Rare red warning just been issued

Hold onto your hats!🎩💨

Goodness that government warning is loud! Our seafront is closed, flood fates in position, all local events cancelled as we’re in the red zone. Pouring with rain at the moment, current wind speeds are high but not unusual here. River flood warnings in place. Nothing tidal yet. We’re as prepared for whatever comes as we can be, 🤞 we keep our power supply as friends arriving on Sunday for five days and tomorrow was a baking day.

Good luck everyone, stay safe.

North Devon and the wind is getting up now
I had the government warning and it made my cat and myself jump. It was so loud….

Shinamae

North Devon and the wind is getting up now
I had the government warning and it made my cat and myself jump. It was so loud….

Internet is affected not had any new emails since 7.55 ..

Wow that government warning sure made me jump out of my chair .
Only a yellow warning here in south
Devon, but that's bad enough. I'll stay in this weekend.
I hope nobody gets hurt or has a damaged home. Good luck all.

We live on the Lancashire coast and our flat faces the Irish Sea. I'm hoping that we don't get the full force of it here either but it seems to be South Wales and the southwest that seem to be getting it. I hope anyone here will be safe. Take care everyone. xx

Can’t sleep. Everything creaking and the wind is howling. Next door’s security lights Just going to have a cup of tea.and wait it out .are coming on and off , lighting up the trees.

It’s not too bad here in south Glos, just a bit blowy and rainy at the moment, I’m keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🏻

JamesandJon33

Can’t sleep. Everything creaking and the wind is howling. Next door’s security lights Just going to have a cup of tea.and wait it out .are coming on and off , lighting up the trees.

Make a flask of hot water in case you lose your power…

I closed all the house vents last night and had a decent sleep, it is certainly building up now and pressure has dropped very low, where it will stay all day. The winds and rain will be sustained for a long time, won`t really let up until sunday afternoon

XCWeather.co.uk

Type in your postcode for predicted wind speeds

No buses are running in the county today and there will be a lot of flooding

Flask is filled, breakfast is cooking. There was a short power cut last night

We had the message in north Bristol at 1900 last night at the beginning of a Youth Carol concert. There was a series of siren sounds, but depending on where the audience lived, there was the occasional one throughout the evening. Some of the children thought it was going to be Armageddon and became slightly hysterical.
According to XCWeather, it has all already mostly died down; only a yellow warning now.

we are experiencing very violent gusts now, north devon coast must be absolutely terrible

Well survived the night with just one cup of tea. Very windy still, but too dark to see anything outside as yet.

Now they are adding thunder to the mix

All plans scuppered.
DS and family at Bristol Airport have had 7 am flight cancelled.
DH is in Sussex but can't get back, no trains running.
I'm in Devon, thank goodness I got home last night and didn't stay away.
Not safe to go out.

Never known such wind here in Midlands. I can see people going out despite that,

Daughter was in London taking her final (hopefully) vivas. She should be in Amsterdam this morning celebrating her birthday but her flight last night was cancelled. Tbh I can't see it going this morning but at least they upgraded her hotel room and she's with her boyfriend. Our house has French poplars on two boundaries, we've lost six over the years in high winds I have a feeling we might lose some more today!

big jet live

on youtube

watching big planes land and take off during the current bad weather. Thats my morning sorted

It’s very windy here in mid Wales, but I just took my son into town, and I think the biggest problem is going to be flooding, the roads are running like rivers, and we had to divert our route. Keeping my fingers crossed for Crickhowell, and Pontypridd not getting flooded again.

Just up the road

Yellow warning here in Gloucester but I woke up to find hen run had gambolled across the lawn and the coup was half on its side. Fortunately the hens hadn't escaped and one had still managed to lay an egg in the nestbox despite being on a steep slope . All sorted and weighted down now

We’re not even near the red zone but there are pretty ferocious winds here this morning.
Dh flew off to Palma last night, back late Monday. Would seem like v good timing, to miss the worst weather.

I'm in the red area. Been awake most of the night. There are several large trees down in this town and a lot of areas with no power.
I have no idea where my bins are but have been ok otherwise as best I can see so far.

Hoping that everyone whose posted on this thread is safe and well and hasn't had any property damage.

Stay safe.

Still blowing well here in Dorset, just been outside and it's dry and not too cold. Everything looks to be where it should.
My OH jumped out of his skin when the alarm went off on his phone, I never heard his and I have it turned off on mine.

A few trees down in various places according to FB and lots of things cancelled. Some fence panels in neighbours garden, some were not fixed after the last blow and now there are more. But looking from upstairs there doesn't seem to be much more.