Storm Eunice - 18th February

[Liam Burge]

I have a feeling what I just experienced was more than just a mere 'gust'. My heavy glass table just got lifted up and chucked upside down, my fence (which is heavy) just got chucked and landed around 30feet away in the road.

[kold weather]

Whether you think the red was justified, or this is over rated.

 

Looks possible this will be going into the record books...

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by kold weather

[Eagle Eye]

Just now, Ross90 said:

Not trying to belittle anyone's damaged but those sort of fence panels are always the first to go and looking at the trees it doesn't look anymore than about 55 - 60mph. I haven't seen any vids that look more than about 70 so far. At 80mph trees are almost fully bent over or flapping around wildly...

To be fair, he's in a very protected spot of Ashford so for the trees to be swaying it does need a little bit more kick to the wind, this was one of the smaller gusts 

 

Just now, Ross90 said:

Not trying to belittle anyone's damaged but those sort of fence panels are always the first to go and looking at the trees it doesn't look anymore than about 55 - 60mph. I haven't seen any vids that look more than about 70 so far. At 80mph trees are almost fully bent over or flapping around wildly...

To be fair, he's in a very protected spot of Ashford so for the trees to be swaying it does need a little bit more kick to the wind, this was one of the smaller gusts 

 

[legritter]

Hi gang ,polite notice to any TROLLS on our friendly forum ....... Go Fly  a kite ...., ,here on west mendip we've just had very strong gusts ,now gone quieter but expecting as the wind turns more north of west another v windy spell .remember gang ,the Met office i feel have done a professional job with this storm, and remember Meteorology is Not an exact science  .stay safe all ,and be polite ,we all have different views on life , we are so lucky with having these forums ,cheers and yes sausage baps are on my menu . 

[Man With Beard]

Isle of Portland (Met Office site) just recorded 90mph. Not in the red zone!

[weirpig]

1 minute ago, chris78 said:

Everyone has a right to an opinion, but equally if that opinion is clearly nonsense others are entitled to treat it with the contempt i deserves.   74 mph at Hun airport, 70 mph widely in populated areas.  75 + is hurricane force.   What the hell were you expecting from today?   We dont live in hurricane alley, 70+ winds in populated areas is a huge event for this country.        So yes express an opinion, but if it so clearly flies in the face of fact, expect ridicule.

another who as missed the point   anyway  discussion closed

[alexisj9]

30 minutes ago, jamesgold said:

Southeastern trains looking to stop all services now… ABSOLUTE FLOP! WHY IS MY HOUSE STILL STANDING?!?

Trust me, Kent is not having fun right now, certainly not coastal Kent. That's where southeastern goes. I think suspending the service is a good call.

[Just Before Dawn]

It’s getting pretty blustery here in the Lincs Wolds - fortunately I haven’t been called out yet, but Donna Nook has recorded a 53mph wind gust already, several hours before the worst of the wind is due to arrive here. 

[Mapantz]

3 minutes ago, Dreckly said:

Above posted yesterday not sure where from

Bude Tree down today

That first video was from last year I think? During a small tornado in Essex I believe?

[Mark_p]

Eerily calm in the north west all morning aside from rain but the wind has started to pick up now seemingly out of nowhere. 

[chris78]

1 minute ago, weirpig said:

another who as missed the point   anyway  discussion closed

Its a discussion board, I think we will carry on.  Cheers

[Radiating Dendrite]

Windy here, but I've seen it worse in all honesty. Having experienced the Christmas eve storm in North Wales in 97, this is not anywhere close in my locale. 

Swaying trees and a few wheelie bins have fallen over. 

[weirpig]

Just now, chris78 said:

Its a discussion board, I think we will carry on.  Cheers

Not when we have been told to stop   cheers

[Atmogenic]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Trust me, Kent is not having fun right now, certainly not coastal Kent. That's where southeastern goes. I think suspending the service is a good call.

agree it's definitely getting a pounding right now, I really want to go outside (of course away from any trees) but my dad needs to wake up from his nights to keep an eye out in the garden as it's still a mess and i've tried to keep the pillows from our sun sofa from flying away

[Zookeeper]

Bristol has been very gusty. Nothing like the coast but still unusual for us. Something just blew off my roof and landed on the car 

[Mapantz]

Average wind speed at Hurn reached 45mph. That is some effort!

[Thunderstruck]

Just seen a heron flying backwards…

[Scorcher]

5 minutes ago, chris78 said:

Everyone has a right to an opinion, but equally if that opinion is clearly nonsense others are entitled to treat it with the contempt i deserves.   74 mph at Hun airport, 70 mph widely in populated areas.  75 + is hurricane force.   What the hell were you expecting from today?   We dont live in hurricane alley, 70+ winds in populated areas is a huge event for this country.        So yes express an opinion, but if it so clearly flies in the face of fact, expect ridicule.

It doesn't excuse people attacking others or general rudeness- the forum does have rules to avoid it descending into a slanging match.

[Dreckly]

On 18/02/2022 at 12:21, Mapantz said:

That first video was from last year I think? During a small tornado in Essex I believe?

OK many thanks

[kold weather]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Average wind speed at Hurn reached 45mph. That is some effort!

Highest recorded since 1980 was 52mph in the Burns day storm, so yeah that is very high, probably be pretty close to the top I'd imagine.

[Climate Man]

Weather station just blew down.  Never happened before. Guess it's windy! Can't measure!

[bluearmy]

Eunice is 973 mb off the ne coast of England 

I think that ec was the only model not to want to go sub 970 

[birdman]

5 minutes ago, weirpig said:

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

Just seen a heron flying backwards…

Lol. I was watching some crows earlier was actually hilarious. I kind of had this Australian sweary tiktok dude commentary in my head

Edited February 18, 2022 by birdman
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[seb]

Wow. Not experienced anything like this since the early 90s when living in Germany.

Powercuts are something else

 

[Bristawl Si]

10 minutes ago, MJG1973 said:

You're not trolling, just giving an opinion. I'm in Bristol, we had an hour of high winds, 50-60 mph locally. Nothing untoward IMO, but other places have had it worse. Red warning, not for me but again its only an opinion. 

Latest Meto station observe up at Almondsbury (couple of miles from here), states gusts of 55mph for 1.00pm today; last recorded on their site was 10 oclock (hope it updates soon) at 47mph 

So, here, very local - "LOCAL" i said - yes it's stormy, but not as severe as other parts of SW.