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  1. Force 11 Violent storm recorded at Rhossili, Gower.

    NCI Worm's Head at Rhossili, Gower have recorded a Force 11 storm at their station overnight. Force 11 is also known on the Beaufort scale as a violent storm, and is one level below hurricane force. 72mph (117km) winds have been recorded.

    NCI Worm's Head described the sea at Rhossili as having "exceptionally high waves. (small to medium sized ships might be for a time lost to view behind the waves.) The sea is completely covered with long white patches of foam lying along the direction of the wind. Everywhere the Edges of the wave crests are blown into froth. Visibility affected".

    The area is also described as having "widespread damage, very rarely experienced'.

    Barry Island

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  2. 6 hours ago, snefnug said:

    And you can call me old fashioned, but some of the gear the teenage vamps were in yesterday afternoon was eyebrow raising mutter mutter mutter……forgetting I was ever a teenager in the wild 70’s, these kids know nothing….mutter mutter mutter……

    Can here my mother  saying if she was still alive. they will catch a death if they dont cover up

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  3. here goes latest news from Wales online. Makes you laugh

     

    What the Met Office says about reports it is going to snow in October - Wales Online

    "Later in this period, there is the chance for settled conditions to become more widely prevalent across the UK. Temperatures are likely to be around or slightly above average."

    But meteorological expert Dave told ITV's This Morning last week: "There's a snow moon on the 29th of October, followed by two more snow moons in the first three weeks of November. So it is gonna be bitterly cold and very frosty."

    Who is Dave?

     

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  4. 1 hour ago, Sky Full said:

    A complete change this morning - 100% cloud cover, about 17C and fairly breezy.   For the first time in several days it’s cooler outside than inside!    No rain yet, though.   Looks like it’s headed this way but the forecast only predicts 1mm of rain for this location so that won’t do the garden much good….    No serious rain predicted here until Tuesday - but you never can tell!

    well according to the met no rain until wednesday for St Davids

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  5. 18 hours ago, Sky Full said:

    Quite nice today with many sunny periods between the clouds.  Only had one brief sleety shower so far but the wind is still strong and pretty chilly, too.  The wind is expected to increase overnight again but not as bad as Thursday night, then gradually easing until next week, when we could have another spell of settled weather.  No heatwave in sight, yet, though......

    Never fear it will start on the 27th when the van opens

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  6. 4 hours ago, Sky Full said:

    Morning!   Still here but that was a bad night.   Didn’t get much sleep to start with and then at 2:15am the power went out.  The guys at Western Power had it back on by 3:00am so my thanks to whoever had to come out in that weather and make repairs.....  but by then I couldn’t go back to sleep so had to sit and listen to the racket outside.  I think the MetOffice got this wrong - it should have been an amber warning and a name would have made people more aware of the strength of the winds.  Maybe it’s because it didn’t affect England too much, I don’t know.   I’ve had a look around outside and no real damage, thankfully, but I’ve got one of those large ‘store it out’ boxes full of garden tools, hose, and other bits and pieces - pretty heavy.  This was lifted bodily off its base and turned on its side, then blown several feet across the ground.  Must have been one massive gust to achieve that.....      I hope your caravan is OK!

     
    WWW.WALESONLINE.CO.UK

    Thousands of homes are without power and a Met Office weather warning is in place until later today

    Well i havent had the call yet (fingers crossed) Was worried about my plastic shed behind it. Have got it rawl plugged into paving slabs and two tension straps over it.

    It was pretty wild here on the side of the mountain

    Reached 87km gusts no power cuts but plenty of bins rolling down the street

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  7. 11 hours ago, Sky Full said:

    I think sustained wind speeds would need to be over 50mph more widely and gusts of over 80mph maybe inland rather than just around the coast and hills.  They say it’s dependent on the likelihood of damage and disruption so storms in summer and autumn especially where they affect more densely populated areas get named more often because of the increased chance of falling trees.   Even so, this one must be near the mark by the sound of the wind outside now.  I’m probably not going to get a good nights sleep tonight.

    You still with us or been blown away

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  8. 10 hours ago, Sky Full said:

      Nooo!  Please don’t!  It’d probably reach me from there!

    If you thought that looked windy, this is what the ECM now shows for 6:00am next Thursday (wind gusts km/hr)....

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    So, it has changed.  For the worse .   I’m sure it won’t be as apocalyptic as this, though, come the day....   Other models are not quite so pessimistic, at this stage anyway.

    That's my caravan down St Davids blown away or maybe the shed behind it

     

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  9. 34 minutes ago, Penfoel said:

    16.2mm of rain yesterday, the wettest I've seen the fields in years. More like ponds atm. 

    I've noticed looking at the charts there's a high pressure area building. Is this likely to bring a cold snap again? 

    Could be something around the 8th, though the met are not picking up on it

    Monday 1 Mar - Wednesday 10 Mar

    During the first week of March, many areas of the UK are likely to see a continuation of settled weather. Dry conditions with clear or sunny periods are likely, especially in the south of the UK. Any unsettled weather with corresponding showers or rain are most likely to occur in the north and northwest of the UK. Strong winds may also affect northern and northwestern areas at times, but elsewhere winds will likely be light and, as a result, fog formation overnight may become more prevalent. Temperatures for this period will likely be average or slightly above average for the time of year, although some cold nights with frosts developing in places are still possible.

    Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Thu 25 Feb 202

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  10. 1 hour ago, Sky Full said:

    No surprises this morning.... it’s still raining steadily here. Also, the wind is picking up again. Not a good day for going out, then. Oh, I forgot. We’re not allowed to go out, anyway. This is getting very depressing now. How I am longing for some dry, sunny, warm weather to cheer us up again.

    and to be able to go out.

    Head is completely shot. As i mentioned on here before eventually finished sorting out and selling  the mother in-laws bungalow beginning of January (died in the Royal Gwent after falling over in hospital 12months ago next Wednesday. Yesterday broke the back of my mothers bungalow moving it into storage units after she had been sectioned before Christmas. Cant give her stuff away at the moment due to lockdown. Forgot to add she was a bit of a hoarder 156 tins of dog food for example and only one dog ( which my son has and i have just spent over 3k in vets bills as it has cancer) not to mention the 7 irons,  6 kettles, and 3 hoovers still in boxes, forgot to add the 15 bin bags full of clothes, which 2 bags still have labels.  My eldest son started an extension last march and its still ongoing and he is bloody useless. So asked if i could project manage this since Christmas to try and get it finished. I also forgot i am self-employed and work full time. I know i am being selfish but cant wait to go down the caravan in St Davids just for the change of scenery rain or shine.

    Sorry for the above just needed to get if off my chestt

    Anyway yesterday and today in total here we have had an inch of rain now if this had been last week we would of been seriously digging ourselves out 

     

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