Hurricane Katia - Storm thread!

mattyprice4004 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:36

As quite a lot of you on here live in possibly affected areas such as Scotland and the NW of England (such as myself) I thought I'd get an observation thread going.

I live near Preston, we're only forecast to get the very tail end of it, but Strathclyde in Scotland is forecast to bear the brunt of the storm along with surrounding areas.

Met Office weather warning page: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html

Current location on Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2011/katia.html

Weather Underground map: http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at201112.asp?feature=image

This could be very interesting! Landfall is expected to be on Monday morning for Northern Ireland, and moving across to Scotland on Monday afternoon/evening.

Keep us updated if you live in affected areas. Nothing to report where I am so far, just a bit windy.

TaKeN · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:37

It has been very windy here since yesterday, I thought it was something to do with this

DJMK4 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:38

Was very windy earlier (south wales)

StriderX · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:38

How fun.

I love how the UK only gets dead ones though.

Edrof · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:39

Even windy down here in Hampshire.

Neil79 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:40

I just watched a crisp packet blow down the road

StriderX · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:42

Neil79 said:
I just watched a crisp packet blow down the road

The skegness bird is finished with its crisps?

Cosimo · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:42

Bit windy here, 19.9 mph from the south west.

Neil79 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:42

StriderX said:
The skegness bird is finished with its crisps?

Nice

LiamC · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:45

Calm and dry in Edinburgh

TheGamingGeneral · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:49

Bit grey and rainy in strathclyde, nothing really out of the ordinary then

Muzza1875 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:49

StriderX said:
The skegness bird is finished with its crisps?

lol legend

Edrof · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:49

LiamC, slightly off-topic, but have you ever been to the Black Mausoleum in Edinburgh?

CaptainRAVE · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:50

Living in the south of England here, so doubt we will get muh. Has been quite windy today though. Has been a while since we had a good storm

GJ02 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:53

getting windy here too
just had sprouts with dinner, its bad !

Windle · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:53

It's already been a wet and windy couple of days here but is forecast to be nasty the next few days. We're forecast for 61mph winds on Monday night, fun :/

LiamC · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:53

Forde said:
LiamC, slightly off-topic, but have you ever been to the Black Mausoleum in Edinburgh?

Nope

explicit4u · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:55

We're probably just going to get a few blown over deck chairs down here.

mattyprice4004 · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:55

GeneralD said:
Bit grey and rainy in strathclyde, nothing really out of the ordinary then

If the wind picks up tomorrow, I shall be heading up there to experience the proper 'tail-end' of the storm. I've done crazy stuff like this before, in 2006 I went down south to get a feel for what Hurricane Gordon was up to, and I've wanted to do it again ever since... really makes you appreciate the power of nature.

Edrof · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:55

LiamC said:
Nope

Okay, nevermind then!

(Just writing an article about it at the mo, y'see)