Storm Franklin

[Josh Rubio]

Wind seems to be picking up here quite substantially now. 
 

Definitely seems to have made itself known IMBY compared to Eunice. 

[tight isobar]

Abysmal conditions

 

here atm torrential rain\ howling  gusts...in the squal line for sure !!!

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by tight isobar

[Polar Maritime]

Touching 70 now here

[lassie23]

Miserable, prefer snow storms

[Ice Day]

Just experienced the squall line, it was quite something to behold. Someone described it earlier as a mini tornado, a pretty accurate description I'd say. 

[Sentinel]

The wind is increasing on Southend seafront and is more constant than Eunice. 

[Liam Burge]

Ngl I kinda feel like an amber warning should be issued for this storm. 

EDIT: For parts in England.

Edited February 20, 2022 by Liam Burge

[Josh Rubio]

Anyone think the Met Office underestimated this storm? It seems extremely windy right now!

[ModestMention]

Here it seems gustier than Eunice. Franklin is 20mph Gusting 53mph.While Eunice was 39mph Gusting 64 at the worst. 

Should be an Amber for most of England.

[beckyonsea]

3 minutes ago, Liam Burge said:

Ngl I kinda feel like an amber warning should be issued for this storm. 

EDIT: For parts in England.

yep this is pretty grim. Hope the power doesn't go again!

[SnowBear]

Squall line just passed over Colchester, wind didn't seem that high but some intense rainfall. Lights flickered a few times. 

Edited February 20, 2022 by SnowBear

[Liam Burge]

1 minute ago, beckyonsea said:

yep this is pretty grim. Hope the power doesn't go again!

True; MetOffice is forecasting another 14 hours of weather similar to this.

[tight isobar]

Quite spooky conditions noww.. Jet engine raw...and horizontal precipitation!! Gusts 60 + !!

Edited February 20, 2022 by tight isobar

[Stormchaser17]

Squall is looking pretty angry from the radar right now. 

[The PIT]

Now lets hail to the mix.

[Snowyowl9]

22 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Miserable, prefer snow storms

Is that -9c upper air....   -8c uppers tonight..

Just had a CB went over and severe gales during the shower as it cleared wind was crazy...Now calmed down..

Gusting to 81mph even down south Isle of Portland

Edited February 20, 2022 by Snowyowl9

[StingJet]

Re: Amber warning potential for North Wales and North West England , at the very least ?   I would say so 

[StingJet]

7 minutes ago, tight isobar said:

Quite spooky conditions noww..net engine raw...and horizontal precipitation!! Gusts 60 + !!

for sure mate .. I live not far from RAF Valley ,, the wind is a howling ...  analogous to a low level Jet fly by    ... and we are 8 hrs+ from peak wind speeds .. oh F....

[Liam Burge]

5 minutes ago, StingJet said:

Re: Amber warning potential for North Wales and North West England , at the very least ?   I would say so 

Kinda feel like where I am should be put into an amber warning too.

[StingJet]

1 minute ago, Liam Burge said:

Kinda feel like where I am should be put into an amber warning too.

Tend to agree the whole of west and southern inshore waters up at F10 

[TwisterGirl81]

Squall line went through Exeter about 5.20pm, huge gusts of wind behind it, would be really interested to know how strong they were in mph, must have been in the high 60's, brief power cut in the hospital too.

Will post a video when I get home

Edited February 20, 2022 by TwisterGirl81

[emmett garland]

86mph gust recorded at mace head Co Galway last hour

[Liam Burge]

1 minute ago, StingJet said:

Tend to agree the whole of west and southern inshore waters up at F10 

We're up at near F10 speeds for multiple hours as well.

[beckyonsea]

I just went out to try and prop up the single remaining fence panel and (excuse my old hippy ponderings) the wind feels more malevolent than yesterday. Perhaps my over active imagination was just due to the dark lol

[cyclonic happiness]

It's much stronger here too, we just had a god almighty squall with hail and severe gales come through. The worst of the winds will be tomorrow morning too