60 mph gust just recorded here in the village, so must be 70+ at Manton now. This means it's now worse than St Jude's in this neck of the falling woods.

A couple of mins after that, 63mph recorded. Lights flickering again.

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60 mph gust just recorded here in the village, so must be 70+ at Manton now. This means it's now worse than St Jude's in this neck of the falling woods.

Must be and what about 2 night ago?  The winds managed to ripped a solid strong fence 1/4 way from the side of the house to the garden.  I think the owner didn't bother to fix it as he aware of tonight storm would bring it back down again.

60 mph gust just recorded here in the village, so must be 70+ at Manton now. This means it's now worse than St Jude's in this neck of the falling woods.

Quietist night here really. Must be worse on the hills I guess

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In your town Dougie:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcNlTUbIgAALqYQ.jpg

 

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The neighbour's 40ft tree I mentioned earlier has just fallen on their annex. 

It mean more sunlight coming to your garden if that tree shaded it a lot.  I am hoping for some nasty fast growing leylandi trees to be knock down here to let the sunlight in our western side of our flat which our bedroom always dim to dark,  we lose the sun around 3pm as it used to last to 4pm when the trees was shorter.  Only 1 leylandi tree was cut in half duing the powerful storm we had few weeks back which it nice to see some bit of western skies appearing.  I thought the law had enforced to keep those trees up to 6ft max height if next to the property. 

It looks like its taken down some of our fence with it. Luckily the Vantage Vue is ok.

We've had discussions with them about removing it for years. It really is far too large for a suburban garden. I just hope the damage to their property is minimal.

At least the winds did the job so that done but hope no damage to the property itself.

I found this picture from Google and you can see those nasty trees right close to the flats, my flat is on other end from the picture as this property face north side.  Mine is on E, S and W facing flat so I only see the sun on E and S with brief time on W side.

In your town Dougie:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcNlTUbIgAALqYQ.jpg

 

Right in front of Halifax, hope no broken glass to allow looters coming in.

It's now started lashing down with rain and the wind's really howling - 5 minute mean is 46mph with a recent gust to 72mph. The house is creaking, the lights are still flickering and there was some ominous sounds which could well have been some tiles coming off... not going outside to check though!

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In your town Dougie:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcNlTUbIgAALqYQ.jpg

 

Right in front of Halifax, hope no broken glass to allow looters coming in.

Its dangerous out there, I certainly would not want to try my luck.

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Router's throwing a wobbly at the moment, keeps disconnecting... I guess the overhead phone lines are taking a pounding. Not sure how much longer I'll have a connection!

The squall line's over central London now and barrelling eastwards at a rate of knots. That means another half hour to 40 minutes of this, then doubtless an almighty spell of wind as the squall line goes through. After that it'll calm down, but whether the Isle will still have power by then remains to be seen!

Meanwhile the next batch of strong winds are starting to affect westernmost areas. Good luck up there guys!

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Router's throwing a wobbly at the moment, keeps disconnecting... I guess the overhead phone lines are taking a pounding. Not sure how much longer I'll have a connection!

The squall line's over central London now and barrelling eastwards at a rate of knots. That means another half hour to 40 minutes of this, then doubtless an almighty spell of wind as the squall line goes through. After that it'll calm down, but whether the Isle will still have power by then remains to be seen!

Meanwhile the next batch of strong winds are starting to affect westernmost areas. Good luck up there guys!

Cheers Darren. I was toying with the idea of getting a few hours sleep, but if the squall's approaching that fast, I might just stay up for it.

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Router's throwing a wobbly at the moment, keeps disconnecting... I guess the overhead phone lines are taking a pounding. Not sure how much longer I'll have a connection!

The squall line's over central London now and barrelling eastwards at a rate of knots. That means another half hour to 40 minutes of this, then doubtless an almighty spell of wind as the squall line goes through. After that it'll calm down, but whether the Isle will still have power by then remains to be seen!

Meanwhile the next batch of strong winds are starting to affect westernmost areas. Good luck up there guys!

Cheers Darren. I was toying with the idea of getting a few hours sleep, but if the squall's approaching that fast, I might just stay up for it.

Just past Portsmouth now on nw radar

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Router's throwing a wobbly at the moment, keeps disconnecting... I guess the overhead phone lines are taking a pounding. Not sure how much longer I'll have a connection!

The squall line's over central London now and barrelling eastwards at a rate of knots. That means another half hour to 40 minutes of this, then doubtless an almighty spell of wind as the squall line goes through. After that it'll calm down, but whether the Isle will still have power by then remains to be seen!

Meanwhile the next batch of strong winds are starting to affect westernmost areas. Good luck up there guys!

Cheers Darren. I was toying with the idea of getting a few hours sleep, but if the squall's approaching that fast, I might just stay up for it.

Just past Portsmouth now on nw radar

Which radar you using Tim? The last frame showing on raintoday is 02:15

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Have woken up an hour ago, just peered through the curtain to see the wind howling away. Very unsettling but I do feel for those living along the Sandgate coastal strip, they must be terrified. Can't see any damage, yet, and thankfully mother is still asleep being blissfully unaware.

Okay, Kent climate, that's enough now, we get the message. You are not boring.

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Right, on via mobile phone tethering now - my landline ADSL connection has given up the ghost.

The squall's now visible on the high-res Netweather radar centred on Sheppey, as of 9 minutes ago the squall was over Dartford. It's coming soon!

 

(EDIT: That took several minutes to post, the mobile mast's connection seems to have dropped for a bit - as opposed to my connection to the mast, which is rock-solid).

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Router's throwing a wobbly at the moment, keeps disconnecting... I guess the overhead phone lines are taking a pounding. Not sure how much longer I'll have a connection!

The squall line's over central London now and barrelling eastwards at a rate of knots. That means another half hour to 40 minutes of this, then doubtless an almighty spell of wind as the squall line goes through. After that it'll calm down, but whether the Isle will still have power by then remains to be seen!

Meanwhile the next batch of strong winds are starting to affect westernmost areas. Good luck up there guys!

Cheers Darren. I was toying with the idea of getting a few hours sleep, but if the squall's approaching that fast, I might just stay up for it.

Just past Portsmouth now on nw radar

Which radar you using Tim? The last frame showing on raintoday is 02:15

It's net weather jive

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Mmmm, 10 minutes on and the squall line has barely moved - it's a heavy line of rain that's surging NE'wards, the easterly motion seems to have slowed. Most annoying, as I just want to get it over and done with!

(Lights flickering more frequently here btw, don't be surprised if I stop posting due to a power cut!)

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Okie Darren/Tim - Cheers.

Ian - go back to sleep. Nothing to see here, move along

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Dartford's really copping it - the squall line is still there and it's intensified somewhat. Meanwhile the wind keeps increasing here... there's a roar in the background now and it's eerily reminiscent of 1987. I've not heard that sort of roar since then, it's a bit scary.

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Wind has subsided quite a lot recently, but heavy rain continues with hail mixed in.

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