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    Storm Eunice - 18th February

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Come on guys stop bashing the met seriously. We asked for a red warning we got a red warning for London and southeast. They weren't going to issue it any earlier until their super computer that we don't see or have access to as mere mortals conformed it. Think about the beeb. They also take the word from meteo group not the met office so their updates will be out of date till about 7. Its all over the news. Has been for about an hour on the live page on the app. 

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    Storm Eunice - 18th February

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    4 minutes ago, Downburst said:

    But it’s not consistent to be frank. Most gust charts are max gust in 3hrs period. It has to be called out. I’m not taking away from the seriousness of the damage and mayhem this is likely to cause, but I’ve noticed folk seem to be taking gust charts as sustained wind forecast. It’s the world we live in I know.

     

    Agree however we have a sustained wind speed of 34 mph over a four hour period with gusts upwards of 70+ mph. 

    Storm Eunice - 18th February

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    2 minutes ago, FetchCB said:

    Timing could be a major factor. To the west t will be rush hour when the worst of the winds hit whereas in the east it will be late morning. Less people on the road 

    Thats utterly ridiculous sorry. A lot of schools are not on half term in the east and southeast. 60-70mph winds is not nice at anytime. Especially in Central London. Me in Welling still qt 74 my on xc weather and 71 on met office app

    Storm Eunice - 18th February

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Just now, Durham Weather said:

    Then you are lucky.

    What shall we do? Rebuild our houses because they ‘haven’t been built very well’? Maybe a wall collapsing onto a child, roofs being ripped off completely and deposited into the street. Maybe people being without power for 10 days?

    It’s all happened locally to me since the end of November. Some of the damage still hasn’t been repaired. This was from wind gusting between 60-70mph. 

    Just because it hasn’t happened to you doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened elsewhere!

    Yup wall blew down near me in about 45mph winds 2 years ago. 

    Storm Eunice - 18th February

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    1 minute ago, Ross90 said:

    I think some people are exaggerating the severity a little bit. Yes 90mph + would be quite damaging but it's much more likely that gusts will peak around 70 - 80mph inland if that. It might be unusual for some places but you're not going to suffer severe damage from winds in that range, well not unless a tree hits your property... 

    Erm try the burns day storm... try it being in the daytime and numerous other factors. Central London hit by 75mph gusts even 70mph gusts will be dangerous. The track and the depth have hardly changed in last 24 hours. As was said above we are t72 hours. On the scale of warnings. I don't remember one that has fallen into the yellow category that one movement will be into Amber. Over doing it I don't think so. My mum lives on a hill 750 ft up so I am watching it closely 

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