No need to over do it Pam. I thought you were hibernating anyway ??!!

I got bored!

Are my forecasts really that bad......

Well as the weather front approaches.........stand by and batten down the hatches .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meshocn2mZQ

Moley

Noooo!! not your posts! I meant it was boring hibernating!

Ok !!

Well this weather front and squall line is certainly showing signs of intensifying as it heads towards London and The South East. Timing its exact arrival is difficult, but I would say between 9pm - 11pm is a fair bet.

The initial squall line will produce some very strong winds for 10-15 minutes, and behind that is a band of heavy rain which will probably last for an hour or so.

All eyes on the weekend now, and thats not looking good.

Moley

I've just spoken to my friend in Tiverton .... poor lady has had rain and hail since midday today and now high winds. The canal in the next village collapsed last night and the people had to be evacuated. They are set to lose power at any time

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Spot on as always Moley .... 10.59pm and it is lashing down in Hayes !!! Even my dogs wont go out in the garden ....... now for the wind

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I do not suffer fools !!!!!

Tiverton seems to be an area thats been quite badly affected, and your friend's experience ties in with a lot of reports I have read from there. Hope she's ok. While I am admittedly a fan of severe weather events Im also mindful of the devastating effect it can sometimes have on peoples lives, property and posessions

Well guess who went to bed early and slept right through the whole thing ? So if it reached Hayes at 10:59pm I got the timing right by the skin of my teeth. Lol !!

Friday will be a much better day and should remain dry and less windy compared with recent days, before the next onslaught arrives over the weekend. I will be updating more information on that later today.

Thanks again for reading, and I really appreciate folk taking the time to post.

Moley

Some ( poor quality ) video footage of the collapsing canal bank here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... winds.html

Why cant people just keep the bl**dy camera still when filming ??!!

I have to laugh at the Daily Fails over the top headline once again. 90mph gales over the weekend.....really ?? They just thought of a number and nearly doubled it, and this is what really annoys me about newspaper coverage of weather events. A remote mountain top somewhere in Scotland or North Wales might see wind gusts of around 90mph, but where the vast majority of the population live, I am expecting gusts to be in the region of 40-50mph, perhaps a little higher on south and west facing coastal areas.

I could be wrong though, which is why I will be monitoring the situation closely and trying to post some regular updates.

Moley

'between 9 and 11' was spot on

Battering the windows it was

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