South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 26/10/13

[hernebaylooby]

Well the winds got up and first bit of damage done roof flew off chicken enclosure

[Snowangel-MK]

hi captain surprised all the talk of downgrades etc not looking much different for us at present

Same here ... I'm going to take a break until later on when we will have actual buoy reports and then the land stations to give a better idea of how much it is deepening and its actual track, until then it's just guess work and speculation !

[Tom Montalbano]

Trying to follow developments from work is difficult but there are a couple of weather related horse-racing bets today.

Deadly Sting (4.20 Aintree), its favourite but lets hope thats not a bad omen.

Global Warming (4.05 Wincanton), we all know thats a non-starter, so keep your money in your pocket. Cgh!

Just a bit of fun.

Stay safe,

Tom.

Edited October 27, 2013 by Kentish CZ

[john pike]

hi mk

 

thats why sticking in the south east thread now will be your best guide

 

think this is going to be a loooooooooong night ahead

[JennyJane1]

very strong winds for all probably excluding yarmouth area

 

 

already very windy in my chimney

[anything-but]

Some people in the dedicated thread needs this......

 

 

Edited October 27, 2013 by anything-but

[BucksSnow]

very strong winds and raining now in high wycombe so its definitly coming our way

[john pike]

hi jenny

 

sorry i will rephrase that

 

very strong possibly damaging winds excluding yarmouth area at that time

 

your area is to watch as the low crosses north eastwards

 

its windy most places today so i agree with you

[fluid dynamic]

 

 

 

already very windy in my chimney

Gosh that's a phrase i've never heard before...

 

Very breezy here in SW London (Motspur /Raynes Park) The lovely silver birches and other varieties in our road are shaking nicely. My houseproud neighbour was sweeping up leaves "making room for the rest of them" he said  and I have taken the bins in ...

Edited October 27, 2013 by fluid dynamic

[john pike]

*Amber Warning issued by the Met Office in conjunction with Netweather.tv*

 

 

Issued at - 27 Oct 2013, 13:45
Valid from - 27 Oct 2013, 13:45
Valid to - 28 Oct 2013, 12:00

 

Outbreaks of verbal diarrhoea currently affecting parts of the thread are forecast to rapidly intensify during the forecasting period. Normal members are advised to take great care and the nesseccary precautions such as reporting all instances of verbal diarrhoea and not be sucked in by it.

 

 

hint hint!

 

just posted in the storm thread by aj

[Bluebreezer54]

Spent an enjoyable afternoon watching a new presentation by a local amateur group of the story of the Rye Lifeboat disaster of 1928:

 

 

http://theatricaleastbourne.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/marys-boys-open-auditions-theatre.html

 

It contained many references and songs about the weather and the sea, in particular a song entitled 'there's a storm coming'. I wonder how they organised that?!!!! More on the Rye lifeboat disaster here:

 

http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/50521-the-1928-rye-lifeboat-disaster/

 

Whenever I am down that way I always visit the grave and memorial in The Church of The Holy Christ in Rye Harbour Road. Very poignant.

 

 

 

Well I have not had time to catch up on all the posts so I hope I haven't missed anything major. It's a lively afternoon here already with winds gusting to 38mph, stay safe everyone.

[Isabellesnanny]

John - have you any thoughts on how this could affect us in the Croydon area bearing in mind the updates?

[Jayces]

The wind people are currently experiencing had nothing to do with the approaching storm.

[Essex Chelle]

Just found out the storm has a name - St Jude. 

[john pike]

hi iasbelle

 

going to hold fire for now and wait for the new charts

 

will be around 6 and try to be as specific as i can then

 

hope you can hold on a little while

[Lauren]

That's what I thought JP. Even if it does track further south Kent is going to be getting a battering.

[steveinsussex]

Just found out the storm has a name - St Jude. 

No it hasnt

[Essex Chelle]

No it hasnt

 

The Met Office said 20-40mm (0.80-1.6 ins) of rain might fall within six to nine hours in the wettest areas.

It said the predicted storm - named St Jude after the patron saint of depression and lost causes, whose feast day is on Monday - was not one "you would see every year".

[sarah7meme]

I thought it was Jude too

John try and rest for a bit

U be busy later !

[dubmuffin]

Even if this storm doesn't turn out to be as bad as projected, at least the warnings gave me the impetus to tidy up the garden. It's looking better out there than it did all summer:)

[coldfingers]

Met Office shipping forecast and gale warning for my area Wight

 

Wight

Gale warnings - Issued: 0948 UTC Sun 27 Oct

Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon, increasing violent storm force 11 later

Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1030 UTC Sun 27 Oct Wind Southwest 7 to severe gale 9, becoming cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11 for a time, perhaps hurricane force 12 later. Sea State Rough or very rough. Weather Rain or squally showers. Visibility Moderate or poor.

Not sure when the next forecast is due out but I will be watching and hoping they downgrade that Violent Storm 11.

Never yet seen them far out on the shipping forecast though so not looking good for tomorrow morning.

I don't ever remember them giving a possible hurricane force 12 in the channel either. Sure it must have been sometime though.

Edited October 27, 2013 by coldfingers

[john pike]

look west

 

theres the troublemaker

 

see why its so windy at present  look at the isobars over us

 

also note the trough to our west

 

would not rule out a storm or 2 shortly

 

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

 

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

some pretty heavy rain incoming from our south west showing now

Edited October 27, 2013 by john pike

[steveinsussex]

 

The Met Office said 20-40mm (0.80-1.6 ins) of rain might fall within six to nine hours in the wettest areas.

It said the predicted storm - named St Jude after the patron saint of depression and lost causes, whose feast day is on Monday - was not one "you would see every year".

 

its the st judes day storm

[Captain Shortwave]

If it does head for us, I guess we could try to calm it down.... with a song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTrthOpKCA

Edited October 27, 2013 by Captain shortwave

[yamkin]

Here's a piece of music that is so ironic it's called Relaxing Thunderstorm and Rain with Piano Music