Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02/14)
Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02/14)
This might seem 'Daily Express' like, but this is deadly serious. The met-office have now issued a red warning, the most severe, for parts of North and West Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria. The red warning is for potential gusts up to (and possibly over) 100mph. Winds like this will cause widespread, and severe damage to property, trees and potentially loss of life. There is the potential for a sting jet this afternoon which could deliver gusts over 100mph in this area on it's axis.. power will be lost and major disruption will ensue.
Take care as this may be one of the most severe storms seen for many years in the areas mentioned above.
Take care as this may be one of the most severe storms seen for many years in the areas mentioned above.
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Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Daily Express is probably saying gusts of 1000mph today. Yes deadly serious. Flimsy structures may simply blow away, and high sided vehicles could become horizontal vehicles very easily.stephenprudence wrote:This might seem 'Daily Express' like, but this is deadly serious. The met-office have now issued a red warning, the most severe, for parts of North and West Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria. The red warning is for potential gusts up to (and possibly over) 100mph. Winds like this will cause widespread, and severe damage to property, trees and potentially loss of life. There is the potential for a sting jet this afternoon which could deliver gusts over 100mph in this area on it's axis.. power will be lost and major disruption will ensue.
Take care as this may be one of the most severe storms seen for many years in the areas mentioned above.
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Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
There is usually one or two red warnings per year Stephen. Winds are peaking here now and its nasty but not exceptional, west wales and north west england are going to get it bad it seems.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
The last red warning was January last year in Wales for snow.. and with good reason as villages were cut off.
Nigel the winds are NOT peaking, and they wont peak in these areas mentioned in the red warnings by the Met-Office until after 6pm They are a few hours from peaking over SW England at the moment, but this is not where the strongest winds are forecast to be.
Ireland had reports of structural damage, and power outages already.
This won't affect everyone, I understand that, but in the red warning it is likely to be as bad as it can get.
Nigel the winds are NOT peaking, and they wont peak in these areas mentioned in the red warnings by the Met-Office until after 6pm They are a few hours from peaking over SW England at the moment, but this is not where the strongest winds are forecast to be.
Ireland had reports of structural damage, and power outages already.
This won't affect everyone, I understand that, but in the red warning it is likely to be as bad as it can get.
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Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
High winds are just off Lands End, 12:00, and on map I am quite calm by comparison, but actually gusting to 50mph already. Hate to think what the winds are like in the squall front, or if the sting jet kicks in.
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Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
This is what is starting to emerge from people I'm following on twitter. Bedgebury is the arboreatum in Kent.
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Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
95mph gusts being reported in places down on the south coast of Devon!
:ahhh!: :ahhh!: :ahhh!:
Viking
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
North Utsire
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
South Utsire
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
Forties
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 imminent, veering southerly and increasing storm force 10 soon
Cromarty
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 expected later
Forth
Southeasterly severe gale force 9 imminent, veering southwesterly and increasing storm force 10 later
Tyne
Southerly storm force 10 expected later
Dogger
Southerly storm force 10 expected later
Fisher
Gale force 8 backing southeasterly imminent, increasing storm force 10 soon
German Bight
Southerly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 soon
Humber
Southerly severe gale force 9 expected soon, increasing storm force 10 later
Thames
Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 later
Dover
Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 later
Wight
Southwesterly gale force 8 increasing storm force 10 later
Portland
Gale force 8 backing southwesterly and increasing storm force 10 later
Plymouth
Southwesterly storm force 10 increasing violent storm force 11 imminent
Biscay
Gale force 8 backing southwesterly soon, increasing storm force 10 later
FitzRoy
Southwesterly storm force 10 continuing
Sole
Violent storm force 11 veering westerly and decreasing storm force 10 soon
Lundy
Southwesterly severe gale force 9 increasing hurricane force 12 imminent
Fastnet
Southwesterly violent storm force 11 increasing hurricane force 12 imminent
Irish Sea
Severe gale force 9 veering southwesterly and increasing hurricane force 12 imminent
Shannon
Hurricane force 12 veering westerly and decreasing storm force 10 imminent
Rockall
Violent storm force 11 backing northwesterly and decreasing storm force 10 imminent
Malin
Severe gale force 9 backing northwesterly and increasing storm force 10 imminent
Hebrides
Gale force 8 backing northeasterly soon, backing northwesterly and increasing severe gale force 9 later
Bailey
Severe gale force 9 backing southerly and decreasing gale force 8 soon
Fair Isle
Gale force 8 backing easterly and increasing severe gale force 9 soon
Faeroes
Gale force 8 backing northeasterly later
South-east Iceland
Severe gale force 9 veering southeasterly and decreasing gale force 8 soon
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Yep the metoffice got that wrong although they should be peaking for me now. Its certainly highest winds so far for me.
I was a bit worried about my tunnels but they seem to holding solid, if the wind was a bit more southerly they would have been in trouble.
No sign of any structural damage though , but we are pretty accustomed to winds here so everything is pretty hardened to it.
I was a bit worried about my tunnels but they seem to holding solid, if the wind was a bit more southerly they would have been in trouble.
No sign of any structural damage though , but we are pretty accustomed to winds here so everything is pretty hardened to it.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Did you see the comment from Jane Long?Dave Brown wrote:[ Image ]
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Blown over already here, the strong winds lasted an hour at most. The dangerous bit here was on the leading edge of the centre. Passed very quickly though. Hope it does same for everybody else.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
We dont have alien abductions any more do weKristen wrote:Did you see the comment from Jane Long?Dave Brown wrote:[ Image ]
But then again if its true, after this winter I doubt the US governemnt would want to continue.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Everton and Man City games cancelled due to weather. That never happens.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Apparently Ness Botanic Gardens up the road got some hefty damage from the storm, so they've had to close for at least today - I was going to go down there actually, but was stopped in my tracks by a information tab on their website saying they've closed due to storm damage.
Re: Severe weather warning: potential for loss of life(12/02
Annoying, as it is at times like this when the opportunities for seed collecting from windblown branches, cones, etc., are at their best!stephenprudence wrote:Apparently Ness Botanic Gardens up the road got some hefty damage from the storm, so they've had to close for at least today - I was going to go down there actually, but was stopped in my tracks by a information tab on their website saying they've closed due to storm damage.