[quote=Terminal Moraine,8 Jan 2005, 07:32 AM] Well unless it's destined to get much worse in the next few hours this gale has been a non event here. Currently mean wind is 42 mph, gusting to 66. Max gust so far is 73. This is just an average winter gale here and wouldn't make the top 20. Whilst I agree that it's been relatively ok here in Devon, and less severe than I expected, there is a real whip in the tail across the NW at the moment, and this may affect you soon. A gust of 104 mph was recorded at St Bees head at 7 am. That's not really non-event stuff! <_<