Storm Eunice 2022

[Thunders]

This was a historic storm, it forced the met office to issue a red warning for flying debris and wind for the southeast and London

[Thunders]

Here in the southeast coast we saw huge wind gusts with my little weather station reporting 86mp gust

[Metwatch]

On 18/08/2022 at 20:49, Thunders said:

This was a historic storm, it forced the met office to issue a red warning for flying debris and wind for the southeast and London

Some of the output here just before the storm was very worrying with signs of a sting jet but thankfully it wasn't as bad. Southern parts did get quite the battering indeed.

The max wind gusts from Eunice. "The 122mph gust at Needles Old Battery set a new England gust speed record, exceeding the previous record of 103Kt (118mph) at Gwennap Head (Cornwall) on 15 December 1979. Many stations recorded their highest February gust since 26 February 1990, and some recorded their highest February gust on record, such as Chivenor (37 years) and Thorney Island, West Sussex (33 years)". https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2022/2022_02_storms_dudley_eunice_franklin.pdf

 

It is thought that on Friday 18 February there was a record number of homes without power, at around 1.4 million homes.

£360 million estimated UK damage.

More info on several casualties, including three fatalities and other damages:

Storm Eunice - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

The most known structure that suffered damage was the o2 stadium:

 

 

 

[Harry233]

It was more the snow I remember from storm Eunice. It was windy where I was but nothing unusual compared to most other winters. Think that was the only significant snow I recorded for all of winter 2021/22