Met office weather warnings for heavy rain, severe gales and snow

[OhYouMerryLittleKitten]

Going to be an eventful few days. Have been discussing it in te Christmas weather thread but I think they need highlighting. met office warnings

I saw daisies today growing in profusion on a grassy knoll.

Daisies in midwinter

Kent to south Wales for me tomorrow. We'll probably leave it til later in the afternoon.

I feeling dizzy with all the criss-crossings across the UK you are all doing

ha ha top winter bbq top is but extra charcoal at the end of the summer. dp had to chop loss with a kitchen knife chopper thingy. I thought he was mad to be honest but it worked. I shall be adding a few things to out power cut kit.I nearly cried when the battery power radio died (dp managed to fix it thankfully).BBC Surrey was keeping me sane.

Arrggh top tip

I think your post says top winter tip is buy extra charcoal at the end of summer and chop the turkey up?

I think that local radio stations are they lynchpin in these situations and its one of the reasons I'm against the government switching off fm as dab seems to take so much power where as a little fm radio can keep going for yonks.

Thanks kitten!

Hi kitten, well you were right earlier in the week when I was asking about driving from south Cheshire to Cumbria tomorrow.

The drive normally takes me 2.5 hours. I have to be in Cumbria by 3pm. I've looked at it and can't see that I can avoid the storm whatever time I set off, because I can't go until after 7am, what do you think?

Thanks Kitten, pity storms are not as simple as that.

Wish I knew how to read the charts, you must have spent years working it out.

Herdy, I dont think there is a way you can avoid it unfortunately, you are going to be travelling in the thick of it.

Cindy - its a work in progress

torro have issued a convective discussion

Thanks kitten, that's what I'm thinking too, unfortunately. The journey is unavoidable. Will update tomorrow evening if I can .

would be nice to know how you got on.

Well having been able to avoid and hide away from the awful awful weather the last few days, I am working tomorrow night and it's looking nasty.

Not looking forward to that!

A brave neighbour of mine is driving from S.Herts to Dorset tomorrow to visit a 93 year-old. Will be staying the night and returning on Friday. She has done the journey before and normally takes her 2.5 hours with no hold ups. The news of a storm has not put her off going. Hope she gets there and back safely.

How far into cumbria are you going herdy? Shap is a bit of a mess by all accounts. When these winds hit they may close it

LilyMunster I'll be heading to Keswick, but calling in at Staveley and Ambleside on the way, so off M6 at J36.
Am dreading it.

aaah, dp chopped LOGS with his kitchen chopper. Sounds quite dodgy

Well we have gusts of wind up to Force 11 tonight!!! Not seen that in the forecast for a long time.

We are crossing from Calais to Dover tomorrow 6.30pm by ferry... What does the forecast look like in UK for tomorrow? Should I be worried?!!

Update: Marlborough Wilts. It started 9:09 totally wind still suddenly downpour and strong winds. Here we go girls!

Sorry I meant 21:09 gmt (24 hour clocks!)

festive where are you? storm force eleven is something I've only heard on they Irish shopping forecast for the west as a child!

limegreen it will be choppy but I dont think it will cause too many problems.

We want to do Dorset to warminster tomorrow morning.

Should it be ok by 8/9am? It looks like the daytime is not-rain on some of the forecasts (although the met office rain warning is for the whole day)

DeepDame we are just down the road from you, it's blowing a hooley!

Should be pickle, the rain is moving through quite quickly.