Storm Isha, Amber ⚠️

[Nick123]

1 minute ago, Mcconnor8 said:

Next few hours should see quite a lot of 80-100 mph readings in Scotland I would expect.

It's really not bad here in the north east do you think it's peaked for here?

[Thunder Snow]

Think this has to be the worst storm I've seen

[Beanz]

It’s been fairly windy here and more than I expected. I would say it probably just about warrants the amber warning in this area, and I’d expect some trees to be down for certain.  The village is currently without power so something somewhere has blown over.  
 

 

Edited January 21 by Beanz

[Nick123]

Just now, Thunder Snow said:

Think this has to be the worst storm I've seen

We must be getting sheltered by the pennines because its windy but not overly so

[Thunder Snow]

Just now, Nick123 said:

We must be getting sheltered by the pennines because its windy but not overly so

It's awful

[Kinaling]

Central belt getting hit quite bad just now. 

[Mcconnor8]

2 minutes ago, Nick123 said:

We must be getting sheltered by the pennines because its windy but not overly so

Models have between 10-1 as the peak for your area, but yes I think the terrain is likely limiting your gust speeds which models aren't the best at simulating.

Edited January 21 by Mcconnor8

[snowidea]

Pretty bad here in the central belt of Scotland.

[Nick123]

Just now, Mcconnor8 said:

Models have between 10-1 as the peak for your area, but yes I think the terrain is likely limiting your gust speeds.

Need a more westerly than South westerly I think

[Kinaling]

Getting quite a few explosive gusts that last a second or two. 

[Schnee]

Is it meant to turn westerly in the early hours?

[Bats32]

5 minutes ago, Mcconnor8 said:

Models have between 10-1 as the peak for your area, but yes I think the terrain is likely limiting your gust speeds which models aren't the best at simulating.

The terrain limiting winds is such an interesting phenomenon. I live on an elevation but my actual street is at the bottom of a hill. My house is fairly sheltered ,I can hear the roaring in the distance a few streets away but it's *relatively* calm around me. Would be an interesting study to do as to how it works locally.

Edited January 21 by Bats32

[alexisj9]

2 hours ago, Scuba steve said:

Picked up markedly here in god’s waiting room 

I didn't think there was any wind inside the angling club lol.

Edited January 21 by alexisj9

[Mcconnor8]

Peak gusts from today across the UK so far.

[feb1991blizzard]

calmed down a bit, was really severe, was hoping for a sting jet, any chance?

[Scuba steve]

Turned out pretty much a non event here though I believe Carlisle up it’s been rough 

Edited January 21 by Scuba steve

[Kinaling]

2 minutes ago, Bats32 said:

The terrain limiting winds is such an interesting phenomenon. I live on an elevation but my actual street is at the bottom of a hill. My house is fairly sheltered ,I can hear the roaring in the distance a few streets away but it's *relatively* calm around me. Would be an interesting study to do as to how it works locally.

I’m sure the wind funnels up some streets causing it to intensify at certain spots. I’m no expert just a thought

[Metwatch]

We have got a red

[Bats32]

Red warning! 

[Ross90]

4 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

calmed down a bit, was really severe, was hoping for a sting jet, any chance?

I was wondering about that too but haven't seen it mentioned since this afternoon.

[HurricaneSteve]

3 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

We have got a red

Perhaps, a sting jet possibility - 90 to 100 for a short time

[chemikal]

I can report another fence down. Thankfully not ours. I was about 20 feet away from it when it went down. I was turning off my motorbike motion sensor alarm as it was going off constantly. Only heard it in the lulls. Alarm is 110 decibels.

[Mcconnor8]

Just now, HurricaneSteve said:

Perhaps, a sting jet possibility - 90 to 100 for a short time

UKV does have very high winds in that area from 2-4

[bradymk]

Strongest gusts so far in Cardiff now. Nothing too unusual for here, but size of the wind field clearly impressive.

An upgrade in wind speeds on latest 21z UKV for NE Scotland, particularly right at the coasts. Perhaps explaining the red warning here.

[Nick F]

Grid values for UKV at 3am, can see why they issued a red wind warning