it is yes, however it is clear from the map that the amber area does not cover london. meto or beeb, someone is causing misleading info to be presented about the forecasted impact of the storm, which in turn leads to calls of exaggeration, and then follows apathy.

people in london looking at the map will not be preparing, while those reading the beeb should be! 

i'll stop going on now! 

I'm loving the surf report on that site:

'Completely and utterly BLOWN-OUT Folks with gale to severe gale onshore Westerly winds.
Don't even think about it dudes as in I hope it goes without saying that such conditions are rare and extreme caution needs to be taken before even thinking about entering even the most extreme sheltered breaks.'

Totally wiped-out man!

good link Rob, a pretty windswept scene to put it mildly.   Its blowy here in Nottingham but nothing exceptional, at least not on the walk into work this morning.

I've been waiting for the strongest winds to come here and although there have been intermittent loud gusts, there's no damage I can see up or down the street, N or S. Paper pieces are blowing around- that's it. Saturday was worse.

Increasingly frequent lulls mean I've been out in the garden several times.

Yes same here. The odd 40mph gust with the passing showers and that's about it nearly 3mm only so far today. Saturday was much worse and then we had 40mm of rain too and no storm name. Imogen so far has kept its effects quite close to the coast as I see it while inland it has been notedly less disruptive.

79 mph gust at Portland.

Kind of lethargic here, occasionally getting more volatile but overall a similar story to most of the inland south. The direction of the wind is exactly what's needed to take the sting out of it as for central parts as it crosses the areas of higher terrain across the far SW.

Yet I'm still refraining from walking too close to the trees, just in case 

I agree the system is silly. I made the same point a few weeks ago when a warning area just clipped about 10 square miles of far SW Hampshire near Bournemouth, resulting in "London and Southeast England" being flagged up on the front page. 

Here in Mid Suffolk, the wind speed is steadily increasing. Mean speed of around 25-30mph, gusting to 55mph. Haven't yet got the unearthly continous shrieking that occurs from our power cables when the mean hits 40mph+

Gale  force nine in several places now.

Imogen certainly is making her presence felt here. What's left of next door's two-years old panel fencing in my back yard has been ripped to shreds and I can hear the west-facing front door's letterbox rattling away in the wind. Other than that, no real issues yet, especially since it had stayed dry with even some decent bright spells so far today. Just being a bit annoying in-your-face as I don't like strong winds.

However, despite my hatred for gale force winds, I took myself to East Cliff beach when it was high tide at 10.30 am, and even then the gales hadn't properly kicked in at that time . . .



(Why does images end up looking squashed in TWO when it is in the correct proportions in the preview?).

BBC report mentions 63ft waves hitting Cornwall

Just been out nailing the felt back on the shed roof. Thanks Imogen

Getting very rough here now certainly the windiest weather of the winter. 

Stunning picture Ian by the way.

Yes agree, an excellent picture. I'm finding all your reports fascinating. I realise friction & other factors reduce a wind's net force inland, but the difference over just these 15-20 miles is interesting. Maybe the wind direction is just right to increase the land-fetch here massively. I'll go and have a look at some charts to see if the IOW is sheltering Pompey/ Chichester at all.

Totally unremarkable both here and South Oxfordshire  where I work.

Gusty  yes, but   Saturday afternoon was worse IMBY for sure.

Totally agreed.

Damp squib would be totally overstating the case.

Agreed

Just had a local news preview on the tv mentioning widespread damage across the area, here has got off scott free . I reckon the Mendip hills have deflected the worst of the winds away from us today ta muchly.

Absolutely horrid day, incessant rain pretty much from start to finish and feeling cold in the wind. 

definitely windier yesterday evening For a similar length of time, not just with the squalls.