AdamStorm7891

It's picking up here again now just as my dad has gone out into the garden to try and put the fence back up, I think he's wasting his time lol

The forecasts always suggested that you was going to get it last, I'm in the Essex / Greater London region about 50 to 80 miles south of you and it peaked here around about 6 to 8am so it makes sense that it has moved north-east as forecast and is now peaking across East Anglia, it'll swing out into the North-Sea in the next hour or 2 then winds for you should begin to abate.

Maybe that means there's a 2nd wave of strong winds yet to come through here too, I think this is what a lot of the gust charts where predicting. The sting in the tail so to speak!

Maybe a freak squall line, the general winds seem to have eased off here in the last hour or so still blustery though. I think Norfolk will be experiencing the worst of it now as the storm passes out into the North-Sea.

Still not as bad as the October 2000 or 02 storms in my opinion which are by some distant the most violent storms I can recall with 80-90mph gusts inland, as I was less then a year old when the 87 storm struck and still only 3 or 4 when the 1990 storm hit I can't remember them, but about 4am to 8 this morning was certainly on a par with the peak of the St' Jude storm but much longer lasting. If this had been when trees where still in leaf the damage would have been significantly worse.

Our garden furniture has just gone walkabouts, I think I'm detecting flecks of wet snow too now!

106mph at The Needles

I'm sure I saw a bright flash in the sky at about 6am this morning but heard no thunder so it wasn't lightning which makes me think it could have been a power cable short circuiting! Wind has been ferocious in the last 3 or 4 hours, easily 60mph gusts possibly more at times. Still going strong but think it's dropped to about 40mph in the last hour!

Well what a night/early morning it's been, absolutely vicious gusts of wind here which rudely woke me up several times during the night I wanted to have a lye-in this morning but no such joy. Also torrential rain in the last couple of hours which has been going sideways in the wind, interesting to hear of reports of snow in some places too I'm surprised about that no snow to speak of here but that's the last thing we need at the moment what with everything else going on outside. It's been absolute chaos, must have had a few gusts in the 60mph+ region I'd say! I get the impression it has eased off a tad in the last half an hour or so though.......touchwood!

The local regional forums will probably be the most busy places discussing the approaching storm, especially the South-East / East Anglia forum as that is where the brunt of Katie is due to hit!

No thunder or lightning here today but we've had some torrential downpours with hail included and very squally wind.

They're now saying the winds will persist up until about lunchtime tomorrow!

Had a couple of really torrential showers pass through here today with hail and gusty squally winds. Been waiting for our garden fence to go already so I'll be surprised if it survives tonight/tomorrow! Met Office now upgrading their warnings to Amber for the far South-East, I can easily see 55-60mph even in the London region and 65-75mph in coastal regions possibly slightly higher locally.

Met Office have upgraded their warning to Amber for the South-East coastal districts.

Certainly had some quite squally gusts here early yesterday evening as the rain band moved through easily 35-40mph will be interesting to see if we get any potent squalls today's if any heavy / thundery showers pass overhead. Regarding tonight and tomorrow, looks like Katie will have cleared out into the North-Sea by the early afternoon tomorrow. Heavy rain and strengthening winds in the south-west from this evening then overnight the strongest of the winds will push up the channel and effect south facing coasts 60-70mph locally perhaps a tad more then the core of strongest winds will run up over South-Eastern areas tomorrow morning probably peaking around breakfast time with inland gusts 50-60mph locally more so definitely worth keeping an eye on things over the next 12 hours or so for any changes in track and intensity.

I've got a feeling this will be more of a channel and coastal event then it will be for inland areas, the latest charts suggest it'll stay a little further south then first indicated meaning it'll effect a narrower area of our shores if at all.

Deepening over land you say, would this suggest a potential Sting Jet? The prospect of 70mph inland gusts and 90mph on the coast is certainly pretty grim, would certainly put it on a par with the St 'Jude storm at the very least.

I think you're probably thinking of 2002.

This has a lot of potential, especially across the highly populated areas of the South-East corner of the country as the system pulls away into the North-Sea.

Definitely a case of the calm before the storm today I think with beautiful sunny weather on the cards, then the rest of the Easter weekend is all downhill with rain and strong to gale-force winds moving in tomorrow, squally and potentially thundery showers on Sunday and then the possibility of a significant storm on Monday!

Yes looks quite bad for tomorrow, widespread Gales locally severe on coasts. 40-50mph inland perhaps 60+ in exposure but it's Monday that is looking a lot more concerning, pressure charts suggest a potentially very disruptive storm coming up from the south-west so I wouldn't be surprised if this gets named Katie which I believe was the next name on the list.

I wouldn't rule it out if there are any thundery downpours yet to pass through with violent squall lines, we've already had a couple of those this afternoon where I am and I'd say the winds weren't too far off those sort of speeds.

Yep although not quite as frequently as about an hour or 2 back, people saying this has been a non-event and nothing more then what our region has experienced already this winter haven't been experiencing some of the gusts I have today clearly, probably people snuggled up indoors, stick your heads out your front door then tell me that. I was almost getting blown clean off my feet earlier and there's been reports of London Bridge station having it's roof blown off and there's been trees down in Brentwood just a couple of miles from me!

Can't say I've noticed much significant damage like trees down or roof tiles etc... but I'd be amazed if there isn't somewhere in my region, I did notice a few fence panels blown in on my travels at work! 50-60mph gusts this far inland aren't that common.

Mate I'm in Essex about 40 miles east of you and a little bit further north too and at times it's been absolutely crazy here, and I imagine it is even crazier the further south and west you go!