http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn181.png

 

slightly deeper on GFS

 

UKMO a bit less strong

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/ukmo/runs/2013122612/UW18-21.GIF?26-16

 

 

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From Twitter, captioned "Maidstone 2013 Christmas in a photo"

http://t.co/YGnU61Z84R

Sums it up I feel!

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Just back from Dover - power has been restored to most, if not all, of the villages we were called to help. I spoke to one poor resident who's had to throw all her food away, having had no power since Monday.

To think it could all be repeated tomorrow

We're on standby from tonight, to assist with expected flood victims in Canterbury next.

You and your colleagues do a great job

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Just back from Dover - power has been restored to most, if not all, of the villages we were called to help. I spoke to one poor resident who's had to throw all her food away, having had no power since Monday.

To think it could all be repeated tomorrow

We're on standby from tonight, to assist with expected flood victims in Canterbury next.

You and your colleagues do a great job

Thanks young yellow digits , but tbh, it's actually a real pleasure helping people - more so than I realised it would be, when I started this lark. I now get a real buzz out if knowing I've made a difference to someone else's day. The sad times, are when we give help to those that have lost everything. I've had 2 such cases inthe last 7 days alone (house fires). Tomorrow looks like we could be seeing more losing their possessions through flooding (assuming we have no fire calls first!)

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Rapid cyclogenesis now taking place with the lastest storm system moving in from the west.
Buoy M6 well to the west of Ireland is reporting a pressure fall of 3.6mb in the hour from 10z to 11z to 980.7mb. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62095&unit=M&tz=STN 
Worth keeping an eye on this in the next few hours and also Buoy K4 west of Northern Ireland which should be very close to the centre of the low between about 0z and 3ztomorrow. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62105 

Pressure at station M6 has fallen 25.4mb in the last 6 hours to 955.3mb at 1700

We're on standby from tonight, to assist with expected flood victims in Canterbury next.

Bet you'll come back with a few tales to tell 

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We're on standby from tonight, to assist with expected flood victims in Canterbury next.

Bet you'll come back with a few tales to tell 

Ha ha! Chaucer be a fine thing!

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It's Boxing Day - the DFS Sail away is in full swim...I mean swing....

https://twitter.com/Kent_999s/status/416174966086713344/photo/1/large

 

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Power still out in parts of Canterbury - our team despatched again!

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Just back from Dover - power has been restored to most, if not all, of the villages we were called to help. I spoke to one poor resident who's had to throw all her food away, having had no power since Monday.

To think it could all be repeated tomorrow

We're on standby from tonight, to assist with expected flood victims in Canterbury next.

You and your colleagues do a great job

I'll second that one Chrissie.

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this thing is really bombing. Pressure already lower than deepest forecast.

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this thing is really bombing. Pressure already lower than deepest forecast.

 

Indeed. Wind has increased suddenly and markedly here in the last few minutes and the rain is now pretty heavy.  We are only in a rain warning areas here, but that is bad enough !

 

 

 

 

 

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this thing is really bombing. Pressure already lower than deepest forecast.

Really? The wind might be a problem but looking at the radar there is barely any rain at least down here. I was expecting a very wet night and then a wet day for my folks to drive back to Devon. Looks totally dry after about 6am for their whole journey in fact!

Expect the yellow warnings for rain to be removed for the south imminently, as soon as they notice the radar...

Latest NAE shows a whopping 7mm here and even that may be an overestimate.

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Started raining here and the wind is picking up.

Started raining here and the wind is picking up.

A very narrow band of rain though. My phone is telling me 100% chance of rain right through till 9am but it actually looks like I'll get an hour or two at most. The main band has gone across the channel to France.

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Started raining here and the wind is picking up.

A very narrow band of rain though. My phone is telling me 100% chance of rain right through till 9am but it actually looks like I'll get an hour or two at most. The main band has gone across the channel to France.

It looks that way Rob, looks quite fragmented to me ??

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Started raining here and the wind is picking up.

A very narrow band of rain though. My phone is telling me 100% chance of rain right through till 9am but it actually looks like I'll get an hour or two at most. The main band has gone across the channel to France.

It looks that way Rob, looks quite fragmented to me ??

just seen the forecast doesn't get organised untill early hours

this thing is really bombing. Pressure already lower than deepest forecast.

It had been forecast to bottom at 942 on the GFS - it is already at that figure instead of the 950 forecast for 22.00 hours. Has it reached peak early or still to deepen further, we'll soon see.

 

Started raining here and the wind is picking up.

A very narrow band of rain though. My phone is telling me 100% chance of rain right through till 9am but it actually looks like I'll get an hour or two at most. The main band has gone across the channel to France.

It looks that way Rob, looks quite fragmented to me ??

just seen the forecast doesn't get organised untill early hours

It's the warm front going through at the moment. As you say, thinking is that the cold front will organise into a potent band overnight as it comes through

Pressure dropping like a stone here, wind getting up, looks damp outside but nothing showing on the rain gauge yet.

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