Storm Eunice - 18th February

[WinterWilf]

Damn I know what I'm doing this weekend.. 

[Dreckly]

Still gusty, some close trees down. It has now started with Hail, will be painful in these winds. 

[Cassivellaunus]

Hats off to met office, they were sticking to between 72-75mph gusts at peak in Hastings today while all the other models showing 80-90mph and I'd say they were spot on. Think it just warranted the red warning in the end. Worst seems to have passed but still quite gusty.

[Man With Beard]

Starting to see gusts over 70mph in Norfolk. A bit short of the 90mph gusts predicted by some short range models, for the moment.

[Gareth79]

It has calmed a little in Farnborough, but still very strong gusts every 15 mins or so.   I have an anemometer which recorded a gust of 89mph earlier but it's only 3m above the eaves so it may have been accelerated a bit.

[Sky Full]

Maybe this is better off in the models thread but is the GFS on to something here (28th February - I know it’s 10 days away….)

  

Might not be the last blowy day we get this winter…?

 

[Snow Queen one]

Wind is indeed back.  But now seems sustained its like a constant rumble now 

[alexisj9]

12 minutes ago, richie3846 said:

Has the red warning for the south east been dropped now?

Finished at 1500. But still windy for sure.

[Electricmumma]

Rough on the coast in bexhill, wind took a chunk out of our beautiful bandstand at the de la warr pavilion, trees down, roof tiles flying in the main shopping street, structural damage to the odd building, and… a Christmas tree on the beach 

[Harry]

1 minute ago, Snow Queen one said:

Wind is indeed back.  But now seems sustained its like a constant rumble now 

Same here @Snow Queen one - gusts seem to be coming thick and fast (more so than earlier). A gust just hit that made me wince as it sounded like the patio doors were going to blow in. 

[Mikel Nimbus]

The winds have picked up significantly here in the last 15 minutes. Feels like it did around midday again and seeing more damage occurring. What's going on? 

 

Local building has lost parts of its roof. 

[alexisj9]

10 minutes ago, steveinsussex said:

 

No surprise st george street, is a known wind tunnel.

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by alexisj9

[stripeyfox]

Everyone on here today

 

 

[Jamie M]

Sea spray earlier along the sea here in Herne Bay. The bandstand had recorded 74 mph just before I started recording.

Don't have any video but damn near got thrown to the ground on the road just behind the pier on St George's Terrace. Must be a wind tunnel!

Edited February 18, 2022 by Jamie M

[Guest]

It's pretty wild out there now. Some big gusts! 

[DerbyshireDales]

15 minutes ago, StingJet said:

Here is a useful link for you DD
I have it set to the Icon model , you can change to ECMWF / GFS etc , down in the tool bar bottom right corner 

Drag the timeline at the bottom to the start and hit the play button 

https://www.windy.com/?iconEu,52.437,-3.668,6,i:pressure

That’s great! Thanks for that!  

[kazaddress]

7 minutes ago, Gareth79 said:

It has calmed a little in Farnborough, but still very strong gusts every 15 mins or so.   I have an anemometer which recorded a gust of 89mph earlier but it's only 3m above the eaves so it may have been accelerated a bit.

I'm there too. We have over 6 trees down on the roads around our house..  and 2 in our garden

[Frosty hollows]

Seems to be no let up here. Still gusts 60+ and sustained winds of 37mph...and I'm as far inland as you can get

[Lincs Observation]

Wind has picked up here, was watching the GB girls curling and noticed the temporary ridge of my conservatory fly past the window, just got back in after doing a water tight repair. It’s wild up there and out there.

[LRD]

Relatively significant event IMBY. Barton Rovers FC have lost a little stand that would have taken some knocking over. That's about 10 miles to my south. Still some significant gusts out there. Squally showers too

So, definite impacts but, equally, not quite the event that some models thought it might have been. Seems to me that the worst effects were on the south coast and around the M4 corridor

Looking forward, I wonder if we'll have some more days like this in the next fortnight or so. It looks unsettled and turbulent until at least the end of the month. In the past week or so, though, we have seen the other, angry face of what has been, basically, an extended autumn since August... after we experienced the dull, benign side last month

[alexisj9]

8 minutes ago, Snow Queen one said:

Wind is indeed back.  But now seems sustained its like a constant rumble now 

Yep that's why I'm not hearing gusts, but still occasional very heavy one comes along. Confused to be honest, I wonder what the sustained speed is at the moment.

[LRD]

The aforementioned Barton Rovers FC, courtesy of their Twitter account

[alexisj9]

8 minutes ago, stripeyfox said:

Everyone on here today

 

 

Lol to be honest I wouldn't be flying.

[Gowon]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

No surprise st george street, is a known wind tunnel.

 

I went to school at St Marys in West Croydon and I remember struggling to walk down Wellesley road to the bus stop during the Burns day storm.. I was only a skinny kid but I managed to make it onto the bus. They had let us go home early that day. I remember looking up and being amazed how fast the clouds were moving. 

Btw, my lights has just started flickering

[stainesbloke]

51 minutes ago, terryall said:

One of my daughters lives in Amsterdam and they are under a red warning. All the city closed down at 3pm.

Amsterdam is being pummelled, very dangerous winds there, mean speeds of over 50mph! Hope your daughter is ok

Edited February 18, 2022 by stainesbloke