Wind has picked up, it's lashing down and not due to stop until midday tomorrow. For those in the valley bottoms my heart goes out to you, it's not looking good for Calderdale and Rossendale again.
My planned trip to Lewis is now cancelled as the ferry has berthed for the day and is subject to further cancellations over the next couple of days
Just raining here in Cardiff, and a bit windy. Biking is probably off the agenda.
well, it's surprisingly both neither particularly windy or rainy in Calderdale...Yet. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be bailing out later though.
A bit of a hooly here.
Getting a tad breezy and moist in Earby.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to be bailing out later though.
Literally or figuratively?
Fine drying day in Shetland 😉
Getting it full in the face here on the edge of Dartmoor. Of course living on top of a large hill facing SW doesn't help.
Power failed at 11pm, Western Power were up a telegraph pole in the field fixing it by midnight, and it came back on a 2am- top blokes.
Both roads down are liable to flooding, so we shall see what the day brings
@nickc - business as usual earlier in HX4. On the train to Manchester now.... The rain is definitely coming your way. ☹️
Stay safe everyone!
Projected River level in HB looks bad but hopefully not as bad as last week. Fingers crossed for everyone in the Calder Valley
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/8097
My planned trip to Lewis is now cancelled as the ferry has berthed for the day and is subject to further cancellations over the next couple of days
Theres some entertaining footage of the Arran ferry at Ardrossan. Putting the Roll into roll on roll off.
https://twitter.com/Daily_Record/status/1228408570024202245
Intermittently hammering it down in Lancs. Squeezed a soggy 10km run in this morning but probably staying in rest of day. Starting to see a few gusts, due to get higher later.
Neighbour replaced fence panels midweek, why oh why didn't they wait until Monday?
Where could I go around Exeter area to watch big waves in this storm?
Rossendale? Kids have been skiing this morning and it's just 'a bit wet'
I came down from Cragg Quarry yesterday afternoon and i was blown all over the place. It's not that bad here just yet.
MrsMC managed to get across the Channel last night before it got too bad 🤞
West Devon and I don’t think it’s stopped raining since about midday yesterday. Nothing unusual there but it’s a bit heavier than usual...
doesn't help watching the tour de provence on gcn racing channel, weather looked glorious yesterday grrrr! Let's hope they get it rough up Ventoux today 😉
Where could I go around Exeter area to watch big waves in this storm?
Somewhere on the coast would be my recommendation.
Exeter quays probably...
Judging by the amount of shingle on the seafront shown on Spotlight last night - Sidmouth.
Pics at home 30 minutes apart. Doesn't look much yet but I think next door may have a problem. They only moved in recently and I'm not sure how much they know about the flood risk. Will keep an eye on things...
Literally or figuratively?
I'm expecting to be mopping a few bucket loads off the ground floor tomorrow.
It’s absolutely bloody wild up in’t lakes. Absolutely hauling it down and blowing an absolute hooley
The plan was to go out walking. Not a chance! 😳
Wet and windy in Oxfordshire and forecast to get worse.
I'm sorting out my inshore gear for a walk to the pub in the next village.
****ing hell look that that ferry!!
Another 35 minutes or so:
'Tumescent in anticipation'...
Was sunny in hants this morning and dry. Road ride before rain sets in I say to myself
Step out of the front door and it's a gales f8
Put road bike in car and drive 30 mins to put in some hill reps away from the coast, roads damp but fine. Managed 5 before the heavens opened and the going back down became risky business. Then had a coffee and had to listen to all the cliche cycling balls that tards spout, pavement s, red lights, headphones,
I wonder if it wasn't deliberate and aimed at me to get a rise, asswipes
All the Crown Estate forests and parks near me are shut.
Not that bad near Leeds airport at the moment. Wind has started to pick up since I went out at 10 am to go to the gym, but rain so far has just been on and off normal winter.
Still glad we managed to grab an hour on the cx bikes yesterday afternoon, as though it’s not as bad as expected (yet) I wouldn’t be out on the bike. Saw one guy out and it looked pretty grim.
Just in time for our wedding this weekend! Down near Dartmoor, the roads are like rivers.
Luckily finished delivery super early before the wind picked up and the rain began. Put some marketing carp in the frame ready for Monday and things were certainly interesting cycling home 30-odd minutes later, gusty winds couldn't decide which way to blow and rain getting heavier by the minute!
So glad I've been home for almost two hours, it's been awful outdoors for at least an hour up near the top of the SO18 Hill.
Damp and breezy here on the Sarf Coast near Eastbourne. It's not really arrived yet. The sea was rough and when we were down on the beach at low tide earlier. Birling Gap beach is closed as there have been numerous cliff falls this week.
I drove to the supermarket quite early this morning and, heading out up the road was a small group of roadies, presumably thinking "we'll head out early, before it gets too bad".
Driving back maybe an hour later and the same group was coming back down the road, absolutely drenched. It had started raining heavily as I arrived at the shops and they'd been caught in the full blast of it. Poor folk, they looked properly miserable.
Just in time for our wedding this weekend! Down near Dartmoor, the roads are like rivers.
You have my sympathy! Just off the edge of Dartmoor here...
Flying out of Heathrow tomorrow and was a bit worried, but the posts on here kind of put it into perspective...
Just lots of water about here in Cardiff still, no sign of any damage from winds. If anything it's getting calmer! Forecast for tomorrow is worse though.
Interesting that they seem to have the army on standby already. Not sure they can hold back the rivers, but it avoids the Fishlake PR disaster when they weren't around
Flightradar24 has been great viewing today. 3hrs for EasyJet to get from Luton to Stanstead..... unfortunately they were aiming for Inverness (gave up after the second attempt at landing)
Hee-haw in Edinburgh
The very directional rain means I now know it’s time to rewax the elbows of my waxed jacket
**** hell look that that ferry!!
I had a staff member worried about getting off Isle of Gigha yesterday. Apparently the forecast was easing, they loaded the ferry, headed out then wouldn't / couldn't get alongside to offload back on mainland for over half an hour....
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Hee-haw in Edinburgh
The flight from Manchester that did a go-around says otherwise
Flightradar24 has been great viewing today. 3hrs for EasyJet to get from Luton to Stanstead….. unfortunately they were aiming for Inverness (gave up after the second attempt at landing)
This compilation from last weekend is great:
Nothing like as bad this weekend in Shropshire, last weekend was much worse
Calmed down again here now.
Lovely and sunny all day here in Madrid, t-shirt weather in fact. I had a lovely BBQ 😀
Today has been a bit windy and not too heavy rain (Skipton area) but about an hour ago it got quite a bit nastier.
Quick edit: I think we are just entering hoolie mode!
https://www.dartcom.co.uk/weather
Still raining. >80mm in the last two days and no sign of letting up.
Wasn't too bad at Dalby this morning,high winds and heavy rain up near Leeds/Bradford airport now
It’s minging out there (Rochdale) - dark, wet and howling wind.
Is Storm Ellen a thing yet?
Getting windy and horrible outside now, wood burner on, chicken Zorba for tea.
It's certainly more Dennis Hopper than Dennis Thatcher round here.
Just made it through the local floods ( at about 600ft above sea level, thanks Devon clay..) wouldn't have liked to try on an hour's time, there was certainly a bow wave...
Some speculation Storm Ellen might be the end of next week. That was on a weather related group, not the Express
local floods ( at about 600ft above sea level
Wow..that's some serious flooding!
Some speculation Storm Ellen might be the end of next week.
Just in time for our half term…
Well it's been lovely here today, (Vienna). Not looking forward to landing in Manchester mid afrernoon tomorrow however. 🥴
Typical, trying to board the ferry to Arran on Monday afternoon 😂
Was running carnethy 5 hill race today, was flippin mental at the top of scald law and west kip, seriously felt for the Marshalls, I was only put in to for 90 mins, and kept warm, they must've been bloody Baltic.
Well it’s been lovely here today, (Vienna). Not looking forward to landing in Manchester mid afrernoon tomorrow however. 🥴
same, beautiful today, but rome/stansted tomorrow.....
Its been Gale 8 gusting to 10 here in Lymington all afternoon and I have to ride home from work in an hour....rain is pretty fierce as well 🙂
Wow..that’s some serious flooding
Devon sunken lanes mean that even on a high ridge road water can't run away anywhere
Spent the day on a pub crawl around Manchester, had the occasional windy bits but nowhere near the rain I was expecting. Was even in an admittedly damp but not raining pub garden (the Marble Arch of anyone is interested) for a while.
Is it still full of posties? Usually is.
Well my idiot neighbour who forced the scaffold ers to put a tin roof and wrap the erection in plastic is now paying for the pleasure
Last weekend ripped loads of the plastic to shreds early this evening the builders were desperately trying to make the bungalow weather proof with tarps as the roof is off
It's in complete darkness now so I am guessing the power is off as they had water running down the internal walls
Who plans roof off extensions in February, 50m from the sea. Div.
And forecast is for. 60kn tomorrow and its been 45kn today, still he gets off using my drive without asking, ditto the builders so I have no sympathy
Wind ramping up here on the Sarf Coast after a brief lull as we’ve had Mrs M’s mate round with the perpetual motion mouth, so even Storm Dennis couldn’t get a gust in edgewise whilst she was here, but he’s making up for lost time now she’s gone.
Not been flying today, but I’m in tomorrow when it’s due to be bad again. Was airport was that video compilation? The video states max 28 kts, but it looks much worse.
I'm a bit disappointed i listened to the forecast, I had a weekend booked to Exmoor. Probably bad there at the moment to be fair but in Bristol it seems pedestrian. Appreciate others may be feeling it real though.
Roof tiles are rattling and clattering disconcertingly loudly here in the Stroud Alps. The wind is gusting quite enthusiastically.
Just got off the phone with my mum in Crickhowell, they've had to move the car to higher ground as the lane is a river! The town's cut off due to high River levels, which is pretty normal but the worrying thing is their cellar is filling up rather rapidly. They have a pump in there that usually copes with any flow into it (house is built on an old pond so water in there is normal when the river is in the fields but it normally comes in at roughly a foot every 3 hours) and can clear a foot of water every 30 mins or so but even with it going flat out it's rising roughly a foot an hour. Neither of them are in a fit state to go down and check it so their neighbour is checking it for them, no way I could get into town if I tried!
Cardiff is just very wet and windy in comparison!
Correction on all of that, water is now in the house! Their power is off and the lane is backing up rapidly, that means the storm drains have failed. The whole street is helping them to evacuate with all the others that are lower than them. Nothing I can do right now so bizarrely I'll be going to work in an hour while they get to safety!
RJ that sounds rubbish, hope your parents are OK, good to ser the community helping out.
Commiserations to RJ and his family. Red weather warning now for SE Wales.
Our fence didn't survive. Mrs Weeksy spike to next door about it yesterday actually as it's his responsibility. I don't know whether she'll be happy or troubled, but it does at least bring an answer to "you think that fence will be ok?"
Crickhowell looks proper bad, they have been rescuing people with the helicopter this morning. The whole of the Usk Valley and the South Wales Valleys are having a hard time of it. We are cut off but if I needed to the Landrover would not be worried about the flood on the road here. it's only about 2 feet deep and always floods there. Supposed to be driving to Scotland tomorrow for a mates funeral. That trip is looking interesting!
Dennis seems to have finally run out of rain here.
Fresh snowfall this morning.
Flashing has leaked on one of my chimneys. Annoying and I'll have to fork out to repair, but in the scheme of things it's not too bad.
Our road is closed due to flooding. Lots of cars not trusting the signs and taking a closer look but no one has attempted it yet. The two cars that were stranded there earlier this morning have now been removed. It's entirely a drainage issue as it always floods in exactly the same spot, we're probably a metre lower than the road but never have an issue.