A typical active weather system at anytime of year could bring 20-40mm of rain in 12-24 hours down here. 

I note that down here in the south the Amber warning still only talks of maximum of 60-80mm. I suspect this would have only be a yellow warning  it wasn't for the fact that the ground is already highly saturated, but with swollen rivers and saturated ground the flood risk is higher so the impact riak of 60-80mm is higher. 🙂

I see a wind warning popped  up in the South West this morning  - hope it doesn't extend further east - frankly I've had enough of it !

As an aside, I think the MO needs to  take a look at its warning map. In cases of multiple and over laid    warnings it's difficult to see what's what and where !

 

 

 

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I'm on a north-facing coast, so yes, it will be remembered. Two weeks on the trot with strong winds for 12+ hours each time is rather noteworthy, as is getting 12mm of rain in around 5 minutes (as happened with last week's squall line). Neither of those are at all normal, as in Kent we usually just see fronts zipping through, with only a few hours of strong winds each time.

There have been stronger winds in years past, sure, but these were around a 1 in 5 year event in terms of strength. In terms of longevity, they'd have a much longer return period.

 

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But not talking about last weeks rain though are we? I'm talking about the current one.

As for wind  coastal northeast england sees at least one storm of 60-70mph winds each year. 

Also for Shoeburyness the top wind gust from Dennis was only 60mph and only 8 hours with winds gusting of 50mph or higher, and those 8 hours were split. So i suspect a little over exaggeration going on.

 

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/weather-stations/obsid/3693.html

 

No over-exaggeration. Shoeburyness is miles away from me!

And we're talking about both storms, note the "continued" bit in this very thread's title. The combination of Ciara and Dennis is noteworthy here.

https://www.iossc.org.uk/weather/?sn=cam1

is the source I use. It's still a fair way off, but at least the coastal aspect is the same. I would have to take issue with your "only 8 hours of 50mph" too, as if it's something piddly... it's not! Maybe for you south-coasters it is, but here in the sheltered north it's noteworthy.

I could also go on about how we don't normally get trees down locally each winter, nor do we get gable ends of buildings collapsing each winter either, nor does the ground get so soaked that you can see the water with every step on the lawn.

I accept that for you it was unexciting, dull, run-of-the-mill, whatever. Here, and for a good chunk of the country, it was noteworthy.

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https://twitter.com/farsondigital/status/1228964093975048192 

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In Edinburgh, although we've not had anything like the poor people of the Borders and various areas in England and Wales it is windier than yesterday. Gusting to 54 mph recently but with only 12mm of rain in 48 hrs. Heavy showers approaching and I think we will feel the 'sting' tonight as Dennis runs past to the north

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Does anyone know what is actually going on in the Borders, I hear that part of Galashiels has been washed away, but seen no media confirmation. I live only 10 miles from the Borders and Dennis has produced about 10mm rainfall and the same westerly force 4 we have endured for the past 10 weeks! It's been quite sunny and dry here today.

It's not all that long ago of course, since the last time that I was down in the Borders and because of that, it was quite sad when I heard that a number of people in Hawick were evacuated from their homes due to potential flooding from Storm Dennis (the last time that this happened was during that horribly wet and stormy winter of 2015/16). That of course, comes less than a week after that incident at the guest house/restaurant on the confluence point where the Slitrig Water runs into the River Teviot at the peak of Storm Ciara.

This led to the side of that building collapsing into the river and as a result, that building will now probably have to be demolished and is already condemned. Luckily, none of my family who live down there are in a location where they are directly affected by these events themselves, but I can only imagine that this must be a horrible time for a lot of individuals and businesses down there, especially with Storm Dennis having arrived so soon afterwards.

 

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As far as I am concerned Storm Dennis has been a big weather event. Site traffic suggests that is the case as does the footage of the horrendous flooding. I know things have been made worse because the water table is already high but that makes not a jot of difference to  those who have had their homes ruined. 

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Also,  I don't think you can separate the 2 storms or the cumulative rain totals this winter.   All are caused  by the same underling  conditions (strong jet  being driven by an extraordinary temperature gradient).   Then there is the issue  that we are having  another exceptionally wet and windy winter  only 5 or so  years for the last lot.  Time will tell if this is going to become the new norm - if so, there is going to have to be a lot of re-evaluation in  terms of flood protection and building construction methods.

 

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That was a potent little squall line that came through here just then. Clear skies followed all of a sudden by heavy rain and a potent wind which has made the house rattle. Looks like there has been some lightning over the Peaks as well.

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Strangely nothing very epic just north in South Essex (not far from Shoeburyness). Nothing in the way of rain yesterday just 2.2mm and some strong gusts but not reaching 50mph inland as far as I can tell. Today there was a definite big downpour and squall around 8.00 am and heavy rain most of the day amounting to 23.5mm which is a lot for here but something I would expect in a day most winters.

The mildness at 13.9C was the most notable thing really.

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My thoughts go out to those with floods!

Today our river has been at its highest since 2007 when it flooded for the first time in my life.  Thankfully it stopped raining this afternoon and the level stopped rising, so it only managed to puddle onto the main road bridge but not enough to close it like last time.  It’s not that we’ve had a great amount of rain today but, as already mentioned, the water table is high from previous rain.

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Just to add that around here a number of fences and trees were brought down last night and today. This morning the road through the centre of town was blocked for several hours by a fallen tree. Had the time of day been different it would very probably have crushed a car.

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Picturesareme thinks every weather event is unremarkable.

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Feel we dodged the bullet a bit here. Lots of flooding and a couple of trees down, but nothing that dramatic as far as I can tell. Just a very wet day.

My roofless house appears to have survived again but please no more!

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That little squall line scuttling across the south packs a punch - two huge thunderclaps, hefty gusts and pea-sized hail, 3 degree temperature drop in 20 minutes.

Yes here too escaped the worst a wet windy weekend but nothing unusual here total rainfall over weekend 27mm was expecting double that after Amber warnings for the South downs and Weald Friday suggested maybe 100mm. Chris Fawkes just now mentioned Brecon Beacons have had a phenomenal 169 mm over weekend

Like last Sunday evening, just drove to Southend sea front. As we got there, the wind picked up suddenly and was stronger than last week. So much so with trees and lamposts bending back and forth, we decided to leave as it did not feel safe.

southend after dark? About as safe as Croydon

 

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Really stormy in Edinburgh now, crashing and banging outside as frequent gusts approach 60 mph. The worst it's been in this storm as Dennis exits right to the north of Scotland....quite scary!

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I've just this minute reported that on today's CC thread, where I reported that even the mean wind speed at Edinburgh Gogarbank was up to 32.3mph from the SW at 10pm tonight. That is all making it extremely noisy here in the high-rise flats where I live and this isn't going to make it easy for me to get any sleep tonight.

If you look closely at the latest rain radar maps as well, you will also notice that a band of rain is now approaching here from the NW, so this could well be a very lively night ahead indeed on more than one front (if you get the pun here).

 

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Rainfall here for the past two days totals 40.4mm, which is the best part of a month's worth.  So its not surprising that the upper Medway valley is flooding, with some blocked roads.

As I mentioned in an earlier post the A21 Tonbridge bypass is closed for 10 days for repairs, and the traffic diverted through the town is horrendous.  The cut through the lane from south Tonbridge to Leigh is closed because the flood barrier is in operation, next upstream two roads into Penshurst are cut off by floods, and so is Chiddingstone.  To get back from Sevenoaks (normally a 15 minute journey) took me 90 minutes as I went on a great circular trip through Hever, Cowden and Ashurst.

(I realise that these names won't mean anything to people elsewhere in the country, but locals such as WarrenB might be interested.)

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Latest wind gusts at Edinburgh Gogarbank as at 11pm tonight, now up to 58.4mph from the SW with a mean wind speed of 33.6mph. If my memory serves me right, that makes today our windiest day of this winter.

This means that whilst we haven't had anything like as much rain from Storm Dennis as what we had from Storm Ciara, it is Storm Dennis which is now giving us our strongest winds.

The forecasters in the run-up to this event were saying that there would be a bit less wind from Storm Dennis, but with rain being a bigger issue than was the case with Storm Ciara.

That may well be the case down south (which just goes to show how England-biased these forecasts often are) but as far as this part of the world, they have completely got that the wrong way around and to me, there should probably have been an amber warning for wind in place for tonight's wind event in this part of the world, instead of the yellow warning for that which we are currently under.

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