Have you battened down your hatches??

[dodgy]

I may have asked you this before (at my age I can be forgiven) but which part of the west Wirral is exposed to the Atlantic? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?
We are planning to be in New Brighton Monday morning. 9.95 mtr high tide at 10.30 should be interesting.

Thurstaston, and of course the Wirral is not exposed to the Atlantic directly, but it is to the Irish Sea. Storm Ciara formed in the Atlantic, therefore it's an Atlantic storm. We get squally weather that has formed in the Irish Sea from time to time, but that generally lasts minutes to an hour max.

Park your car on the road parallel to Marine Drive / Kings Parade well away from the tall houses in New Brighton itself, there's often brickwork and slates falling from those old victorian houses.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Forecast to slowly pick up tomorrow as the day moves on. Meant to be force 12 at its peak here. Over 120km winds. Not too sure if I can make it to work on Monday if it does hit that bad. Often the trains are cancelled due to trees toppling onto the tracks.

I heard it was going to be worse for you up there. Is the forecast for the weather to hit you tomorrow?

 

[Dave7]

Thurstaston, and of course the Wirral is not exposed to the Atlantic directly, but it is to the Irish Sea. Storm Ciara formed in the Atlantic, therefore it's an Atlantic storm. We get squally weather that has formed in the Irish Sea from time to time, but that generally lasts minutes to an hour max.

Park your car on the road parallel to Marine Drive / Kings Parade well away from the tall houses in New Brighton itself, there's often brickwork and slates falling from those old victorian houses.

Thanks.
We will park close to the Perch Rock chippy from where we will purchase our lunch.
A point of interest......the gardens of "those tall houses" used to go all the way to the beach until they were compulsory purchased for the Kings Parade.
A lovely area you live in.

 

[dodgy]

I never knew that little fact! Wow, they must have been huge properties back then!

 

[chriswoody]

I heard it was going to be worse for you up there. Is the forecast for the weather to hit you tomorrow?

The latest forecast has it building from lunchtime tomorrow and lasting all the way through to Monday evening. I notice the forecast has downgraded slightly to force 10 from force 12. Still pretty damaging though. There's been a lot of tree surgeons around today pruning the trees, I presume in advance. However, there's just too many trees around here, if it hits as bad as they say then there will be a lot of trees down all over the place. We have a lot of storm warnings every Winter and only a small handful ever amount to anything, I've a feeling this may be one of those handful!

 

[bikingdad90]

Heavy rain and high winds in Teesside at the moment. House unfortunately suffered some damage, the asbestos lining has gave way and some concrete has broke free. Hope we don’t lose any tiles too.

 

[Rezillo]

Here's our Beaufort scale:

0 Calm.......................Rezillo out, no bike ride possible.
1 Light Air.................Access to bike but roads covered in ice.
2 Light Breeze..........Orwell Bridge closes. Ipswich gridlocked
3 Gentle Breeze.......Cat thinks about staying in.
4 Moderate Breeze..Cat comes in from outside to use emergency litter tray. House occupants reel from nasal assault.
5 Fresh Breeze..........Strange odours blown in from Holland and Belgium. Rivals the cat.
6 Strong Breeze........Normal cycling weather.
7 Near Gale...............Apparently obligatory windmilling trampolines roll past.
8 Gale.........................Local cycling club group diehards go past our house at either 10mph or 40mph.
9 Strong Gale...........Previously undiagnosed rotting fence posts give way in inaccessible position for repair..
10 Storm....................Lorries blown over on A140. Rezillos homestead not accessible thanks to diverted HGVs blocking the single track lane past our house.
11 Violent Storm.....Neighbour's 2kg clay pantiles start peeling off and tumbling through air like confetti.

 

[cyberknight]

To add to all this fun a radiator just burst, sealed it off both ends and it drained out of the hole although we didnt notice it till water came through the ceiling .They cant even come out to fix it under my homecare agreement till wednesday /
So half the house is unheated, my daughter just slipped and bashed her cheek on the dining table, lad is annoying fecker, fell out with mrs ck for wasting cash , cant ride tomorrow due to weather and erm i dunno im grumpy

 

[Andy in Germany]

@Andy in Germany I see you are in Esslingen.
Not had the priviledge of visiting there but spent a week working in Stuttgart and also visited Strasbourgh a few times. Always for work so never got to know the area. Me and MrsD stayed just outside Strasbourg on the weekend of Bastille day. We had a lovely time and the white wine was amazing.

I'm glad you liked it. Esslingen is quite distinct from Stuttgart: it used to be a city state so it has a very different feel.

 

[fossyant]

To add to all this fun a radiator just burst, sealed it off both ends and it drained out of the hole although we didnt notice it till water came through the ceiling .They cant even come out to fix it under my homecare agreement till wednesday /
So half the house is unheated, my daughter just slipped and bashed her cheek on the dining table, lad is annoying fecker, fell out with mrs ck for wasting cash , cant ride tomorrow due to weather and erm i dunno im grumpy

Yikes. Here is a hug

 

[Andy in Germany]

The latest forecast has it building from lunchtime tomorrow and lasting all the way through to Monday evening. I notice the forecast has downgraded slightly to force 10 from force 12. Still pretty damaging though. There's been a lot of tree surgeons around today pruning the trees, I presume in advance. However, there's just too many trees around here, if it hits as bad as they say then there will be a lot of trees down all over the place. We have a lot of storm warnings every Winter and only a small handful ever amount to anything, I've a feeling this may be one of those handful!

We're getting similar forecasts of mild to light breezes in the evening, but warnings not to venture out all day unless we have to. I know if I don't go riding it'll be sunny and still enough to hear a butterfly fart, and as soon as I get more than 10k away from the apartment all hooleys will break loose.

 

[midlife]

Poked my head out of the door to check, bit of a breeze and raining just outside of Carlisle. Not stormy at all.

Have got candles at the ready and camping stove in case of power cut. Parked cars away from trajectory of roof ties though..

 

[dodgy]

Forecasted intensity is decreasing slightly, at least for this area. Gusts of 59mph now instead of 65mph, I expect those speeds are for slightly inland areas and not coasts.

Hope there's zero damage and we're all laughing about it tomorrow night on here 🤷‍♂️

 

[Drago]

I dont reckon itll be that bad. Already winds arent as high for poshshire has was forecast as recently as this morning. Ever since Michael Fish they've flapped like John Inman in a semaphore class at the thought of getting it wrong and they seem to over egg everything, hence what was previous,y known as a 'nice summers day' is now announced as a 'Class 9 murder death kill radiation ray solar slaughter event'. The warnings have become so common and so meaningless that one the rare occasion a real one crops up no one takes any notice.

 

[dodgy]

I dont reckon itll be that bad. Already winds arent as high for poshshire has was forecast as recently as this morning. Ever since Michael Fish they've flapped like John Inman in a semaphore class at the thought of getting it wrong and they seem to over egg everything, hence what was previous,y known as a 'nice summers day' is now announced as a 'Class 9 murder death kill radiation ray solar slaughter event'. The warnings have become so common and so meaningless that one the rare occasion a real one crops up no one takes any notice.

The Michael Fish incident was 33 years ago. Forecasts are more accurate now.

We'll know tomorrow. And 'here' isn't the entire country.