Atlantic Storm #6 - Frank

[Thunder Snow]

Just drizzle now no wind 

[BornFromTheVoid]

 

[Mapantz]

Warnings updated..

  

[timeless]

lve heard of several trees down round hereford... also were without electricity for the past 5 hours...

[Frosty hollows]

8 minutes ago, BornFromTheVoid said:

 

 

8 minutes ago, BornFromTheVoid said:

 

Jeeezz...my family are just down the road from there

[Frosty hollows]

Really surprised we've had no warning for wind in CS England. Winds have been sustained at 30mph+ for a few hours now. Recent gust of 55 mph and there seems to be no sign of it dying down !!!

[BornFromTheVoid]

Nice video from Tramore

 

[cowdog]

The squall line has passed over us. Really interesting is that the temperature went down 0.8C within 5 minutes of it going. Arguably the steepest temperature drop I can remember, really clear indicator of the front passing.

[Liam J]

5 minutes ago, Frosty hollows said:

Really surprised we've had no warning for wind in CS England. Winds have been sustained at 30mph+ for a few hours now. Recent gust of 55 mph and there seems to be no sign of it dying down !!!

Sustained winds around 30mph aren't even gale force, some areas have seen mean speeds 40-50mph or more with higher gusts. As a general rule the Met Office issue wind warnings when there is high enough risk of gusts exceeding 60mph towards 70mph depending on the size of area likely to experience impacts, this can be flexed at their discretion, for example when the trees are in full leaf when lesser velocity wind speeds have potential to cause more damage. A 50mph wind gust exerts around 48 kg/m2 onto a flat surface, adding just 20mph onto that a 70mph wind will exert 96 kg/m2 so double the force for just 20mph increase... 100mph sees that force raised to almost 200kg/m2. 

[lfcdude]

http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/2015-12-30/birnbeck-pier-collapses-into-sea/

Part of the Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare has collapsed.

The walkway of the historic structure has fallen into the sea. The structure was listed in the top ten most endangered buildings by the Victorian Society.

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Flooding is horrendous in Port Glasgow, all main roads impossible to pass along with minor roads covered by massive puddles!! Anywhere the water can lie it's lying. I'm thinking the Clyde has burst it's banks over onto the motorway beside it because my friend is on her way to Braehead and said to me that the road is basically the Clyde and e everything is Mayhem. Was supposed to go and get my steak pie for New Years day!!! 

[The PIT]

Too be fair 30mph is just 2mph off Moderate gale.

Anyway Frank not having a punch here just dull gloomy mild and breezy. If the squall line gets here it maybe more interesting.

[Summer Sun]

The heavens have well and truly opened now a vile day to say the least

[Love Snow]

Heavy line of showers just coming into Leeds now 

[Frosty hollows]

39 minutes ago, BornFromTheVoid said:

Nice video from Tramore

 

Good grief!

[Frosty hollows]

22 minutes ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

Sustained winds around 30mph aren't even gale force, some areas have seen mean speeds 40-50mph or more with higher gusts. As a general rule the Met Office issue wind warnings when there is high enough risk of gusts exceeding 60mph towards 70mph depending on the size of area likely to experience impacts, this can be flexed at their discretion, for example when the trees are in full leaf when lesser velocity wind speeds have potential to cause more damage. A 50mph wind gust exerts around 48 kg/m2 onto a flat surface, adding just 20mph onto that a 70mph wind will exert 96 kg/m2 so double the force for just 20mph increase... 100mph sees that force raised to almost 200kg/m2. 

Ah thanks. True enough the trees aren't in leaf but we have had damage to the fence and shed roof. Sustained winds between 30 and 36 this morning according to local met office stats. It's by far the strongest winds we've had this winter and we've had warning for the previous storms which was why it surprised me. 

[Weather26]

Squall line has arrived as it has just started pouring it down in Sheffield and is due to do so until at least 3:00pm

[The PIT]

Yup arrived but not much on it light rain at the moment not enough to even register on the rain rate so not a squall line really.

[Weather26]

Yep that fizzled out quicker than i thought-in other news

BBC News (UK) ‏@BBCNews  6m6 minutes ago

High winds close Clifton Suspension Bridge for only second time in its 151-year history http://bbc.in/1MGHWzm  #StormFrank

[Liam J]

Winds really whipped up again associated with that small low, gusts back around 60mph. 

Edited December 30, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[AlderCat]

Getting pummelled by rain and wind. Wind is much stronger than it was last night. It's coming in from a different direction. Last night we were sheltered by trees but now it's coming in straight from across Lough Neagh.  

[William Grimsley]

What a morning! High winds started from the early hours and continued to increase until just after 09:00 here. A high wind gust of 53 mph was recorded here at 09:50. Meanwhile, me and Evening thunder went down to Sidmouth Seafront around 09:00 just before high tide. Most waves were smashing over the promenade containing large stones but luckily no one was hurt. This lead to soaked spectators including ourselves and surface water flooding. At Jacob's Ladder (an exposed ladder just west of Sidmouth), there were sustained severe gale force winds. It was certainly a great morning!

Edited December 30, 2015 by William Grimsley

[Liam J]

Make up your mind William, you were posting status updates this morning saying the winds weren't very strong and forecasts were wrong? lol... 

[Summer Sun]

The rain has cleared through and the wind has died down significantly compared to this morning the worst appears to be over

[knocker]

I don't know whether this is of interest to anyone

LIDAR data and flooding