under the tree that fell, was a conifer so wasn't visible when passing earlier
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dagspot
09 January 2015 18:41:47
probably my niaivety but im very surprised that the pressure even over central scorland was barely beneath 1000mb despite winds gusting to 60+ mph. Would have thought it would have been deep low pressure even away from the centre of the low.
Neilston 600ft ASL
Arcus
09 January 2015 19:14:42
Some strong gusts coming through now as the warm sector is well and truly with us - now 14c at 19.00. Some damage is likely from this in the next few hours I suspect from past experience of these Pennine lee rotors - although some areas get comparably light winds, others get much stronger gusts.
Ben,
Nr. Easingwold, North Yorkshire
30m asl

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