I'm just about old enough to have experienced the 1987 storm, wasn't a great experience at the time. I remember a walk to the corner shop with my mum the next day, they stayed open to sell essentials, we had to step over smashed bricks, roof tiles and go around fallen trees on the paths and grass verges.
I remember that but none of the news stories on the TV. 1987 Storm
Now that was during the night, I hate to think what may happen during the day on Friday!
Nice to read reports of snow in this thread, can't complain it's still early doors!
Early next week looks of interest (Monday AM), but really hope it's not a cold rain event, Because that'll be Tuesday :)
I'm happy we are not in the Red warning area for Wind, The outside Christmas decorations will end up over in the Channel!
Some of the Christmas Markets kicks-off tomorrow, they'll be fun trip for some!
It'll be wet messy snow if at all, No real accumulations if any.
Hopefully I'm wrong with plenty of poached, fried and scrambled on my face.
But it's great to have this excite in November, shades of 2009/10.
Battle of the Apps for my area, Meto going dry and cloudy, BBC for Thundery Showers throughout the afternoon/evening.
Both taken with a large pich of salt
On Tuesday night I mentioned about the yellow/red (blob) area of precipitation on the radar just off the coast of Ramsgate, it remained all the way through last night also....what causes that? It was like a dragon's mouth firing the precipitation, didn't move and was constantly showing on the radar....?
Perhaps wishful thinking but I'm trying to recall the year we had decent snowfall and a cold stretch like this one before milder weather arrived, giving a false pretence of Spring....only for us to go back in the freezer two/three weeks later with another dumping of snow.....was it 94?
Be very careful outside over the next few days, it's really icy, went to get the dog in from the garden and slipped on ice from where I had cleaned the patio and path off.
Luckily only my pride and buttocks hurting, think I'm going to feel that in the morning!
That yellow/red blob on the radar been around for sometime, off the tip of Ramsgate, Hopefully the Dragon releasing the flames!....And I don't mean Heat.