Red Warning for Wales & NW England issued
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During this afternoon a swathe of exceptionally strong winds is expected to affect western parts of Wales and then some northwestern parts of England this evening, particularly in coastal areas. Winds are expected to gust 80 mph widely and possibly reach 100 mph in the most exposed locations in west and northwest Wales.
Winds of this strength can cause widespread structural damage, bringing down trees and also leading to loss of power supplies. In addition, large waves are likely to affect some coasts. The public should take action to alter their travel arrangements during this spell of storm force winds.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/wl_forecast_warnings.html
Winds of this strength can cause widespread structural damage, bringing down trees and also leading to loss of power supplies. In addition, large waves are likely to affect some coasts. The public should take action to alter their travel arrangements during this spell of storm force winds.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/wl_forecast_warnings.html
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Shipping forcast for Irish Sea:
Wind: South veering southwest storm 10 to hurricane force 12, decreasing 6 to gale 8.
Sea State: High or very high becoming rough or very rough.
Your flippancy will seem ill advised if fatalities occur>:(
I think red is a risk to life:( I hope there are no fatalities. What a battering the country is taking.
Lashing down here and quite windy, Houghton-le-spring, NthEast.
Floods combined, what a horrid winter for those in the constantly affected areas!!
There's a full programme of football on tonight.
For example, Crystal Palace and their fans will have to come halfway up the country to Everton in the worst possible conditions, and Liverpool fans going the other way to Fulham.
And there's so much money at stake, it's very rare for matches to be postponed these days. Everyone would be far better staying in till it passes over, certainly not taking journeys as long as that.
That's the big danger.
Gust of 80 to 100mph aren't that unusual, we've had them over the last couple of years a few times. What is different this time round is the sheer level of rain, constant storm after storm so the ground is saturated and has effectively been weakened when it comes to it's ability to keep trees upright.
I'm hoping it isn't too bad tonight. My house is sat by a huge crane and one of the only big trees left standing after that year around my street!
I am in Suffolk, and around 1:30pm the sky went black and the rain / wind started. Its strong, but nowt compared to what others will experience today.
Keep safe.
East Anglia has been missing out on most of the recent extreme weather. The last few weeks have been wet but nothing like other areas have been having.
Fortunately I'm a long way from the sea or a river so flooding is very unlikely.
I had heavy rain earlier, all morning in fact but no high winds. The winds started about an hour ago, but have died down now and the sun has come out.
Luckily though the village I live in is on a hill, looking down towards other villages and towns so we don't really get any flooding. The roads further down do get flooded though, especially the main bus route into Wakefield but as I don't have to go into town until next week it's not an issue.