Have you battened down your hatches??

[Drago]

It's not that bad here. I may go out for a bike ride.

 

[Edwardoka]

It has turned out to be severely underwhelming here, topped out at 32mph.
Very tame compared to what I used to experience on the Carse of Gowrie.

Oh well, plenty more opportunities for apocalyptic weather due to climate change.

 

[Smudge]

Not that bad here in the south west either, at least not in the town anyway. I expect its a different story up on the quantocks.

 

[NorthernDave]

I've done some research and I think what we're experiencing today is called "winter".
I might share this news with the BBC.

 

[Milzy]

You always get people saying it's worse than it actually is, then you get folk saying it's not that bad when all the roofs are scattered all over the roads with the blown down trees.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Wind has picked up quickly: the trees are starting to snap and wave about:

The buzzards across the valley aren't using the thermals now, but riding the wind.

Still clear blue sky and bright sunshine.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Might nip down to the seafront shortly to check whether France is still there.....

 

[Salty seadog]

I expect some fallen trees on my way in to work tomorrow.

 

[dodgy]

There's a convective line moving SE, these things can be pretty nasty. You can see it moving on www.raintoday.co.uk

 

[dodgy]

Jebus! That squall line is passing now, it's like being in a tornado.

 

[welsh dragon]

Horrible here. Gusts of up to 75MPh and lashing down with rain. Just had a power cut for 5 mins as well.

 

[RoadRider400]

There's a convective line moving SE, these things can be pretty nasty. You can see it moving on www.raintoday.co.uk
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Forgive my lack of weather knowledge but I have two questions.

Am I right in thinking it looks to be rotating clockwise as it moves east?
Are the similar angle lines a hundred odd miles south east of it anything major?

 

[NorthernDave]

The wind has picked up again here.
Very rainy too, I had to put my hood up!

 

[classic33]

The wind has picked up again here.
Very rainy too, I had to put my hood up!

That bad!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Might nip down to the seafront shortly to check whether France is still there.....

It hasn't come this way yet.