Here is Kent, it was terrible, our house backed onto a wood which wasn't a wood after that storm. There were trees that had uprooted, trees that had snapped in the middle, and the continuous roar was the thing I remember the most.

Surprised you think the Burns Day storm was a Northern storm.  It was definitely a southern storm . Most deaths in the South. Sussex was very badly effected. Do u not remember?

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Thanks, Gavin. I'm hoping that where I live won't be the worst affected, though I'm sure that there will be some damage locally too. It looks really nasty for central Ireland and further north.

Furthermore, Scotrail have also suspended all rail services for that period so there's not likely to be any trains running in or out of Edinburgh either.

As for the buses, this is only the first time that I can remember when the buses have been taken off the road for a different reason other than because of snow or some sort of strike or industrial action but this just goes to show just bad the situation is here and I would expect the same situation to arise in Glasgow as well.

Lionel, have they closed the schools?

TAF EINN 231700Z 2318/2418 16012KT 9999 SCT025 BECMG 2320/2322 13025G40KT -RA BKN012 PROB40 TEMPO 2321/2401 3000 +RA BKN005 FEW018CB BECMG 2401/2403 23040G65KT FEW015 SCT025 TEMPO 2403/2407 26050G85KT -SHRA FEW018CB BECMG 2410/2412 25030G50KT BECMG 2416/2418 25020G30KT

That is for Shannon airport in the Republic of Ireland and shows gusts up to 98 mph. 

In terms of shipping areas, Shannon, Rockall and Malin now all have hurricane force winds mentioned. The former two have the sea state forecast of phenomenal, which is wave height of over 14 metres (or 46 feet).

Yes, schools are all closed. My wife is a teacher and we have two boys aged 9 and 11 so, as you can imagine, that's gone down well in our house. An ill wind and all that!

I should have said above also that tge central west coast is going to see the worst. We're looking at gusts possibly above 100mph.

M3 Buoy already reporting wave hight just under 10 metres wave period around 9 seconds any small craft needs to get out of there truly horrific if stuck 

It certainly was. I was living on the South Coast then, and the continuous roar of the wind in the middle of the night was terrifying. The destruction all around in the morning was unbelievable.

I certainly don’t want to experience anything like that again.

That looks pretty serious Jim-55. 

The north and west of Ireland gets absolutely hammered with the all time Irish wind speed (124mph) likely to go.

There's a grid point with a staggering 137mph just off the coast. 

Brian, I imagine, could find higher on the high res output. 

A truly dangerous storm.

That is an impressive looking storm developing.

In addition to that, NHS Lothian have also cancelled all non-urgent appointments during that period although one taxi firm have said that they will still try to operate as normally as possible during that period.

There are after all, people who might need more urgent NHS care although I fear for those who might need that under those conditions.

Wind chill -17 severe frost bite within 30 minutes

Put Clifden Ireland into the iPhone app and it shows a “feels like” temperature of -43°C overnight with gusts of 115mph. 

I’m expecting to be woken by the sound of the wind howling, sometime before sunrise.   I’ve been out and moved the recyling bins and flipped the garden table over.  Hoping that the shed roof, which was damaged by one of last winter’s storms, will survive, having replaced the partly rotted wood. 

That’s a first for me from the meto - gusts in excess of 120mph for a couple of hours at low level, admittedly at a very exposed site. 

I would be very seriously battening down the hatches if I were on the West Coast of Ireland.