Storm Franklin

[TwisterGirl81]

4 minutes ago, Mike Poole said:

Would be very localised.  You can see an 80 km/h hardly any distance away on the chart.

These gusts were stronger that 80kmh, must have been over 100kmh at least, nearly knocked me off my feet

2 minutes ago, StingJet said:

Alternatively use met office observations page .. not as pretty ... accuracy? I would hope so 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/#?map=GustSpeed&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.21&fcTime=1645304400

Looks confusing

[Eagle Eye]

The wind is retuning as the squall line strengthens almost as if breathing in and it'll breath out here soon I suspect with even stronger winds, sounds like some tiles are about to be ripped off the roof in some gusts 

[Jordan S]

xcweather.co.uk another good wind observation website. A gust recently of 52mph at high Wycombe, notable.

[Nick L]

Had to turn around a take an alternative route to work this evening, the country lanes are flooded quite badly around here. In a much worse state than they were on Friday night.

[Ice Day]

Just seen that my local weather station (Andrewsfield Aerodrome) recorded a 53mph gust during the squall. Throw in the rain and it was a pretty intense experience. 

[TwisterGirl81]

4 minutes ago, jordan smith said:

xcweather.co.uk another good wind observation website. A gust recently of 52mph at high Wycombe, notable.

Yes i check that one but I think just need to treat myself to a weather station this year 

[Zenarcher]

It's gusting to just under 50 mph here, but it doesn't appear to be that bad right now, however the wind is definitely picking up. I'm surprised the warning hasn't extended to the southern half of the Western Isles, given that Tiree has. A gust of 68 mph was reported in South Uist, and 74 mph was recently recorded in South on Barra and the worst has still yet to come for them.

Edited February 20, 2022 by Zenarcher

[StingJet]

5 minutes ago, jordan smith said:

xcweather.co.uk another good wind observation website. A gust recently of 52mph at high Wycombe, notable.

https://www.xcweather.co.uk/

[Mapantz]

The one thing that has been unusual from these systems in this part of the country, is the lack of rain..

[Ross90]

Quite blustery here but still only in the 40s with frequent occasionally sleety showers.

[Liam Burge]

6 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Had to turn around a take an alternative route to work this evening, the country lanes are flooded quite badly around here. In a much worse state than they were on Friday night.

Wasn't Eunice more of a wind storm than a rain storm?

[Nick L]

How there isn't an amber warning out for NW England is beyond me. 60-70mph going through a densely populated area and it's a yellow?!

[StingJet]

2 minutes ago, Liam Burge said:

Wasn't Eunice more of a wind storm than a rain storm?

Yes and a much smaller feature ... Franklin, double cold front packed a punch and a significant dwell time with rain failing in the warm sector too ahead of the cold front .. several hours of precipitation 

[Liam Burge]

Just now, Nick L said:

How there isn't an amber warning out for NW England is beyond me. 60-70mph going through a densely populated area and it's a yellow?!

How isn't there an amber warning for S England? Eunice has weakened structures and 50-60mph+ gusts inland aswell

[lassie23]

7 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

Yes i check that one but I think just need to treat myself to a weather station this year 

My Argos one for £4.99 did the trick, warned me of the approaching storm and everything

[andy989]

Storm Franklin: Homes in Yorkshire evacuated as heavy rain causes floods

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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Firefighters have rescued some residents as heavy rain and strong winds sweep Yorkshire.

I bet these folks were a bit suprised 

Edited February 20, 2022 by andy989

[aaliyah]

i don’t know if anyone else saw an orange flash in the sky in stoke?

[Nick F]

Had a gust of 47mph when the squall line went through. Wasn't particularly intense the rain here on southern outskirts of London.

I think Storm Franklin could be more notable for flooding issues than wind, 2 severe flood warnings south of Manchester near Didsbury. Numerous flood warnings across the N of England.

though winds will be pretty strong and potentially damaging again for N England, N Wales and N. Ireland in the early hours as centre of Franklin moves  SE over NE Scotland.

[ChezWeather]

Several roads closed locally to me due to flooding, far worse however up in the Derwent valley by the looks of things 

[Liam Burge]

This particular section of the river mersey is at it's highest level since records began. No wonder there is a severe flood warning issued.

[Polar.]

Latest icon looks nasty for NW parts overnight. 

[Eagle Eye]

The nature of squall lines always meant that it could hit one place extremely strongly and others not so much and it seems like it did just that. Wonder how this max wind gusts chart from earlier is holding up.

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, Eagle Eye said:

The nature of squall lines always meant that it could hit one place extremely strongly and others not so much and it seems like it did just that. Wonder how this max wind gusts chart from earlier is holding up.

That looks like it is wrapped up in clingfilm?! 

[ChezWeather]

ICON 12z max wind gusts up to 12am tomorrow

Notorious for slightly over-egging the wind speed but still some high figures on this chart nonetheless 

[Atmogenic]

1 minute ago, ChezWeather said:

ICON 12z max wind gusts up to 12am tomorrow

Notorious for slightly over-egging the wind speed but still some high figures on this chart nonetheless 

looks like the wind has something against Hyphe