Possible Storm This Weekend Discussion

[itsnowjoke]

I'm not too far away from you mate but I've had no Thunder/Lightning & certainly no power cut, all very benign here at the moment.

Its still lightening no thunder now. Power went off for about two mins lol

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Winds touching near 90MPH and not even an amber warning for South Wales? Someone please explain...........

[MrSunshine]

Its still lightening no thunder now. Power went off for about two mins lol

 

A sign of things to come maybe later on this evening......

[P-M]

Winds touching near 90MPH and not even an amber warning for South Wales? Someone please explain...........

 

 

Careful how you word that mate it will not go down with some peeps on here lol 

[Cheshire Freeze]

Coastal or not, near 90mph gusts are deserving of an orange warning. The potential for that sort of gust has been clear to see for days.

[Rustynailer]

A lot of displays will be getting cancelled tonight if councils have any sense where the wind is strong

I think you are right there. Although some will still take no notice, I hope people use common sense, besides who wants to see their granny chased across the lawn with a display rocket . Sorry my imagination sometimes....

[Skullzrulerz]

bloody hell this is ridiculous, getting reports of all major roads affected and side roads impassable due to fallen trees and debris ..I'm sure South Wales will be headline news tomorrow ...#underwarned

It has to a amber warning now hearing lots of trees failing down in wales and some power cuts.

[chiffer]

Apparently they'll be gusting 50-60 mph in my area tonight, shouldn't cause much problems though.

[Matty M]

Mumbles not far off Hurricane Force.

 

68mph gusting 89mph.

[Liam J]

I haven't read any warnings that would do justice to the exceptional situation unfolding over parts of the country at present. Bemused.

[pip22]

Heres the lightning radar: http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/lightning/en/euro/UK.htm

[itsnowjoke]

A sign of things to come maybe later on this evening......

maybe but maybe not i like a good storm but not the thunder n ligjtening

[The PIT]

Not bad at all here so far. Peak gust 46 mph a rare event this autumn to hear the wind down the chimney.

[P-M]

I haven't read any warnings that would do justice to the exceptional situation unfolding over parts of the country at present. Bemused.

 

 

If you see my previous posts Liam that's exactly what I was saying - seems like Wales doesn't warrant an upgrade after all they can cope with falling trees, power cuts and hurricane forced winds - all in a day to them isn't it?  (I think not)

[Skullzrulerz]

Has there been any near 100 mph winds yet?

[Panayiotis]

Amber warning for Wales issued on my website. 5000 people without power in West Wales.

Edited November 2, 2013 by Panayiotis

[cyclonic happiness]

Anyone been in touch with the met office or the media to wake the blighters up to the obvious?

Amber warning for Wales issued on my website. 5000 people without power in West Wales.

Oh good, I'm sure they'll be able to log into their computers to ch............oh wait! *facepalm*

[J10]

^Beat me to it! 89mph at Mumbles! Yes our houses are shaking! My fence looks like a wavelength with the wind blowing against it!

Got a video of it uphere, but trying in vain to get it down to a manageable size.

 

The warnings for this weekend are disproportionate to those last weekend. Or perhaps more accurately in the Met Office defence I should say the media response to it is very different.

 

Edited November 2, 2013 by J10

[Cheshire Freeze]

Well anyone attempting to set fire works off in this need their head testing. Can already hear some going off.

[chiffer]

Anyone been in touch with the met office or the media to wake the blighters up to the obvious?Oh good, I'm sure they'll be able to log into their computers to ch............oh wait! *facepalm*

The Meto are probably having there Halloween party tonight, there Halloween trick is not doing there job properly tonight.

[Mapantz]

If you see my previous posts Liam that's exactly what I was saying - seems like Wales doesn't warrant an upgrade after all they can cope with falling trees, power cuts and hurricane forced winds - all in a day to them isn't it?  (I think not)

 

I just thought i'd mention,  there probably should have been a flash amber warning put in place for South Wales, they may concede to have making a mistake, the point i was trying to make is that there's no bias, especially when lives are at risk.

[MrSunshine]

Has there been any near 100 mph winds yet?

 

I think touching 90mph is serious enough to warrant an amber warning in itself in all honesty.

[Panayiotis]

Got a video of it uphere, but trying in vain to get it down to a manageable size.

 

The warnings for this weekend are disproportionate to those last weekend. Or perhaps more accurately in the Met Office defence I should say the media response to it is very different.

 

About time.

 

I issued it last night http://cymruweather.webs.com/warnings

I think the Met issued the yellow warning last night but because of a technical difficulty it wasnt shown until this morning.

Edited November 2, 2013 by Panayiotis

[weatherobsuk]

So the local fireworks event has cancelled a organised lantern parade through the park (due to the risk of falling tree's), but are still happy to put on the fireworks despite the forecast winds breaching H&S laws governing such events. makes sense...

[Cheshire Freeze]

Orange warnings out 2-3 days before the St Judes storm struck with warnings of 80mph gusts. 89mph gusts in S Wales and the warnings go up on the day of the event and are of yellow status. Not into Metoffice bashing in the slightest as they do a grand job but I'd like to hear their justification on this one. Homes already without power and a myriad of tree uprooting incidents.