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Experts are saying some flooded areas could take between 3 and 6 months to get back to normal
Originally Posted by: Gooner
Indeed Marcus, some of those properties will take a long time to dry out once you get all that sewage water inside and it gets into the walls and floor and electricals/gas/telephone sockets, fireplace etc, the smell will take a while to shift too.... Some places now have flood water 5 feet deep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26147498
Enough now. Enough.
Originally Posted by: Whether Idle
Your pleas will fall on deaf ears; most likely.
Originally Posted by: nsrobins
Who said that?
First time I've seen warnings for snow, rain and wind all on the same day just for SE England!
EDIT Radio Sussex just reported that the signal box at Angmering near Worthing has just been knocked out by a lightning strike - so yet another ingredient in the mix.
The rainfall on the current radar images looks further north than projected?
Originally Posted by: Matty H
much further North Matty
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-13.21,52.68,2048
Cant seem to download it Stormchaser?
Anyway, getting quite concerned about what damage will be done to my house this evening. Hopefully the power will stay on.
The Met Office has updated its Amber wind warning to include additional parts of Southern England. We are now right at the top end of the Amber warning according to Helen Willetts on 5Live a short while ago. This is expected to be the most severe wind storm of the season so far. Gusts could reach 100mph in some exposed parts later today.There is according to Helen a real chance that the warning will go red later this morning. Need to keep a close eye on this one.
Originally Posted by: Global Warming
For once a Daily Express headline is correct, except ironically they say 90mph!
This feature is bombing a la Oct 87
Latest from E Storm centre
DISCUSSION... southern Ireland, Wales, England ...Yet another deep low pressure system is expected to affect the area. In the dry intrusion, behind the main stratiform rain shield, intense pressure gradient is simulated with 40 m/s windspeeds at 850 hPa level just south of the low center. Both ECMWF and GFS hint on some marginal instability build up in this zone. Intense forcing could support a strongly forced convective line, where convection (downdrafts) would contribute to the strength of the wind gusts, which should be already very strong (coastal areas over 130 km/h) due to the background situation. Level 1 seems to be warranted for this questionable setup for severe wind gusts. Tornadoes are not ruled out either, given the intense low level shear, though they might depend strongly on the convective mode (isolated cell vs convective line). Greatest threat should exist between 12 - 15 UTC.
nice pictures as it starts to form
http://www.sat24.com/?culture=en
Another sea battering to come
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/NATL-Northern/index.html
Very concerning fax chart Saturday looks a wash out for most
http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm#t72
Looks like the rain is really gathering to the West now , looks horrendous
As you posted this some really heavy rain just begining to spit Winds picking up even more too
Originally Posted by: Osprey
Yeah, the wind is really getting up here. We are backed by trees on all sides so more than a little concerning for us nr Trellech.
Originally Posted by: Fargo
Yes very concerning, the lights were flickering on the last storm
good news it does seem to get away quickly on the south coast take care all
http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/vent-moyen/6h.htm
Very concerned about what's going to happen here in Brighton later. Gusting to about 40 mph already but I think it's going to get much worse later. Is it going to get really bad this far east or should we miss the worst of it?
Originally Posted by: Lucy J
The rare beast, the Red MetO warning, has appeared for parts of Wales and NW England for wind
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html
The rare beast, the Red MetO warning, has appeared for parts of N. Wales and NW England for windhttp://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html
Originally Posted by: Arcus
Serious stuff - that covers quite a large area too. Stay safe, everyone.
Blimey o'reilly very bad out there...
Just gone into red warnings for wind