Storm Elin

[Summer Sun]

Met Éireann have named Storm Elin, which is currently passing over the UK.

 

The UK met office have yellow warnings in place

 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2023-12-09&id=af156a12-5bc4-4cef-ada7-b78362d8987d

 

[The PIT]

This will possibly have an effect on Sheffield.  Interesting that the Met are slow of the mark again.

[RabbitEars]

Blowing a hoolie here (Isle of Man) and lashing with rain. Barometer must have dropped as I now have a headache. Can hear the wind in the trees through closed windows. Forecast gale 9 gusts. Wild and not wooly! 

[The PIT]

Pretty quiet here with winds dropping in the afternoon. Strange expected something but looks not to be.

[Marcus_surfer]

No storm here just a windy sunny day

[Scuba steve]

5 minutes ago, Marcus_surfer said:

No storm here just a windy sunny day

Sun still up in Wales

[Jan]

Currently 8.3c here, 980hpa, had dropped but rising slowly, 94% humidity, raining heavey too, windy, it was a hooley but not sure if the wind has dropped.............I ain't going out to look I'll get wet

[The PIT]

Wind picked up a little but mainly it's the rain that's the issue.

 

 

[A Face like Thunder]

Wind and rain, the yellow weather warnings seem to have been justified here.

[The PIT]

Fresh breeze here max gust 48mph.

[The PIT]

Hitting 58 mph gust so far 61 mph is the highest gust so far this year.

[Scuba steve]

Worst seems to have passed here though a few hours of pretty intense weather with the rain and wind 

[alexisj9]

Not sure it done much down here, tomorrow's probably won't either, we'll see I guess.

[GreyCrag]

Some disruption locally with downed tree's in the High Peak, Manchester isn't fairing too better either having major disruption on the trams & trains due to debris and overhead line damage.

[The PIT]

Just rescued my wheelie bin which decided to start a journey up the road from my front garden sheltered underneath the hedge.

[The PIT]

Winds easing now but still gusting over 50 mph at times. A rare sustained wind storm these days.

[The PIT]

Winds peaked at 62mph gusts and briefly F7

[wimblettben]

5 hours ago, The PIT said:

Winds peaked at 62mph gusts and briefly F7

Do you use a weather station or hand held anemometer to measure these winds?

[wimblettben]

Didn’t get much here with most top gusts  around the 30mph level. The highest gust I got up the road was 33.3mph but I got many 29mph gusts.
 

There may have been a very brief period of 35 or 40mph gusts not long after I came in to have dinner as it did sound quite loud but I don’t know for certain as I was in the kitchen.

[The PIT]

4 hours ago, wimblettben said:

Do you use a weather station or hand held anemometer to measure these winds?

Weather station.

[Sprites]

Quite a lot of damage from a Tornado in Ireland today Sunday 10th December.

Nick's forecast mentions the tornado risk.

Edit: 

Wrong thread this is from the low named Fergus.

Tornado causes serious damage in Leitrim Village - Leitrim Live

WWW.LEITRIMOBSERVER.IE

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Cars and property badly damaged in freak weather event

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Sprites