What’s the weather like? Has the storm hit?

[Sheknowsaboutme]

It has on the welsh coast. Im 3 miles from the sea and 1000ft above sea level. And its already rough.

pie and chips for tea, few glasses of port and the stove is already lit.

red warning so a rough night ahead!

stay safe everyone!

@Sheknowsaboutme which country

I'm close to the Welsh border and the winds have just picked up here in the last half hour. It's already quite noisy out there. I went out this morning and did all my shopping for the weekend so feeling prepared on the whole. I'm home alone. I just really don't the power to go out.

I'm in the West of Ireland I think we are in a yellow warning at the minute and red from 9. It's a bit windy and very wet. Nothing major at the minute. Just a regular rubbish day.

I'm in carmarthenshire, I've just been outside and it's very still at the moment. The calm before the storm?

Im in north west wales

Dead calm here in Kent.

Heavy rain in West Wiltshire

Sooo much rain @Dromaeosauridae but we're a hardy lot have to be!

Hello from Bath
Closing the sheds?! That'll be a temporary upside then - couldn't move in town yesterday!
DH has chosen this particular point in time to clean out the (completely blocked, non-functioning) gutters...I give him 10 minutes before he comes in defeated, it's pissing it down.
Wind's picking up a bit. Don't think we're set to be nearly as bad as Wales/borders, but wondering how many big branches will be down this time - neighbour has a enormous ash that's so brittle & towers over our garden. If it fell (we're down hill of it), it'd fully squash the house. Always get a bit twitchy in these winds.
DS1 is in Cardiff but think he's planning on staying put inside!

Rain and wind in somerset. We are costal and in the red alert 🚨 area. I’ve said I’m not going to work tomorrow.

Oooh lovely, I'll be round in half an hour 🍷

We’ve got an amber wind warning and I can hear the wind picking up. DH is sure we’ll still be able to go out and find a Christmas tree tomorrow but I’m not convinced! Bit gutted really as I was looking forward to decorating a tree tomorrow.

All calm here in East Anglia at present. Very much thinking of those in the Red Warning area and wishing them well.

welcome!

bring crisps!

@Threewheeler1 waving at you from up near the Uni !! Yep, if it's not too windy tomorrow I am doing some Xmas shopping without all the sheds traffic!!

Strangely I am due to have the gutters people here tommorrow - they haven't cancelled yet!

@Sheknowsaboutme does that affect Chester area?

To the east of London here so only a yellow for us. Calm and fairly warm day. I’ve just been out tying my bins down, out of an abundance of caution. I hate wind most, of all weathers.

@MrsMoastyToasty 59 sheds of shite is the most accurate description I have ever seen.

South West of Bristol and the rain has been pretty constant for a couple of days. Believe we’re due to be hit from 3am. We are also in the Red danger to life warning.

@ClementineChurchill same. It's unpredictable and does the most damage.. Snow is bad when bad but unless your caught out on a country lane in it you can manage it car better

Hi Crikey - we could probably wave at each other, I look over at the Uni hill (and all that lovely sunshine whilst I'm in the shade)😁
You must be due a bit of a blow over there!
Good idea tackling town tomorrow, might be wet but it'll be quiet - love it when it's like that. Was like human soup yesterday and I instantly regretted it 😬
DH has survived his gutter fiddling and is now behaving like a bit of a hero, possibly not as ballsy as your gutter clearers - they sound like they're up for a bit of danger 😮

Btw there is a thread in the weather forum where the Welsh crew who are going to get the brunt of it have gathered:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weather/5224319-storm-darragh

I hope everyone stays safe! Lots of outdoor events cancelled in NI this week even before the storm but we get a lot of stormy weather here.

I'm just back from walking 2 very reluctant dogs. It's 3 hours til the red warning hits here, it's whipping up a fair breeze now. My timing was spot on though, dodged the showers and got in just as it started peeing it down again.

@Threewheeler1 yep it's its own microclimate up here - hail yesterday morning and foggy mist mornings in autumn/winter. I go into town and it's clear as a bell!!

I love it the day after the sheds bugger off and we have that lovely carousel on stall st - wonder if it will be there this year as they've cut back it seems-though I understand why-

Doesn’t appear to reach your area .