Reply to: Hurricane on the way for Southern England

[MarillionFan]

Where's Wxman? It would be nice to hear from someone who knows what he's talking about.

Zactly

In the meantime there's Suity.

[suityou01]

Bit blowy here in Luton. Just took the rubbish out and had to pop my hood on. Raining a wee bit too. :\

[suityou01]

So it'll be like one of those things in The Day After Tomorrow, when the helicopters drop out of the sky?

You still in the club room?

[OwlHoot]

Quite. Hurricanes have a warm core. These have cold cores so cannot be called hurricanes. ..

So it'll be like one of those things in The Day After Tomorrow, when the helicopters drop out of the sky?

[suityou01]

Where's Wxman? It would be nice to hear from someone who knows what he's talking about.

Zactly

[Bunk]

Where's Wxman? It would be nice to hear from someone who knows what he's talking about.

[suityou01]

How will Ecospaces be effected?

Eco sheds will be the worst affected.

[GreenLabel]

This is sustained gusts over a 1 minute period. This will pull down trees, rip off roofs, windows in high rise flats blown in, fences taken down, power cuts lasting up to a week, most caravans destroyed if in the dirct wind. To give you an idea, Hurricane Ivan was a category 3 Hurricane.

How will Ecospaces be effected?

[NickFitz]

What will be the cost to the economy?

However much the Chancellor needs an excuse for when this month's figures come out

[suityou01]

<pedant>It's not a hurricane</pedant>

Will we be getting northerly winds if that prediction is true? Far less problematic for the coast if so... Force-12 southerly winds, now that would make for some great footage in Cornwall.

Quite. Hurricanes have a warm core. These have cold cores so cannot be called hurricanes. Perhaps there's a gap in the market? Possible plan B?

The wind is getting up in cornwall. 41mph gusts in Penzance. Watch out for flying clotted cream teas.

[d000hg]

Hurricane on the way for Southern England

<pedant>It's not a hurricane</pedant>

Will we be getting northerly winds if that prediction is true? Far less problematic for the coast if so... Force-12 southerly winds, now that would make for some great footage in Cornwall.

[suityou01]

Looks like most of us could be in for some gusts tonight and tomorrow

“The winds may not be nudging 150mph again but it will certainly produce the same destructive power as Thursday's storm.”

Tim said the forecasts showed the massive storm will arrive late on Monday with heavy rain across most parts of the country, followed by a very cold air mass, which will trigger sleet and snow.

The hurricane-force winds of at least 74mph will last through the whole of Tuesday and into Wednesday.

And Jonathan Powell of Positive Weather Solutions, who accurately warned of the huge scale of Thursday's storm earlier in the week, said they also had picked up the aggressive new storm in the Atlantic.

He told ClickGreen: “This storm will affect the entire nation, Monday will be a complete wash-out and whereas Scotland took the last storm on the chin – this will hit the whole of the country square-on.”

And this is what the chart looks like at 9pm tonight



Winds of at least 74mph on the beaufort scale are described as Excessive damage

I wonder how the trains will be running in the morning

[MarillionFan]

WHS

How are you southern poofters going to deal with this ?

Probably post a thread about how my telephone line and broadband has been knocked out. Might even post a picture of the stream in my garden.

WHS

Last week, we had a few pints of heavy and offered our hurricane a fight in the carpark. It soon pissed off rather than get shagged by some horny, pissed scotsmen wearing skirts

ftfy

WHS


Maybe you should all have a half a mild and see if you can deal with it by playing cribbage or something

It's aimed at the South of England, not the North. No flat capped wife beating cribbage players south of London.

[Doggy Styles]

WHS

How are you southern poofters going to deal with this ?

Team of crack Morris Dancers, hitting it with sticks and ringing their bells.

[suityou01]

Looks loike Zummerzet is going to get a battering tonight

The Met Office has issued a public warning of storms which are expected to lash the West tonight and could produce winds of up to 100mph.