Weather looks potentially *really* interesting Tuesday.

[OhYouBadBadkitten]

Looks (at the moment) like we will have a really interesting and potentially pretty active cold front sweep the country on Tuesday. looks like it could be an 'ana cold front' where warm air ahead of the front is lifted above the cold front. This can create really good convection - pretty clouds - squally storms - and possibly tornadoes

Will update as we draw closer.

it's been very dark in south south devon today. does this tell of what is to come tomorrow?

It's not been any darker than normal for this time of year, surely? Last Monday, now that was interesting weather. As in terrifying.

It's been really dark here this afternoon Piratecat (just north of Dartmoor). Last Monday was totally unremarkable here though, did I miss something?

I do mean the west. IM(NSHO) I think Devon and Cornwall should be included but the met office have very strict criteria for when the issue their warnings, so perhaps they dont think it will meet them.

Piratecat, not really, though it was pretty humid and mild really wasnt it, so it is one part really in the story of tomorrows development. (warm mild air meets vigorous cold front=potential decent convection)

Will still be worth keeping an eye out for updates for those away from the warning areas. Will try and do an update first thing in the morning.

Alma We were driving. Along the A38 from Plymouth to Exeter at about 10:30pm (been to see John Barrowman) and the wind and rain was incredible. I've never seen such heavy rain. It was well scary.

OYBBK The most westerly bit of the country is Cornwall How can that not be described as the west in favour of other, less westerly, places?

I'm not following you thetasigma - I am including all of cornwall in my thoughts, the met office has just part of it included , I think that more areas in the west will end up being included in the warnings by tomorrow am.
sorry if I've been muddling.

Ah, ok, I understand now! Sorry. Am thick. :) I hope the really bad weather doesn't affect us though- we have another long drive in the evening.

Thetasigmamum - sounds scary We're just off the A30, funny how much weather can differ across the moor.

In my role as far west Wales reporter I have to say it's incredibly warm and moist outside. A good cold front hitting that should be interesting. I've done one tornado though, please can I be excused another one OYBBK?

It's not warm here at all. Hasn't been all day. Flipping freezing, so it is. The cats have been in all evening, a sure sign of it being proper cold. Wind picking up now.

by evneing it will be much colder sigmatheta - but the dramatic weather will have passed you by by then.

So what can we expect? Many will see very heavy rain. Severe gales are likely on many west coasts this morning. Further inland strong-gale force squally winds are likely. Seems to be travelling a bit slower than it appeared to last night so by 3pm it will be approx half way across the country, starting to hit east coasts by early evening and by late evening it will be clearing the UK. As it crosses the UK it will narrow. After the cold front passes temps will drop several degrees.

The sun doesn't seem to be coming up in Hampshire.

oh fantastic. I either get hit at nursery pick up or school pick up!

[i live in a top floor flat and i am scared emotion]

Central Scotland reporter signing in - v. Wet and windy, roads closed, localised flooding right outside my house in Stirling

on the coast in n norfolk - so far very windy, but not that chilly, quite clear as well.
will try to give more info later

Bah, the windows went rattle rattle rattle all night [knackered old house emoticon], still dark, very windy, uck! I will send DS1 out to school for a proper report in 10 minutes.

"lumpy cloud" some small gaps, grey, breezy w mids.

Cool, very much appreciate the reports!!!!!!!
Off to work now - back later.

Windy, cold, dark - but it aways is dark here this time of year (this is why changing the clocks would be a disaaaaaaaster for people living down here). The wind is pretty blustery. But not constant. It's squally.

Pretty quiet here in Newcastle - but I gather the fun starts for us around rush hour tonight?

very very windy here in southernmost Devon!! guess the rest of those leave will deffo be in my garden today.

dd and i still ill so glad to be in.

Very very windy here early morning. Still pretty gusty. Bouts of occasional heavy rain but black clouds moving very fast with occasional blue sky.

From Okehampton.

york - windy, some low cloud but also some very high, cold looking cloud.

West Dorset - very very windy here (although we're also very high up - I live on top on a massive rock! ). Lots of big patches of very dark clouds but no rain this moring that i'm aware of. The cloud is moving very fast and seems to be pretty clear blue sky behind it. Looks quite pretty, actually. We did have a few heavy showers last night too.