Storm Arwen· Page 3

Gusty
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26 November 2021 15:46:33

Yes, the wind is really picking up here and I’m not looking forward to the coming hours.

Originally Posted by: doctormog

Stay safe Doc. Thinking of all NE coast dwellers.

Steve - Folkestone, Kent
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doctormog
Advanced Member Topic Starter

26 November 2021 15:49:44

#52

Stay safe Doc. Thinking of all NE coast dwellers.

Originally Posted by: Gusty

Thanks.

Aberdeen
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howham
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 15:52:55

#53

Yes, the wind is really picking up here and I’m not looking forward to the coming hours.

Originally Posted by: doctormog

I was just thinking the same. It's noisy enough already and I think the worst is not for 3-4 hours here... glad we're all inside the house and that I don't need to go anywhere. I'll be amazed if the lights stay on.

Russwirral
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 15:55:35

#54

ICOn has upgraded tonights mess, going for 120mph on north east coasts, and makes more of the Merseyside/north wales impact too

Also alot more wind and snow in the forecast for Northern England

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idj20
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26 November 2021 16:07:50

#55

Yes, the wind is really picking up here and I’m not looking forward to the coming hours.

Originally Posted by: doctormog

Can't say I envy you. Hope you and those along the affected area remain relatively unscathed. Something like that would bring carnage akin to The Great Gale of Oct '87 to us softies here at the South East.

Folkestone Harbour.

Bolty
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 16:13:19

#56

Nothing too out of the ordinary here so far. Blustery, but very cool-feeling. 6°C certainly feels very raw in 45mph gusts.

Scott
Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.
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johncs2016
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 16:39:39

#57

Here in Edinburgh, this is now turning out to be something of a damp squib.

The wind hasn't got any stronger here since around 1pm this afternoon and all of the nearby preciptation keeps on skirting around here, whilst continually refusing to actually fall here. This proves the point that precipitation (and not just snowfall) is increasingly becoming something which never occurs here any more in our increasingly desrt-like and arid climate and it is this sort of thing which is the very reason why this month is clearly now going to go down as our driest November on record.

What all is this is doing is just basically showing us yet again, that we just don't get "interesting" weather in this part of the world any more, like what we used to.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

doctormog
Advanced Member Topic Starter

26 November 2021 16:40:48

#58

Here in Edinburgh, this is now turning out to be something of a damp squib.

The wind hasn't got any stronger here since around 1pm this afternoon and all of the nearby preciptation keeps on skirting around here, whilst continually refusing to actually fall here. This proves the point that precipitation (and not just snowfall) is increasingly becoming something which never occurs here any more in our increasingly desrt-like and arid climate and it is this sort of thing which is the very reason why this month is clearly now going to go down as our driest November on record.

What all is this is doing is just basically showing us yet again, that we just don't get "interesting" weather in this part of the world any more, like what we used to.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016

Count yourself very lucky. That aside, the stronger winds are due in Edinburgh in the coming hours.

Aberdeen
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howham
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26 November 2021 16:45:50

#59

What all is this is doing is just basically showing us yet again, that we just don't get "interesting" weather in this part of the world any more, like what we used to.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016

Didn't Edinburgh do well in February for Snow? I also thought you had several hours of thunderstorm last year?

johncs2016
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 16:47:13

#60

Count yourself very lucky. That aside, the stronger winds are due in Edinburgh in the coming hours.

Originally Posted by: doctormog

What I have noticed as well is that the rain radar map is now telling me that it is raining here and yet, everything is still looking bone dry as per usual. Have you also noticed though that a certain other member from your part of the world with the name of Richard has gone very quiet these days, ao I'm wondering what he will be perceiving all of this.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

Col
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26 November 2021 16:57:34

#61

What I have noticed as well is that the rain radar map is now telling me that it is raining here and yet, everything is still looking bone dry as per usual. Have you also noticed though that a certain other member from your part of the world with the name of Richard has gone very quiet these days, ao I'm wondering what he will be perceiving all of this.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016

He always goes quiet if there is good weather in Aberdeen or in this case potentially very 'interesting' weather. If it's not suicide inducing perpetual permacast hell he's not interested.

Col
Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
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four
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 17:27:41

#62

Radar looks quite serious here but so far it's similar with just fine sleety rain on and off nothing has been counted and surfaces are dry.
Not pleasant outside with gusts to 48mph at +1.6C

North York Moors weather

Retron
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 17:34:51

#63

Storm Arwen getting not getting much coverage on the main news channels today, this could catch a lot out later.

Originally Posted by: Gavin D

It really ought to be headline news - the BBC News site mentions it on the homepage, but only in that it's led to the cancellation of trains. A red warning for storm-force winds is potentially life-threatening and deserves a much higher billing.

My thoughts are with those up in eastern/NE Scotland and NE England... winds as strong as these are forecast to be are never very pleasant and I suspect the headlines tomorrow will be about the damage caused by the storm. I sincerely hope I'm wrong!

Take care everyone!

Leysdown, north Kent

Polar Low
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26 November 2021 17:35:27

#64

Becoming very dangerous around that N/E Scotland coastal area

veering northeasterly and increasing violent storm force 11 soon

https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfs/royaume-uni/vent-rafales/6h.htm

johncs2016
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 17:36:48

#65

Yesterday, the main frontal system which was associated with this same storm system resulted in a total of just 0.8 mm of rain at Edinburgh Gogarbank during the night, along with 0.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (that comes from the raw SYNOP data as there is still no data coming from SEPA).

it has now finally just started to rain here in Edinburgh, but still not very convincingly and it is just rain which we are getting here even though the snow radar maps are saying that we are getting some sleet (the temperature as at 5pm this afternoon was around 4°C which isn't really cold enough for it to snow here anyway).

This same snow radar map is also saying that it is currently snowing just to the south of here but if that was really the case, I'm sure that Jerry and/or Noodle Doodle would be on here very quickly to confirm that is now snowing in the south of Edinburgh and that hasn't happened yet.

Because of this, you really have to question the accuracy of these snow radar maps. My gut feeling is that in the end, this will just go down as yet another night when the temperature refuses to drop due to there being too much cloud and too much wind around. It might get a bit windier over time, but I'm not expecting a great deal now and whilst we might get some rain, I wouldn't be surprised if that only amounted to just a fraction of a millimeter yet again if anything at all.

The end result of this being that I just wake up to the usual frost-free horror show tomorrow morning with not all that much having happened beforehand.

Edited by user 26 November 2021 17:44:15 | Reason: Not specified

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

Retron
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 17:37:39

#66

Because of this, you really have to question the accuracy of these snow radar maps.

Originally Posted by: johncs2016

They're just software layering model data on top of the precipitation.

The proper snow radar that the MetO have (doppler radar) isn't available to the public AFAIK.

Leysdown, north Kent

four
Advanced Member

26 November 2021 17:48:28

#67

It's fully snow here now and +1C but still amounting to nothing.

North York Moors weather

Polar Low
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26 November 2021 17:48:30

#68

Very significant sea state, very high for a time (up to 14 metres 46feet ) just short of Phenomenal very rare for British waters but may change in the next few hours.