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Lionel Hutz
12 February 2014 17:24:46

260,000 homes without power in Ireland. The maximum gust recorded reached 100mph at Shannon Airport, while Waterford Airport recorded 94 mph. This must be the worst storm since the late 90's here.


 


 

Lionel Hutz
Nr.Waterford , S E Ireland
68m ASL



Medlock Vale Weather
12 February 2014 17:25:32

Wind here gusting to 73mph now and we're well inland - all we can hear is roaring and rattling, lots of branches on the lane, worst winds here since probably January 2007. 

Alan in Medlock Valley - Oldham's frost hollow. 103 metres above sea level.
What is a frost hollow? http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Frost-hollow.htm 
Fargo
12 February 2014 17:31:08
Power cutting out all the time here!
North Herefordshire 180m asl
Osprey
12 February 2014 17:37:23

Power cutting out all the time here!

Originally Posted by: Fargo 


I thought there was something wrong with the pc the electric went on/off that quick, then 10mins ago the power went of proper

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Medlock Vale Weather
12 February 2014 17:49:26

Very tense out there now, sudden violent gusts. Sustained winds of 53mph gusting to 78mph. The lights are flickering.

Alan in Medlock Valley - Oldham's frost hollow. 103 metres above sea level.
What is a frost hollow? http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Frost-hollow.htm 
LeedsLad123
12 February 2014 17:53:03
Yes, it's getting pretty bad here as well, and my lights are flickering.
Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
slysi
12 February 2014 17:53:42

Winds really picking up now in Barnsley, the lights have flickered several times. Sounds frightening as it howls round the chimney. Certainly a night to stay indoors.

Tim A
12 February 2014 17:54:27
Windy here gusts about 50mph but we are well protected from a sw wind unlike a nw funnelling down the valley , so will be surprised if any disruption.
Tim
NW Leeds
187m asl

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Last updated: 1732 on Wed 12 Feb 2014

Dear me hope every one is uk in that part of uk (Aberdaron)

Osprey
12 February 2014 17:56:21

Off topic a tad


The building regulations and planning will be updated again after, this I bet


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DeeDee
12 February 2014 18:01:16
Virgin getting alot of twitter time for stating ABANDON TRAVEL !!!! Can't share the photo on here , they may have taken it down now lol

http://www.virgintrains.co.uk 
Harpenden, Herts.
Fargo
12 February 2014 18:02:11
Aberdaron is an extremely exposed to the SW so not surprising really. Lovely place, well worth a visit when the weather isn't so crazy, or maybe also when it is..
North Herefordshire 180m asl
DeeDee
12 February 2014 18:09:45
Twitter #ukstorm , lightning and thunder being reported now in Oxford area
Harpenden, Herts.
Medlock Vale Weather
12 February 2014 18:20:53

A definite lull in the wind here now, still extremely windy but not as stormy as before. 

Alan in Medlock Valley - Oldham's frost hollow. 103 metres above sea level.
What is a frost hollow? http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/wxfacts/Frost-hollow.htm 
martk1972
12 February 2014 18:23:34

Violent winds here, 5 miles west of here in High Bradfield 92mph recorded.

NW Sheffield, South Yorkshire (In the Peninne rain shadow)
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Osprey
12 February 2014 18:26:14


Exceptionally Disturbed Weather: 4th February to who knows when?


So here we are, heading into a period of weather that might just go down in history in terms of the flooding that it may cause. Not only that, but there could be some notable wind damage in places too.


http://www.sat24.com/en/eu?ir=true


The Atlantic scene this morning features one of the most photogenic storms I've ever seen - a true manifestation of the GFS 'dartboard' low that we have so often mocked over the years.


http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-7.83,46.63,665


It's still developing in terms of intensity, and the models predict that the frontal system will become very strong indeed just to the SW of the UK, with winds similar in strength to those on the SW'rn flank of the storm itself.


I do love how you can see the marked wind shift associated with the cold front 


If only it wasn't set to cause us so much trouble!


A combination of model data does indicate 30-40mm for this event across much of the south, even as far east as Dover. Local totals will likely be 5-15mm higher for some high ground and anywhere that gets unlucky with the showers.


 


Combined with the Thursday/Friday event we seem to be looking at 40-60mm generally across that region with local totals as high as 80mm or so - in the space of 72 hours.


Originally Posted by: Stormchaser 


As your title says SC "to who knows when?" Well done, spot on

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Rob K
12 February 2014 18:27:37

A real classic LP dead centre over the British Isles, not often you see that shape on the radar.



Pic grabbed from www.raintoday.co.uk


 

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
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Sevendust
12 February 2014 18:30:20

Storm near Newbury apparantly. Can see lightning from here but those are from the Channel 

Rob K
12 February 2014 18:41:55

That's now the fourth consecutive hour in Aberdaron with gusts over 100mph (and six hours with mean winds >60mph). Quite a storm!


 


Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
idj20
12 February 2014 18:44:58


Storm near Newbury apparantly. Can see lightning from here but those are from the Channel 


Originally Posted by: Sevendust 



I've just seen a flash or three. It's also starting to rain again and the air has that funny spell. Probably where the drainage system are trying to cope with the heavy squally rain we had this afternoon.

Folkestone Harbour. 
Snow Hoper
12 February 2014 18:48:48

If your ws only records average windspeed can you work out what the gusts would have been?

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LeedsLad123
12 February 2014 18:50:01


A real classic LP dead centre over the British Isles, not often you see that shape on the radar.



Pic grabbed from www.raintoday.co.uk


 


Originally Posted by: Rob K 


It's quite unusual that we have moderate rain with the wind. Usually it's dry and often clear when it's this windy.

Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
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12 February 2014 18:51:11

I cannot put this into words really. Never seen winds like this. Insane out there and I believe we're only gusting to around 70mph here in Stoke.

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mbradshaw
12 February 2014 18:52:03


That's now the fourth consecutive hour in Aberdaron with gusts over 100mph (and six hours with mean winds >60mph). Quite a storm!


 



Originally Posted by: Rob K 


Indeed.


To be fair I think the average speed at 15:00 would have worried me the most. Exposed locations get high gusts, which are bad enough. But you can get high gusts will fairly low mean readings. A mean reading of 81mph shows during that hour a very wild situation at the anemometer.

Rob K
12 February 2014 18:56:39


Indeed.


To be fair I think the average speed at 15:00 would have worried me the most. Exposed locations get high gusts, which are bad enough. But you can get high gusts will fairly low mean readings. A mean reading of 81mph shows during that hour a very wild situation at the anemometer.


Originally Posted by: mbradshaw 


Have a look at the @LlynRetreats Twitter feed to get some idea of what it's been like.


 


E.g. https://twitter.com/LlynRetreats/status/433668158180704257/photo/1


 


Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

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