Storm Pia (DMI) Thursday 21st

[The PIT]

Winds have now dropped off a lot thankfully.

 

As soonas I type back to 60mph.

Edited December 21, 2023 by The PIT

[Polar Maritime]

Tree's down everywhere here at my location with lots of roads and local lanes blocked, gust touching 80mph..

[The PIT]

Just now, Polar Maritime said:

Tree's down everywhere here at my location with lots of roads and local lanes blocked, gust touching 80mph..

Wherez the red warning folks

[Fiona Robertson]

I only cottoned on to this last night around midnight when I heard the wind howling. I'd been keeping an eye on things via earth nullschool so I expected a windy spell. I see this morning that the BBC has finally mentioned it, but only to let us know that it's already causing disruption. Um... we know that part, we can see it and their report 34 minutes ago, around 8 am was no use to me when I was out at 3am this morning securing various things down. It's not even a nowcast, it's a postcast. Not everyone is a weather nerd.

[Ross90]

Seemed to peak around 5-6am here with max gusts in the low 50s. Pretty much exactly what was forecast and other than a few bins blown over not much disruption or damage, in this area anyway.

[Guest]

Must say it's very poor from the Met Office, low impact on the matrix?? They need to look at the chaos around here this morning. Even some schools shut due to the stormy winds. Peak gust here of 72MPH is the highest I've had ever since I've been here!

[ANYWEATHER]

10 minutes ago, Tidal Wave said:

Must say it's very poor from the Met Office, low impact on the matrix?? They need to look at the chaos around here this morning. Even some schools shut due to the stormy winds. Peak gust here of 72MPH is the highest I've had ever since I've been here!

Bit of a storm in a t,cup here! It would be a lovely Winters day if it weren't for the wind . Currently 13c here....☺

[Terminal Moraine]

A mean speed of 47 mph and a gust of 82 mph recorded at 340 mts a.s.l here. half an hour ago. It was a job to stay upright!

[Guest]

It's seems the Peak District is being particularly hard hit this morning....

[jellybaby1969]

Snowflake generation... honestly ! Think this has been managed well no need for a red warning  or even an amber.

[Fiona Robertson]

I hate to ask, but at some point can mods deal with the name-calling?

[Derecho]

Seems like some areas of the peak district may have been exposed to lee winds?

[Fiona Robertson]

BBC began a "Live" coverage of Pia on their web site. It began at 9.13 this morning. Travel is being advised against, not because of any Met Office warning but because of the impacts which have already happened. Pia is sitting just of the west coast of Norway,funneling NW winds down the North Sea. Complicating this is a system in the Atlantic with winds adding to the Pia winds. 

Edited December 21, 2023 by Fiona Robertson

[Jo Farrow]

3 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

BBC began a "Live" coverage of Pia on their web site. It began at 9.13 this morning. Travel is being advised against, not because of any Met Office warning but because of the impacts which have already happened. Pia is sitting just of the west coast of Norway,funneling NW winds down the North Sea. Complicating this is a system in the Atlantic with winds adding to the Pia winds. 

Quite a push of water as well, into the swallowing North Sea which is why Denmark has amber and red coastal surge warnings. Netherlands has surge warnings too. East Anglia has medium risk of flooding today with high river levels coming up against the higher tide levels

 

[Jo Farrow]

Manchester airport is trending on twitter for the landings in high gusts 

 

[Fiona Robertson]

35 minutes ago, Jo Farrow said:

Manchester airport is trending on twitter for the landings in high gusts 

 

Nope! Just nope... nope nope nope...nope! The one-wheeled landing... nope, the sudden nose down on approach... nope.

[Schnee]

Just over 18K without power according to the poweroutage.com site
 

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[Fiona Robertson]

Something wrong with the warning matrix.This is what I get when I hover over the red warning. Every single column is "low impact".

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[jellybaby1969]

Think the media (BBC) had been mentioning potential stong winds with a mean of upto 50mph and gusts to 80mph since Mon / Tues and it certainly linked the met office warning to their forecasts. No real excuse for getting caught out..Mrs says it's a tad windy in Ayrshire but nothing out of the norm and here in coastal Essex just a stiff breeze. I delayed my drive back to Ayrshire till tomorrow and instead of today as it would involve driving thru some very exposed areas.

[StingJet]

7 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

Something wrong with the warning matrix.This is what I get when I hover over the red warning. Every single column is "low impact".

 

Hi Fiona , hovering over any of the matrix squares will just report the current warning in place .. the "ticked" one 

[StingJet]

1 hour ago, Fiona Robertson said:

BBC began a "Live" coverage of Pia on their web site. It began at 9.13 this morning. Travel is being advised against, not because of any Met Office warning but because of the impacts which have already happened. Pia is sitting just of the west coast of Norway,funneling NW winds down the North Sea. Complicating this is a system in the Atlantic with winds adding to the Pia winds. 

Yes quite a noteworthy pressure differential between the ridged Azores High to the SW and Pia

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by StingJet

[Fiona Robertson]

11 hrs ago the BBC ran a story on their N. Ireland page, said Pia was moving in from the Atlantic. I don't live in N Ireland, neither do the peeps in Scotland, England or Wales. The blurb with the story was confusing. For example it says;

"Named by the Danish met office, Pia is forecast to bring the strongest winds towards the north coast."

Would that be the north coast of Denmark or the north coast of N.Ireland?

I usually find it easy navigating my way through weather warnings, but this time it's been a nightmare. The Met Office warning page gets stuck, I can't navigate back from it, the warnings themselves, and even the map, don't appear until the third click or refresh, the text which pops up when you hover over the matrix is confusing, seems it only refers to where the check mark is, rather than the square you're hovering over.

[Summer Sun]

115mph is the current top gust at Cairngorm Summit

[StingJet]

4 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

115mph is the current top gust at Cairngorm Summit

  I cannot recall a recent week where CGS has not recorded 100mph+ , probably one of the most windiest places on earth 

Edited December 21, 2023 by StingJet

[*Stormforce~beka*]

This is quite the storm ... The neighbours bin has just blown down the street