Britain braced for once-in-50-years storm to hit tonight

[Merlin5]

South West and Wales are going to get 3 months of rain tonight and over the next 3 days, and flooding. It's coming from 60mph hurricane-force winds sweeping in from the atlantic.

http://www.itv.com/news/2012-06-14/more-flooding-misery-as-once-in-50-years-storm-to-hit/

 

[paradisiac]

South West and Wales are going to get 3 months of rain tonight and over the next 3 days, and flooding. It's coming from 60mph hurricane-force winds sweeping in from the atlantic.

http://www.itv.com/news/2012-06-14/more-flooding-misery-as-once-in-50-years-storm-to-hit/

meh, don't believe everything you read. is pretty quiet here.

 

[Merlin5]

meh, don't believe everything you read. is pretty quiet here.

Yes, that's commonly known as the calm before the erm.. storm.

 

[StriderX]

Move to a less flood-prone area.

Problem solved.

 

[paradisiac]

Yes, that's commonly known as the calm before the erm.. storm.

nah, I cannot see it myself, a lot of hype over nothing I imagine.

 

[Deadbeat]

Finally, a chance to employ those webbed hands & feet.

 

[Redman]

Move to a less flood-prone area.

Problem solved.

Will that stop the storm too? Or by living on a hill is it going to be worse?

 

[Raumarik]

Wouldn't even be on the news if it wasn't happening in England.. 55MPH is not fast.

 

[paradisiac]

Finally, a chance to employ those webbed hands & feet.

finally?!? there are floods in cornwall all the time, hence why they have the webbed fingers and toes in the first place

 

[nelviss]

well its only the welsh and sw england so will teach them right for taking most of the best weather in the past decade.

 

[paradisiac]

Wouldn't even be on the news if it wasn't happening in England.. 55MPH is not fast.

and 3 months worth of rain, is that the 3 months worth of the year we only get a little bit of rain? so in fact it will be like 5mm

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I'm no weather man but http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ I reckon that means a fair amount of the wet stuff is about to drop itself on the uk!

 

[Doohickey]

Wouldn't even be on the news if it wasn't happening in England.. 55MPH is not fast.

Gusts maybe not so. Sustained winds of 55mph would be pretty nasty.

Still, I reckon it'll be ok. I looked at the pressure charts forecast, looks like it'll linger for a day or 2 directly over the UK unfortunately.

/keyboardweatherman

 

[Amp34]

Wouldn't even be on the news if it wasn't happening in England.. 55MPH is not fast.

The wind has nothing to do with it, the rain is what is the news...

Although how many times have we had "once in a lifetime" storms recently that have in fact just been damp squibs...

 

[Merlin5]

nah, I cannot see it myself, a lot of hype over nothing I imagine.

Hope you're right. Keep us updated if anything major develops. Same with any welshies on the forum, if you see any developments.

Another article here. Daily mail yes, but it was on TV earlier on ITV news, hence my first link, giving it some sort of validity.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lantic-storm-sweeps-in.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

[paradisiac]

Hope you're right. Keep us updated if anything major develops. Same with any welshies on the forum, if you see any developments.

Another article here. Daily mail yes, but it was on TV earlier on ITV news, hence my first link, giving it some sort of validity.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...lantic-storm-sweeps-in.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

well there are some puddles outside, so I think the flooding has stopped

 

[int]

My mate is a weather forecaster in-the-making at the MET, but they've been so busy with exams he neglected to tell me I'm going to need a boat tomorrow.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

So a little bit of rain and a light breeze?

 

[RomanNose]

Staying up to see what happens . Also need to make sure the pets in the garden don't get killed.

 

[paradisiac]

So a little bit of rain and a light breeze?

well, it has been 'spitting' all day, so that might constitute a flood to the ants maybe?

oh, and it was a bit gusty earlier too, im 99% sure I felt a breeze on my neck earlier, but cant be 100% sure.

e: on a serious note, does anyone know what time its meant to kick off, coz I really want the drunks outside my house to just **** off.