Storm Éowyn

I must admit they have put the wind up me (pun intended) with this - we lost two trees and two roof slates in the one before Christmas, and this one sounds rather worse, although in a different direction I think. I'm trying not to worry as there's really nothing I can do ahead of it.
 
lindsay said:
I must admit they have put the wind up me (pun intended) with this - we lost two trees and two roof slates in the one before Christmas, and this one sounds rather worse, although in a different direction I think. I'm trying not to worry as there's really nothing I can do ahead of it.
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Hope you get through it without too much damage. ..same for Dale. I see there's another one,not so severe and not named...yet.. two days later on Sunday. We missed the brunt of the last named storm down here but it's just a matter of time. When the centre of a storm is over the Midlands or just a bit north, that's when we get hit.
 
My Mrs makes me take my masts down, which is a real PITA. That means no radio on Thursday night/Friday. I'm 72 countries into a single band DXCC (12m) which I was trying to achieve in January. If I keep taking the antennas down I'm never going to get it!!! :headbang: :runaway:
 
Jelster said:
My Mrs makes me take my masts down, which is a real PITA. That means no radio on Thursday night/Friday. I'm 72 countries into a single band DXCC (12m) which I was trying to achieve in January. If I keep taking the antennas down I'm never going to get it!!! :headbang: :runaway:
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I think we'll be ok down here. It's mainly Liverpool north. It will be windy but not too bad..ie for us. If it's a hassle to take them down I'd be watching the wind speed forecast on Thursday morning for your area..here's the same.

Edit. Having said that, we will get Sunday's storm so keep an eye on that one,too. We're going to get heavy rain but I'm not sure about wind strength.
 
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The last one brought down one of the two trees on the green opposite our house , wonder what this will cause we are on a Welsh hilltop within a couple of hundred yards of the Dee estuary/ Irish Sea with nothing in front of us
 
Our router died when storm Darragh passed through in December(I don't really know it was the cause but it happened during the storm) Fortunately, I had a spare router but don't have another so I'm thinking of turning the router off and unplugging it this time. and making sure all the important devices are fully charged incase we have another power cut.

As said above there is nothing you can do about its impact but it is difficult not to be concerned beforehand.

Dave
 
LIke Lindsay I'm a bit concerned. We lost a LOT of trees around my area, I have never seen as much damage to the enviroment, even in the "big storm" of I think 87?
My house was pretty sheltered and we got away without damage, now though with half the screening trres gone, we're a lot more exposed to the wind, and I have BIG trees in the garden.
My fingers are crossed, although I am wondering if the doom mongering news outlets are bigging it up for drama.
 
A park near me lost a load of trees. Didn't have power cuts fortunately. There were places with mini tornadoes that did a lot of damage.

Peak wind looks similar this time. Will be checking the wind direction and deciding where to put loose items like wheeliebins so they don't disappear.

Don't like very windy weather as it is rather destructive.
 

Éowyn - was that name found on a cave wall somewhere. It's as bad as the Gaelic gibberish on Scottish road signs and police/fire service vehicles.​

 
85mph forecast here from the SW. Thankfully some very big trees in that direction in the next field, so hopefully a bit of protection and they are far enough away that if they fell, it would just flatten a few other trees in our garden. We are worried though. Also, would you believe, it's bin day tomorrow! Fine probably when I leave the full one out, but after it's been emptied? Hmmm
 
arclight said:

Éowyn - was that name found on a cave wall somewhere. It's as bad as the Gaelic gibberish on Scottish road signs and police/fire service vehicles.​

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I thought it was a corruption of Eoin..... two phrases come to my head

I smell wee

Go away, I don't want to catch the menopause

(Eoin McLove)
 
the black fox said:
The last one brought down one of the two trees on the green opposite our house , wonder what this will cause we are on a Welsh hilltop within a couple of hundred yards of the Dee estuary/ Irish Sea with nothing in front of us
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The forecasters say that coastal locations in NI and North Wales could experience 100mph gusts. I'm sure you will be doing this..moving anything inside that isn't firmly secured. Even a watering can could break a window.
 
lindsay said:
85mph forecast here from the SW. Thankfully some very big trees in that direction in the next field, so hopefully a bit of protection and they are far enough away that if they fell, it would just flatten a few other trees in our garden. We are worried though. Also, would you believe, it's bin day tomorrow! Fine probably when I leave the full one out, but after it's been emptied? Hmmm
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I'd be making sure I see them empty the bins...0700 for us.. and get them inside . If it's early ,maybe do what I do and take in the neighbours either side, too because the smaller recycle bins and food bins could fly and hit cars.

There have been two red warnings issued.. NI and in the region of Glasgow .

Here's a list of previous red warning so it makes you wonder why the headline describes them as 'very rare'. As an aside, something is rare or it isn't, it can't be 'very' rare. Journalists should know better. They aren't rare anymore and will become more frequent because of the increasing severity and frequency of named storms.

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/uk-news/full-list-very-rare-red-34538237
 
Had originally planned to go to Welsh mountain zoo tomorrow, that’s obviously not happening
They haven’t had a good time of it recently apart from the recent storms they have had water outages in the area and had to close for a few days
 
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That is quite a good website on which to follow weather events. Best viewed on a reasonably large screen.
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Wow. Just look at the pressure at the centre of the Low off the top of Scotland..949 hPa/mb.It rarely gets below 950..hence the forecast for severe winds .Dangerous,I'd say.
The infamous 1987 'Great Storm" had a pressure of 953 hPa/mb and look what that did along the south coast.

A typical high is around 1020 hPa/m or higher, while a shallow low is usually above 1000, a moderate low 980–1000 and a deep or intense low below 980 hPa/mb. An intense cyclone is categorised as having a central low pressure of around 960 hPa/mb or lower.
 
LCPete said:
Had originally planned to go to Welsh mountain zoo tomorrow, that’s obviously not happening
They haven’t had a good time of it recently apart from the recent storms they have had water outages in the area and had to close for a few days
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No, you can't do that.Batten down the hatches,Pete..lol.

I suggested..told...lol..my wife to get whatever she needs from the supermarket today, not tomorrow and we will just get 60-70mph winds which is bad enough.
 
JohnC6 said:
No, you can't do that.Batten down the hatches,Pete..lol.

I suggested..told...lol..my wife to get whatever she needs from the supermarket today, not tomorrow and we will just get 60-70mph winds which is bad enough.
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Yes thats what we are planning staying safe at home , It’s going to be pretty windy here in North Wales
I try to get out with the camera as often as I can, this time of year its the zoo
 
Wifey has just been to our local shop for some bits and pieces, as she usually does on her commute. She said it's (Co-op) queued out the door. Mental.

Reminded her of a time not so long ago when toilet rolls were all the rage.
 
Yes, panic buying at the Eurostar supermarket at the garage up the road this evening, but no surprise as they are now forecasting 100mph along this coast tomorrow morning. That's a hurricane, if we were in the Caribbean, or typhoon if in Asia. I hope our roof stands up to it ok, it does worry me. On a positive note though, the house has been here for 42 years so is likely to have had similar storms before if not quite as bad.
They've cancelled tomorrow's bin collections, wisely. some schools are closed and other organisations too.
 
lindsay said:
Yes, panic buying at the Eurostar supermarket at the garage up the road this evening, but no surprise as they are now forecasting 100mph along this coast tomorrow morning. That's a hurricane, if we were in the Caribbean, or typhoon if in Asia. I hope our roof stands up to it ok, it does worry me. On a positive note though, the house has been here for 42 years so is likely to have had similar storms before if not quite as bad.
They've cancelled tomorrow's bin collections, wisely. some schools are closed and other organisations too.
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That's very sensible of the council to skip the refuse collection.Thinking about it, it wouldn't be safe for them to be out there.I assume that was the priority rather than concern about the empty bins going walkies..both, I suppose.
 
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That's very sensible of the council to skip the refuse collection.Thinking about it, it wouldn't be safe for them to be out there.I assume that was the priority rather than concern about the empty bins going walkies..both, I suppose.
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Where I reside there is always concern about empty bins going walkies. Bin men usually dump them far from where they got them. Apart from that they do a good job.
 
Here we go then, it's almost here. We'll be at its peak, by all estimations, around lunchtime tomorrow but some will feel it before that.

Wherever you are, stay safe.
 
Hope everyone is ok as it's building.
 
Pretty bad here. Wheelie bins flying down the street, trees down absolute bedlam. Lots of people with no power.
 
Down here in Suffolk, Friday 24th, 10.00am, it was "noisy windy" earlier and it obviously rained in the night but it seems to have passed through. Looking at the clouds and the trees, it looks like any prevailing southwesterly breezy day. It sounds like we've not had the worst of it.
 
Windy enough to wake me up at 03:00 this morning but no damage or walking bins. We're reasonably well protected from all but South Easterlies which are relatively rare.
 
Here in NW Scotland I expected it to start to get windy overnight, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.

It looks as if the forecast might be out by a few hours. The Met Office were forecasting an 80% or above chance of rain from 7am onwards but the rain just started about 10 mins ago.

So far today(ie from about 6:30am) there has been virtually no wind but it could be the calm before the storm, fingers crossed that it isn't too bad.

Hope everyone stays safe and doesn't have any damage.

Dave
 
I don't know if I've ever experienced such strong winds. Here in east Cleveland it is no exaggeration to say that it's dangerous.
 
arclight said:
Where I reside there is always concern about empty bins going walkies. Bin men usually dump them far from where they got them. Apart from that they do a good job.
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I've seen them empty the wheelie bins and recycle bins and then "run" to the next house. That can't be right. It's why I don't moan about how they can sometimes leave contents on the footpath or grass verge that have fallen out of the ,mainly, recycle bins as the wheelie bins are hoisted into the lorry and ,as you say leave them outside next door or blocking your driveway. The schedule they're working to is too tight but,I assume, their company put in the lowest bid to get the most done. I call it exploitation.
 
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A bit windy overnight but it's 12.19pm and a lovely day with not much wind.

A bit choppy at Mullion Cove,near Lizard,Cornwall. Two cams so scroll down.

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Not as windy as the last storm. Odd bigger gust now and then.
 
Now we as photographer know about a trick of the lens, so I'm pretty sure the BBC website image is not accurate, I highly doubt the coast is being hit by waves that big

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It was still dark when the rain arrived here and the wind has been building, local weather station(a mile or so away)quoting 50+mph wind but gusts are higher, so far the odd thing blowing across the garden to rest against one side, tidy up tomorrow. Thankfully we have no tall trees and all others still bare of buds/leaves so minimal movement.
 
Pretty windy here in Edinburgh. Back gates just blew in despite my reinforcing.. :(
 
The wind and rain arrived about an hour and a half ago. I've seen stronger winds but it is unusually gusty and if the forecast is correct the wind will strengthen for the next four hours.

Dave
 
It's been interesting but so far, we have got off quite lightly at home. We had a 3 or 4 hour powercut at one point, no internet either, so the mast must've been affected too. My old hide took a battering, 2 of the windows blew in but apart from that, it's still standing, as far as I know, as it's dark here now. I have a small fence repair to do at the front of our house, I had plans for it anyway, so no biggy.

It got very, very windy from about 12pm onwards and only let up somewhat just after 4pm. I think we are now under an amber warning as oppossed to red, so it is easing although some of the gusts are still very strong. There are numerous trees down in the village and locally, as well as a roof came off some flats just up the road. I personally watched a neighbour's tiles go flying around 2pm, luckily, just a few.

I think this storm was stronger than the one we got last January but not as strong as 'Hurricane Bawbag' in 2011.

We're not going out tonight though, playing it safe, so film and beer night it is.

Hope everyone is ok.

Next street but 2 from us, 1/4 mile away ...................

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