Storm Francis - Tuesday/Wednesday (25th & 26th August)

[Cheshire Freeze]

Getting a tad windy out there now...

[Ryukai]

Lowest Pressure I've found so far is 979.83 mBar from a buoy in the Irish Sea.

http://vis.marine.ie/dashboards/#/dashboards/weather?buoy=M2&measurement=SeaTemperature

EDIT: I'll be very surprised if the Flag on the Llandudno webcam survives  Maybe we should give it a name like the Frying Pan Tower one 

http://www.westshorebeachcafe.com/webcam-in-llandudno/

Edited August 25, 2020 by Ryukai

[Josh Rubio]

Nothing *too* significant so far it seems in terms of disruption. 

[Rush2019]

Gusts picking up here in Macclesfield, just had to close the upstairs windows before my curtains end up in Buxton. Small plant containers blowing around the garden and the fence panels have begun to rattle. Rain has eased off for a little while. Keep safe.

[chris55]

Don’t see inland winds this ferocious here very often. Extremely gusty! Just staked my new trees as they were going vertical and pinned down the trampoline! Neighbours new side awning has been ripped apart. Wasn’t expecting anything like this.

Edited August 25, 2020 by chris55

[matt111]

Very windy here now. Nothing exceptional for an Atlantic storm but still quite significant given the time of year. 

[alexisj9]

68mph highest gust now, also now regularly gusting between 55 and 60mph.

[James Maidstone]

Phenomenal amount of rainfall in Snowdonia and still continuing, especially in the Northern part of the area..  Likely to cause problems

 

[Stabilo19]

56 mph sustained, gusting to 69 mph at Mumbles head. 75 mph gusts at Lake Vyrnwy. 

Usual windy spots but very notable for August. 

[GreyCrag]

Definitely a evening here to be staying indoors and radar-watching the rainfall rates, already traffic building up around Buxton and Whaley due to numerous incidents on the road from fallen branches, a overturned lorry on the Cat&Fiddle, alongside the usual unfinished roadworks.

[Mapantz]

Nothing over 40mph here. Windy but good spells of sunshine this afternoon pushed the temp to 20.6°C.

[lottiekent]

Gusts on my handheld anemometer Into low 50mph’s. Some decent wave crashes for August..

[Jo Farrow]

As it is so miserable out there  https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/08/25/status-orange-rainfall-warning-in-place-for-the-rest-of-your-miserable-lives-met-eireann/ 

Status Orange Rainfall Warning In Place For The Rest Of Your Miserable Lives: Met Eireann

[Frosty hollows]

8 minutes ago, Jo Farrow said:

As it is so miserable out there  https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/08/25/status-orange-rainfall-warning-in-place-for-the-rest-of-your-miserable-lives-met-eireann/ 

Status Orange Rainfall Warning In Place For The Rest Of Your Miserable Lives: Met Eireann

[Iceaxecrampon]

Llanberis getting pasted 

[Freeze]

Very rough seas, and a roaring wind

[Polar Maritime]

Horizontal heavy rain and gales here.

[bellanite]

2 hours ago, chris55 said:

Don’t see inland winds this ferocious here very often. Extremely gusty! Just staked my new trees as they were going vertical and pinned down the trampoline! Neighbours new side awning has been ripped apart. Wasn’t expecting anything like this.

It's roaring through the valley that's for sure. Lost our garden room roof about 30 min ago and now ripped the neighbours fence including the posts out of concrete! Really seems worse than anything we've had in winter.

[ChannelThunder]

The cross-Solent sailing I mentioned earlier was real good fun! I've not felt wind like that since being in Tornado Alley last year. Some almighty waves throwing the ferry around also. The gusty-ness of Southampton felt like a light summer's breeze afterwards in comparison

[Ryukai]

Ford Green Brook (in the Fields below where I live) has gotten a flood alert on it. Hopefully it won't be as bad as it shows on the map, or Ford Green Halls going to be underwater again.  

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/target-area/033WAF309

Edited August 25, 2020 by Ryukai

[sunnijim]

Gusts between 50mph and 60mph since 1500.

Local damage being reported.

Comparable with anything during Winter/19/20.

[Ryukai]

The Flag at Llandudno has gone!!  

http://www.westshorebeachcafe.com/webcam-in-llandudno/

May it rest in pieces 

 

[Weather-history]

24 minutes ago, Ryukai said:

The Flag at Llandudno has gone!!  

http://www.westshorebeachcafe.com/webcam-in-llandudno/

May it rest in pieces 

 

The cafe workers take it down at closing

[Weather-history]

It has been a horrible day

 

[andymcpool]

Some fat gusts deploying over SW 11 atm!