Atlantic Lows - general discussion

[Dorsetbred]

Starting to get windy across the UK some places already hitting 60mph gusts.

I figure we are a long way away from the centre of the depression as it's just nudging 1-3kts down here.

Edited November 26, 2011 by Dorsetbred

[Gorath]

going to be a wild night here by the looks of its, gusts of 80mph forecasted for here!

I apologise. What I meant was, sheltered from the western coast. It seems the coastal areas are being battered worst.

[doctormog]

The BBC mention that the Met Office believe that there is a slight chance of 95mph gusts for some parts tonight

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15903225

[Liam J]

Not to much to get excited about away from Scotland but gales will affect parts of Northern England and Wales gusting around 60mph+ later tonight with 80mph possible over Scotland, the coming week looks good for wind storms to develop with further potential for severe gales at times. Very active period of weather currently taking hold.

Edited November 26, 2011 by Liam J

[knocker]

I assume everyone is familiar with this site.

http://www.weatherstations.co.uk/aws_map.htm

[Bluebreezer54]

I assume everyone is familiar with this site.

http://www.weatherst....uk/aws_map.htm

No, but I am now. Thanks for posting it. Its gone straight on my list of favourites !!

[weatherobsuk]

nodding my head in agreement with a couple of posters the past few hours. Met Office saying a possibility of 80mph upwards in Northern, Eastern parts of England and Scotland. Yet here in the central Pennines its not even stirring the cobwebs at the moment, must be a Foehn effect going on.

[Gorath]

nodding my head in agreement with a couple of posters the past few hours. Met Office saying a possibility of 80mph upwards in Northern, Eastern parts of England and Scotland. Yet here in the central Pennines its not even stirring the cobwebs at the moment, must be a Foehn effect going on.

Please excuse my ignorance, but would you care to explain a little?

I thought a Foehn wind was a more localised phenomenon.

[weatherobsuk]

Foehn Winds are the result of 'waves' rolling lee-side of hills/mountains caused by temperature abravsions which aids the strengthening of sustained windspeed, and causing SLW damage downwind of where the 'wave' occurs due to its nature.

I'm sure there's plenty of others here who can articulate it better, but it's one reason I'm suspecting why western areas in England are seeing calm winds of 20mph, while the NorthEast is being hit by 50mph+ winds, with higher gusts expected.

[knocker]

The 1800z surface charts.

[Liam J]

Wind strengthening now and becoming more noticeable around the house.

Interesting week coming up for the storm lovers

[Zenarcher]

Here's my wind map for tonight,

Currently gusting to 55mph here.

[Cookie]

78.3 mph highest gust last hour in europie ness really just cranked up a notch!

no food delivers on to the island today, shelves where bare at work!

[Liam J]

Whats happened to XC weather? Most of the stations haven't been updated since 7pm!

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

[Zenarcher]

It seems to be the Met Office stations that are not reporting at the moment. Just checked the Met Office site and stations on there haven't reported since 7pm either.

Of all the nights :lol:

Edited November 26, 2011 by weathermaster

[knocker]

Here's my wind map for tonight,

Currently gusting to 55mph here.

Streuth that's intersting. Based on what?

[Paranoid]

Try this site WM, most of the data does come from the met office so there's a lot of grey arrows, but it still has some reporting stations so better than nothing i guess.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

[knocker]

It seems to be the Met Office stations that are not reporting at the moment. Just checked the Met Office site and stations on there haven't reported since 7pm either.

Of all the nights :lol:

I think you will find they are reporting. And it's not that interesting a night.

http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~brugge/21.html[/url[

[Liam J]

Wow, Mace Head Western Ireland, 56mph gust 77mph Westerly

Wasn't progged for that wind strength so far south from the depression.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

Edited November 26, 2011 by Liam J

[Aaron]

Slowly getting windier here.. expecting very windy conditions early tomorrow morning.

[Zenarcher]

I think you will find they are reporting. And it's not that interesting a night.

http://www.met.readi...~brugge/21.html[/url[

Thanks for the link. Still none of the stations are updating on the actual Met Office site or XCWeather they still have 7pm. But your link is good to use

And I'm finding tonight interesting with severe gales across the country just like how out of no where Mace Head reported a 77mph gust.

[Liam J]

Wind ramping up further here, the stronger winds appear to be further south than had been predicted, well at the moment. Looking at South and West Ireland as the depression moves ever closer to Northern UK from the Atlantic the wind is much stronger for example than the GFS was progging with gusts currently near 80mph on the coast and around 50mph inland at Shannon Airport. GFS does tend to underestimate wind speeds on occasions.

Edited November 27, 2011 by Liam J

[snowlover2009]

Are we expecting the worst winds tomorrow? Its bad over here at the moment and looking at the outlook things could be a lot worse with some of these tight lows fore casted and added to that the wind flow is going to be much colder!

[Liam J]

Wind veered NW'ly over the K5 buoy, 47mph mean.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

it has to be gusting atleast 60mph here