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Wednesday next week will probably be the worst for us in the south as there are 60-70mph gusts showing inland on XCW weather map. Probably a repeat of the storm we had over the christmas period if it verifies where I got two gusts reaching 49mph on the house and quite a few trees were snapped or uprooted in Stourhead Gardens.

I hope we don't have another let down with the winds today like yesterday as I would have thought it would be more windy then it is now with 50-70mph gusts forecast. It doesn't look very stormy outside, in fact its quite sunny.

Not been much to talk about down this way today! Highest gust only 25mph and 24hour rain total of 7mm, typical breezy weather for this area. Forecast was for 40-50mph gusts even for us and that certainly hasn't happend. I wonder now whether or not that means that all of these lows showing on the models will be dramatically toned down including tomorrows?

Doesn't look to be too bad for areas away from the midlands northwards. No different to what we had at the end of last week, with 50-60mph gusts on coasts and 35-45mph inland.

Was expecting there to have been a bit more wind today to be honest but I am happy that I made the right decision to go up Castle Hill yesterday as it was way stronger then compared to today. The rains been the only notecable thing with winds gusting occassionally to 25mph or above.

Yeah, I was up Castle Hill today which is shaped in a way which increases the wind dramatically compared to surrounding areas. I recorded a period of 50-60mph gusts and then a squall came through with a period of 70mph gusts and one to 80mph. I have never been in a wind like this before. The highest I have ever recorded on a handheld anemometer before this was 61mph which was back in 2012. Its odd though because back at home the house anemometer only got 43mph.

That looks pretty nasty! One area of the isobars are so close together that you can't even make them out seperately. They have become just a solid colour of white.

Suprised there is hardly any mention about this on the Model output, you would think you were living on another world.

Quite interesting weather this past day or so. Yesterday had winds gusting between 30-35mph on the house all day and evening with even some distant flashes of lightning and one closer one with a rumble of thunder. Then this morning I was suprised to see a gust of 43mph before a pink coloured flash of lightning happend. There was a period then of winds gusting 30-35mph and at least five more flashes and rumbles of thunder before it cleared up for the rest of the day as breezy weather with sunshine and showers. The clouds looked pretty interesting and meanacing also, some of them had a very dark purple colour to them.

Looks like we are getting the inland fresh to strong winds that were forecast now. The winds are not damaging but considering that its suppose to be remaining like this tomorrow will mean that it will probably be the most prolonged amount of wind since the inland gales to severe gales we had around christmas. The windy spells we had after that were the same strength as now but they were only there for a few hours vs nearly two days.

Quite good winds here so far with occasional gusts between 25-35mph hitting the house. Just enough to make it fun to watch but not so much that it becomes worrying.

40-50mph gusts would be called a strong to near gale force wind based on the mean winds. No real damage would be caused by these winds to proper structures or typical trees but some unusually weak branches or trees could be damaged or uprooted.

Wind starting to pick up more now. Just had a gust of 34mph on the house.

Same here! Was barely even drizzling an hour ago.

To be honest I am suprised about all this talk of gales and storms as theres been nothing of note here really all day. There has been some light to moderate rain which has now finished and the winds have only gusted to 26mph.

Well my anemometer is up about 33ft on our house roof and the highest gust here so far is only 26mph which would be 42km/h. Most places will have considerably less winds then the official stations as they are usually in massive wide open fields and at least 30ft above ground level.

I personally would allready say that in terms of the winds the storms are finished now as tomorrow and Monday show mean winds inland of moderate to strong. I would imagine the next load of wind will be more noticeable on coastal areas then recently where gales are likely.

Are you basing the gales and severe gales on the gusts? Looking inland from what I can see there looks to be only mean winds from moderate to strong inland and gales on coastal areas for tomorrow and Monday.

Just checked the rain gauge and it shows that 39mm (one and a half inches) of rain has fallen since yesterday evening. Apart from that one period of very heavy rain we had last year that is the highest I have seen over a 24hr period.

We have just had some very small hail fall here and there is a dark cloud moving away to the east. Looks like its clearing up towards the west.

Thats odd, just had some small hail fall here a few minutes ago! There is quite a dark cloud moving away to the east.

There is an area on one of the tracks around here that can turn into a mini river if there has been large amounts of rain that runs into an actual river. My mum decided to video it this morning, when I saw the video I was quite suprised and would say that it is the worst that I have seen so far, I didn't see it myself but wouldn't wan't to as my shoes would probably get soaked!

We did have some wind here gusting to about 30-35mph again for about an hour or so last night but now its almost completely calm. Given all the warnings I would have thought there would have been a bit more to be honest. Was hardly a storm!

Wet and windy here again today but personally i'm not bothered as I like windy weather minus all of the rain. 35mph max on the house today, nothing compared to the 49mph that happened twice during that storm a week or so ago.

It was very windy here this evening and I suspect that there would have been a more widespread yellow warning given out by the Met Office if it was in summer, as there looks to have been widespread gusts between 45-55mph even down here in exposure around Wiltshire. Got 41mph on the house, but the wind was coming from the south which is the worst direction for getting the most of the winds as there are a load of trees in the way.