Severe weather warning British Isles again

[strauch67]

Let's follow how things will develop. At the moment the warning is this one:

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The Met Office continues to expect an intense low pressure system to move east across the UK during Monday, bringing severe gales and potentially damaging gusts across some areas, more particularly the west and south of England and Wales. Southerly winds are expected to strengthen during the early hours of Monday to give severe gales for a time, coinciding with the morning rush hour in some areas. An additional swathe of severe westerly gales will follow through the morning and afternoon, principally affecting southwest England and the south coast of England. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are likely with the possibility of 80 mph gusts on exposed coasts and hills. Disruption to transport and power supplies is possible and there may be damage to buildings and trees. In addition high waves and flooding may affect coastal areas in the south. This warning is likely to be superseded by FLASH messages.
Issued at: 1110 Sun 9 Mar

Leon, let us know

[leon]

Let's follow how things will develop. At the moment the warning is this one:

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The Met Office continues to expect an intense low pressure system to move east across the UK during Monday, bringing severe gales and potentially damaging gusts across some areas, more particularly the west and south of England and Wales. Southerly winds are expected to strengthen during the early hours of Monday to give severe gales for a time, coinciding with the morning rush hour in some areas. An additional swathe of severe westerly gales will follow through the morning and afternoon, principally affecting southwest England and the south coast of England. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are likely with the possibility of 80 mph gusts on exposed coasts and hills. Disruption to transport and power supplies is possible and there may be damage to buildings and trees. In addition high waves and flooding may affect coastal areas in the south. This warning is likely to be superseded by FLASH messages.
Issued at: 1110 Sun 9 Mar

Leon, let us know

Strauch...
here in Bristol it was not as bad as expected... The maximum gust reached 40 mph last night...much slower than (for instance) 18th January 2007 when we reached 51.6 mph.
We had some heavy showers last night and this morning...but also few sunny spells. The wind blows still quite hard, but the worse has gone already. I have heard on TV and Radio about some damages to houses in Devon and Cornwall.
The data to underline today is anyway the pressure which reached its maximum since 2004 with 958.1 hPa...
The previous record was 966 hPa on the 2nd of December 2005...

Ciao,

L

[Blizzard]

http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/actus/...sp?docid=40751

Tempête sur le Nord de la France

Une dépression très creuse (945hPa lundi matin) a circulé lundi 10 mars au sud des îles britanniques, puis s’est décalée en Mer du Nord. Cette dépression a occasionné des vents tempétueux sur le Nord de la France et sur les îles britanniques.

De fortes rafales de vent ont été observées, surtout sur une grande partie Nord-Ouest du pays.

Valeurs relevées lundi 10 mars :
155 km/h à la Pointe du Raz
137 km/h à Vannes
133 km/h à Ouessant
126 km/h à la Hague
123 km/h à la Rochelle et à l’île d’Yeu
115 km/h au Cap Gris Nez
112 km/h à Dinard
110 km/h à Quimper
107 km/h à Blois
100 km/h à Caen, Angers, Le Bourget

Valeurs relevées dans la nuit du lundi 10 au mardi 11 mars :
133 km/h à La Hève
122 km/h à la Pointe Du Raz
115 km/h à l’île de Groix
111 km/h à Dieppe, Ouessant, La Hague

La tempête, qui a provoqué de nombreuses chutes d’arbres et des inondations, a nécessité des milliers d’interventions. Dans l’Eure, une femme a été tuée par la chute d’une branche.
Le vent a également perturbé les transports aériens et maritimes, provoquant le naufrage d’un chalutier dans la Manche. Un cargo s’est également échoué sur une plage de Vendée.