Storm Betty.August 18th/19th.

[sunnijim]

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[Summer Sun]

Two named storms in the same month

[Jo Farrow]

VIDEO - Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds into Friday night

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Some lively weather to end the week with a deepening low pressure heading to Ireland later on Friday, gales and high gusts, heavy rain on the cold front and the risk of thunderstorms tonight.

Met Éireann Weather Warning

Status Orange - Wind warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary, Waterford

Late this evening and tonight, Storm Betty will bring south to southwest gales with severe gusts of up to 130 km/hr. Spells of heavy rain and possible coastal flooding.

[Metwatch]

Looks like it's mostly a night time storm, so perhaps impacts to people a bit lower than if it was during the daytime.

However Friday night a lot of young people will probably be having the usual weekly night out until early Saturday so not really sure.

[Jo Farrow]

Huge contrasts across UK this evening, warm, sunny and humid in SE. Grey and damp for E/NE Britain

then turning wet and windy out west/SW

[andy989]

Sting jet?

 

[sunnijim]

Gusts so far in the 60mph range.

I'm sure the Met office will find somewhere exposed with a 70mph by the close of play?

[Chris Smith]

Admittedly, I'm not trying to keep a tent up in North Wales, or tow a caravan up the M5, but Betty looked to be not that much in the end. Over here t'other side of the Pennines, it rained a bit and there's a breeze - nothing out of the ordinary even for the time of year.

Edited August 19, 2023 by Chris Smith

[cowdog]

16 minutes ago, Chris Smith said:

Admittedly, I'm not trying to keep a tent up in North Wales, or tow a caravan up the M5, but Betty looked to be not that much in the end. Over here t'other side of the Pennines, it rained a bit and there's a breeze - nothing out of the ordinary even for the time of year.

Here on top of the Pennines though it's very windy, surprised we aren't in a warning area as it's very gusty for the time of year.

[The PIT]

Zippo here but then we weren't going to be affected was windier on the 11th and 12th of this month

[andy989]

Was an abnormally windy August night here.

[Scuba steve]

Blustery day quite pleased I didn’t bother taking camper van out ,was considering the Tan Hill pub for weekend  I  bet it’s wild up there today 

[lassie23]

Nice and sunny here thanks Betty

[Scuba steve]

13 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Nice and sunny here thanks Betty

Sunny here too trouble is the 2000 mph breeze 

[lassie23]

Just now, Scuba steve said:

Sunny here too trouble is the 2000 mph breeze 

 Clear blue skies, I'm going to have to call her Storm BBQ Betty lol

[wimblettben]

Spent most of the early hours awake and measuring the wind up our local hill in around Brongest.

Wasn't as bad as I'd feared thankfully and looks like any damage was limited to leaves and twigs everywhere but I still had a max of 41.5mph and a few more of 40mph or 41mph and with most gusts in the 30's mph.

Was quite loud standing next to the ash tree that's up there when the biggest gusts came but it sounded more amazing then it usually does in the Winter when there are no leaves on the tree and you just get that usual howling sound.

I am also not sure if i saw two flashes of lightning for a very short period to the south around midnight as i first wen't out and i was making my way up the hill.