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.