Atlantic Storm #4 Desmond

[The PIT]

Max gust 62 mph here now back to F7

[lorenzo]

Surreal..!!

[Mapantz]

The ongoing strong PVA/Vortmax is relentless up in that part of the UK. It's not surprising the rain is consistently heavy, and likely to pep up as well.

[Liam J]

Further rain warnings issued for Monday...  

Winds gusting over 60mph now, wild and wet. 

[Nick L]

21 minutes ago, lorenzo said:

Surreal..!!

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "sofa surfing".

[lorenzo]

Comparisons to 2009 made here.. Looks intense.

 

[Summer Sun]

A number of flights have been cancelled from Dublin airport today to the UK and International destinations

Edited December 5, 2015 by Summer Sun

[Liam J]

One of the main roads out of Cumbria now impassable, all routes into Kendal apparently closed.  

Edited December 5, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[Mokidugway]

Langwathby road 

[tinybill]

3 minutes ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

One of the main roads out of Cumbria now impassable, all routes into Kendal apparently closed.  

bbc  news  saying  for Cumbria  the worst  still to come

[Nick L]

3 minutes ago, tinybill said:

bbc  news  saying  for Cumbria  the worst  still to come

Definitely going to get worse before it gets better. More than 12 hours of heavy rainfall still to come, and all that rain over the mountains then has to filter down through the streams and rivers.

[lorenzo]

24 accumulation is outrageous.

Latest radar below - relentless.

[Liam J]

1 minute ago, tinybill said:

bbc  news  saying  for Cumbria  the worst  still to come

Yep, Really serious situation developing already and is set to worsen through the afternoon and evening

[matty40s]

10 minutes ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

One of the main roads out of Cumbria now impassable, all routes into Kendal apparently closed.  

 

doesnt look long before the town centre is going to disappear.

[Nick L]

1 minute ago, lorenzo said:

24 accumulation is outrageous.

Latest radar below - relentless.

To be honest, those accumulation numbers are pretty conservative in my view, you're going to get 200mm+ in places.

[matty40s]

3 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Definitely going to get worse before it gets better. More than 12 hours of heavy rainfall still to come, and all that rain over the mountains then has to filter down through the streams and rivers.

its not filtering down anything now, its just running off the moutains by any and every route - looking at the webcams, fields are completely saturated and have watercourses all over them.

[doctormog]

Not good news to all and on the BBC a couple of locals from Keswick have stated that although the new glass panel flood defences are holding back the water, the river level may soon top them.

Edited December 5, 2015 by doctormog

[matty40s]

3 minutes ago, doctormog said:

Not good news to all and on the BBC a couple of locals from Keswick have stated that although the new glass panel flood defences are holding back the water, the river level may soon top them.

you also have the wind effect, it will be pushing the lake upwards to that end.

[Nick L]

Seeing videos on Facebook of people driving through floodwaters thinking that a 4x4 is immune to it. Don't take the risk!!!

[Polar Maritime]

Conditions later are going to be horrendous. I hope lives are not lost and the puplic listen to the warning and not take any chances.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Polar Maritime

[Liam J]

Million pound flood defences just breached in Keswick!

 

[P-M]

Just now, *Sub*Zero* said:

Million pound flood defences just breached in Keswick!

 

Wow - that is some serious flooding...

 

[doctormog]

6 minutes ago, matty40s said:

you also have the wind effect, it will be pushing the lake upwards to that end.

The flood defences to to which I refer are at a bend on the river not far from the town centre (rather than at Derwentwater). I've been down there a few times in the summer when the river has been at "normal" levels and struggle to picture the river at such a height that it could overtop the glass panels on the wall. I'm hoping it doesn't but with hours more rain I fear very bad news for Keswick and many of the towns in the Lakes.

Edit: in the length of time it took me to write this it seems my post is now outdated as the defences have been beaten .

Edited December 5, 2015 by doctormog

[P-M]

1 minute ago, doctormog said:

The flood defences to to which I refer are at a bend on the river not far from the town centre (rather than at Derwentwater). I've been down there a few times in the summer when the river has been at "normal" levels and struggle to picture the river at such a height that it could overtop the glass panels on the wall. I'm hoping it doesn't but with hours more rain I fear very bad news for Keswick and many of the towns in the Lakes.

Looks like it has already topped the walls in Keswick from that picture above?

[doctormog]

1 minute ago, P-M said:

Looks like it has already topped the walls in Keswick from that picture above?

Yes (see my edit above) both previous replies were posted when I was writing my post