Atlantic Storm #4 Desmond

[Summer Sun]

Met office news update on Desmond

 

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

Winds gusting into the 50mph range but nothing special so far, although with the heavy rain it ain't too pleasant!

[Mountain Snow]

Wind has really picked up here in the last hour. Time to batten down some hatches, it's gonna be a rough one!

[Zenarcher]

ST Kilda 98 mph at around 4pm. Gusts elsewhere around the Western Isles are mostly reaching 70mph with South Uist at 76 mph.

Edited December 4, 2015 by Zenarcher

[Swaledalehenry]

Gusts just shot up to 45mph here with bp falling rapidly. Still dry tho.

[Liam J]

Tad blowy on Cairngorm summit....

 

[Mokidugway]

Wind gusts have ramped considerably in the last 20 minuites :0

[Zenarcher]

Satellite image of Desmond this afternoon.

[Fiona Robertson]

Gusts reaching 64 mph near Livingston in Scotland, probably worse to come. We're on a 600 ft hill and totally exposed to the west and south west so could be an interesting night . Horses tucked up in stables, but very agitated so I'm expecting much worse. Horses make great barometers 

[Mokidugway]

1 minute ago, Fiona Robertson said:

Gusts reaching 64 mph near Livingston in Scotland, probably worse to come. We're on a 600 ft hill and totally exposed to the west and south west so could be an interesting night . Horses tucked up in stables, but very agitated so I'm expecting much worse. Horses make great barometers 

Difficult to hang from wall I suspect ,anyway stay safe 

[Liam J]

Getting windy yet in South Cumbria @Mokidugway ? 

[Mokidugway]

2 minutes ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

Getting windy yet in South Cumbria @Mokidugway ? 

It's getting pretty gusty now :0

[Guest]

It's very breezy here now, I'm not sure how accurate it is but the WRF-NMM 2km on Meteociel is picking up some very strong winds in the south-east of Scotland and north of England this evening.

 

[Thunder Snow]

Flood gates have been closed along all rivers and temporary flood defences are now getting built along the eden

[Summer Sun]

Getting windier here in Darlington remaining dry for now

[Liam J]

8 minutes ago, CatchMyDrift said:

It's very breezy here now, I'm not sure how accurate it is but the WRF-NMM 2km on Meteociel is picking up some very strong winds in the south-east of Scotland and north of England this evening.

 

Similar to the ARPEGE model.

Stronger gusts for tomorrow evening, 80-90mph on this chart for NE England/Pennines. 

 

Edited December 4, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[BornFromTheVoid]

Gust of 68mph at Malin Head (north coast) on the latest update, and constant winds of 49mph at Mace Head (west coast).

http://www.met.ie/latest/reports.asp

[P-M]

Winds really ramping up across Washington in Tyne and Wear now. Last gust I felt the whole house rattle. Not too strong though yet but looking more severe as the evening wears on and then again tomorrow night.  

[Summer Sun]

Network rail are putting in speed restrictions from 22:00 tonight till 12:00 on Sunday for parts of the North West

A 50mph speed limit will be in place between Preston and Carlisle

A 40mph limit on other lines in the area

https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/#

 

[Mokidugway]

1 hour ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

 

[Mokidugway]

I pads throwing a wobbly ,suffered some damage already.    

[BornFromTheVoid]

The 7pm update for Ireland has the latest top gust at 74mph at Mace Head, with sustained winds on 51mph

[Summer Sun]

Gust 130 mph on top of Cairn Gorm but its 60mph to 70mph more widely for the exposed coastal areas in Scotland and Ireland

[ForeverPomeroysnow]

A definite gale out there tonight, thankfully not as much rain as I had feared, winds definitely on a par with Clodagh so far 

[Summer Sun]

The wind is really gusting up here in Darlington