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!

NW on the coast. Wind has been up all night but really took off about 2 hours ago. Too loud to get back to sleep!
All footie games cancelled this weekend so my DS is going to be kicking his heels!

Near London and it's woken me up it sounds quite relentless, usually there are gusts but this is a constant moan

Gusty winds here, but planes still landing at Gatwick. I'm in kent.

Bristol, red zone.
Sounds rough out there. Wind woke me up.
Both kids clubs cancelled today.
I wonder if all the premier league matches will go ahead, DH is taking DD to one today.

big live jet tv guy goes live at 8am

Just lost our gate! Blew right off. Only had it for about 4 months too!! Have had lots of plant pots picked up and smashed too!!

@Sincerelyours thank you. This helped to keep me focused when we were in a red zone.

Cornwall and it's currently gusting about 76mph, so a little breezy at the moment.

Not a breath of wind in Co Durham at the moment. It's forecast up to 50mph later this morning but that's not unusual for the time of year. The west is definitely getting the worst of it.

Bristol. 100's of us at a works Christmas do in a big hotel last night. I'm off to breakfast soon. Hoping we can drive home to Surrey later this morning? Worst will over by 11am hopefully.

Anyone in Pembrokeshire who can report what it’s like? MIL is on a hill about a mile from the sea (and doesn’t hear her phone so no point calling her in the morning).

Try local FB groups. Traffic Wales NRW Etc

All my family are in Pembs. Many trees down during the night - local council worker have been working all night to clear them.

Power still on I believe. All events have been cancelled, along with the bus services. Bridges closed too.

Ive just woken up to a great sleep! But i do use earplugs 😀

terribly windy, police have closed a few roads around due to fallen trees. But council cant go out due to conditions. Not like people are in a mad rush to go anywhere!

its not lashing down but as the gusts come i can hear the rain on the windows.

im terribly exposed, nothing around me, its blowing all around the house. Too dark to go out to inspect!

Hampshire coast, woke couple of times during the night with the wind blowing, the door in the bedroom to the eaves kept creaking and heard rain at one point.

At the moment, windy, can't hear any rain but will check on FB soon and see if there is any damage locally or signs of flooding to property at the creek few minutes from me.

North London. The wind woke me up. I can't imagine being in a red zone.

Wales in Amber zone - gusty, howling wind, lashing of rain.

Wind very blowy in the east mids.

Windows rattling and squeaking in London. Intermittent banging. The red zone must be wild.

Cardiff. We took everything inside that could be blown away - pot plants etc. All sports games are cancelled.

It's very windy and lashing rain.

Red zone, N Somerset here - couple of streets inland from the seafront. It's rattly out there but everything out of the bedroom window appears to be where it was last night.

DH works in an industry that doesn't stop (he had a "I'm on my way to work" letter during COVID) and is in a new job so he's headed off with instructions not to drive like an idiot on the motorway. He's very sensible most of the time so I'm just lying in bed with DD asleep next to me waiting for a message to say he's arrived safely.

It's a weird gloom out there though. All grey and brown sky.

@EdithBond I think our peak wind hits soon then subsides to 50

Pretty ferocious winds here (outer SW London) this morning, and we’re not even in the warning zone.,

Gloucestershire. Definitely calmer at the moment, seemed worse first half of night.

Message came out from work that deliveries couldn't be made/were cancelled to their local stores this morning. Consequently a massive delivery due in 4.30am Monday and extra staff required. I don't think they'll get many takers as no one wants to start that early unless it's their regular hours.

Are Gatwick and Heathrow still open with planes landing?
Do trains still run in to London?