Ex Ts Katia To Hit The Uk - Chat Thread 2

[Cymro]

Well Wales may bot bare the brunt of this storm, but if you look at the current met office observations it is by far the windiest place currently http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/observations/

Winds gusting at an average 45mph here atm, which is nothing we're not used to on the Brecon Beacons, but I think the windspeeds for the Western and Southern Coasts of Wales have been hugely underestimated.

[GreatStorm1987]

Yes I agree. At the moment there will be a fairly narrow zone that is likely to see the strongest gusts, probably between 70-80mph. The cities within this zone are Glasgow, Edinburgh, N parts of N Ireland, and possibly as far S as Newcastle, Carlisle. Now locations such as Leeds, Blackpool could see gusts around 50-60mph. The Midlands, E Anglia, Wales around 30-40mph.

Yes I would be inclinded to agree with that in principal however, I do believe 70 MPH gust will be seen quite widely as far south as Wrexham.

[ZONE 51]

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[Lancashire Lass]

Sounds like your pressure reading is out like mine.

The only place in the UK above 1010mb is the far South.

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

Aye think you could be right. According to the link you provided the pressure should be 996mb going off my postcode. Nearest weather station to mine is in Leyland about 4 miles away and the pressure reading from that station is 992.9mb. However Blackpool and Crosby weather stations are both showing a pressure of 997.97mb

[lorenzo]

Think the storm is getting its act together a little bit on the last few frames from Sat24.

http://www.ndbc.noaa...5&unit=M&tz=STN

The plot shows the pressure drop well..

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/plot_wind_pres.php?station=62095&uom=M&time_diff=0&time_label=GMT

[loopydreamer]

Ah just found the old 999 series on the '87 storm. Something to reminisce over.

loved watching that again! thanx xx reminds me how devastating this all can be

[Penfoel]

Well Wales may bot bare the brunt of this storm, but if you look at the current met office observations it is by far the windiest place currently http://www.metoffice...k/observations/

Winds gusting at an average 45mph here atm, which is nothing we're not used to on the Brecon Beacons, but I think the windspeeds for the Western and Southern Coasts of Wales have been hugely underestimated.

we are already losing trees on our farm, 2 possibly 3 that I have seen when checking the animals. Very windy here, but no idea of wind speed sorry.

[kmanmx]

Not much faith in the MetO predicted Gust speeds for my area. They're predicting a maximum of 55mph for Leicester, East Midlands later today. However, they are currently saying there are wind gusts of 28mph, when in actual fact a local weather station is reporting just half that, about 15mph less.

Using the same rule (-15mph off predicted) for the predicted maximum gives a more reasonable estimate of 40mph, which to me seems more likely.

[loopydreamer]

i really dont want to go to bed but i have got to get my boys to school 2morro morning so nighty night all and stay safe xx

[weatherobsuk]

ESTOFEX discussion

Ex-hurricane Katia races eastwards and affects parts of NW-Europe during the forecast. 300 hPa temperatures well above -30°C ! and cyclone phase diagrams indicating some type of shallow warm core structure, so Katia will be an high-energetic/increasingly baroclinic depression. Further extratropical transformation expected but right now there are no hints on any enhanced thunderstorm activity with Katia. Very strong wind field is expected to affect Scotland/parts of UK. Please refer to the UK Met Office at www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather for further informations.

[Lancashire Lass]

i really dont want to go to bed but i have got to get my boys to school 2morro morning so nighty night all and stay safe xx

Yep got the school run to do also. Night folks.

[ZONE 51]

is there not an eye? closer look at sats indicate a small center of clear! very few miles wide but im sure its an eye.

Edited September 12, 2011 by ElectricSnowStorm

[Raidan]

Wind has picked up significantly here,Had to go close neighbours gate as kept banging and stack our garden chairs.

[PeterDoswell]

southampton .. current pressure 1005mb . feeling breezy with trees swinging . ocassional blustery showers

[cyclonic happiness]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_IR.html

Latest sat image shows what looks like a 'jet sting', this area is a sign of very sudden and severe storm cyclogenisis, would bring extremely damaging winds.

Lucky for us it's happened out over the open sea, otherwise we'd have had another 1987.

you can see what i mean by the tiny little 'hook' that has appeared near the eye.

[snowfall09]

Area of strong winds looks likely to affect much of the uk at the moment, suppose it depends on how far north the centre of the storm travels

[Cymro]

Winds increasingly getting alot stronger here.

[Carlisle2568]

I really don't understand this, it's been really quite windy all day today but for the past few hours it's almost been deadly calm with a real silence outside, the tops of the trees are barely moving, any idea why technical weather wise? I know it's supposed to be at it's worst tomorrow afternoon but I wasn't expecting it to get so calm first.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Carlisle2568

[weatherobsuk]

No doubt the wind is here now, thought what sounded like a passenger jet going over. Only it abruptly stopped and I've heard that kind of noise many times, being sheltered somewhat by the hillside facing West. Yet around the 'bowl' shaped valley you can literally see it being funnelled through over the Sponds Hill gap.

[Luke]

Starting to get blustery now, probably more than other areas around here as it is quite an exposed area

[cookie27]

I really don't understand this, it's been really quite windy all day today but for the past few hours it's almost been deadly calm with a real silence outside, the tops of the trees are barely moving, any idea why technical weather wise? I know it's supposed to be at it's worst tomorrow afternoon but I wasn't expecting it to get so calm first.

its called the calm before the storm

[Chris.R]

After a spell of moderate rain witch I take it was the warm front, the wind has started to pick up, especially in the last few minutes.

[West Sussex Kate]

Quite windy here!

[cookie27]

Wind picking up here in London..any news from up north?

[ZONE 51]

just editing-took of animation

Edited September 12, 2011 by ElectricSnowStorm