Storm (Gareth?) Tuesday-Wednesday (12/13 March)

[GloriaSmud]

Wind warnings already issued by the metoffice for Tuesday and Wednesday.

(Storm hasn't been named yet but I think looking at the wind charts, it will become 'Storm Gareth' in the next few days.)

[BlackeyedGruesome]

ps the oh fuck was to the squall line going through at school run timeish but equally applies to the risk of tornadoes, speaking as someone whose garage roof was moved 8 inches upward by doris.

thanks to oybbk I am now safely back home and about toi tuck up into bed again before doing the dreaded housework and admin.

[Mummymorse]

Hello

[BernardsarenotalwaysSaints]

This mornings school run was not fun. The was blowing in my face there & back, pushing the double buggy was a right workout!

[GloriaSmud]

Blackeyed ~ I didn't know whether you were applying that just to the weather or the country generally!

I think the squall line has just gone through here (Leicester) ~ it's chucked it down and the temperature's dropped from nearly 9C, 30 minutes or so ago to 6.7C now.

[GloriaSmud]

Squall line showing up well here.

[Justmuddlingalong]

Just got very dark, windy and rainy here on the Fife coast.

[GloriaSmud]

The temperature here has dropped like a stone ~ 'tis now 4.3C and there's a hint of wintriness to what's falling from the sky.

[magimedi]

I was on the M20 - Dover to Ashford this afternoon & I don't ever remember driving through such heavy rain in this country. Stayed in the inside lane & slowed to about 35/40mph. Very scary but am home saf enow.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

That must have been scary Magi, it was a potent front.

Of course Gareth isn't actually over, that was just a forerunner of the main event.

[Justmuddlingalong]

the wind map is showing what we've got now and what's to come.

[Igneococcus]

I have never seen so much water coming down as yesterday evening on my way home. There was rain, sleet and hail all at the same time.
Has calmed down now.

[oldsilver]

Don't like it. Wind makes me anxious. Thought it was bad last night - luckily only lost my plastic greenhouse cover and a neighbour has lost most of the rendering of the chimney stack. Seems worse tonight.

Stay safe.

[Fazackerley]

That wind map is cool