Poll: Winter 2021/22 - Will we see lots of snow?

[Lysander]

Wind picking up here in London. Southern Rail says not to travel. Have texted work to see what they recommend.

 

[200sols]

Not very windy so far on the south coast.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah so far despite supposedly 60 MPH gusts here at this point it is more like half that at the moment.

EDIT: Good guess on my part - the nearest weather station has recorded a peak of 32.2MPH so far.

The farmers are out in force battening down the hatches though.

EDIT2: Arpege model is showing the winds getting up about 2 hours later than the BBC forecast and Met is showing it not really getting up here until nearer 10 as well.

 

[NickK]

Not very windy so far on the south coast.

Getting strong winds in Surrey although we're probably slipstreaming behind the geography, places on the tops of the downs and hogsback for example are probably really feeling the wind.

I have one of the fences lashed and I may lash the bins too. Also the 150mm cooker extractor vent flaps may get some gorilla tape to stop them rattling to destruction.

 

[Lysander]

Word from work is to go in! My wife's job for today has been cancelled.

 

[Bobmunkhouse]

Yeah so far despite supposedly 60 MPH gusts here at this point it is more like half that at the moment.

EDIT: Good guess on my part - the nearest weather station has recorded a peak of 32.2MPH so far.

The farmers are out in force battening down the hatches though.

EDIT2: Arpege model is showing the winds getting up about 2 hours later than the BBC forecast and Met is showing it not really getting up here until nearer 10 as well.

Where are you checking wind speed? BBC app saying 66mph here...

 

[Rroff]

Where are you checking wind speed?

Checked a nearby weather station which is viewable online.

 

[Rroff]

From the reports so far looks like it is hitting a little further north so far than initially anticipated.

 

[mushtafa]

On the south coast and now in a red warning zone. Schools have been closed. Not even an over-turned bin yet

 

[Rroff]

To be fair most forecasts don't really show it hitting proper until later in the morning/mid-day - the BBC forecast seems to jump the gun a bit in ramping it up earlier (at least for where I am).

 

[el_dazza]

It seems fine out here currently, wind usually freaks the dog out but he's alright. Looks like 10am is the time to batten down the hatches!

 

[Rroff]

Our neighbours fence is gonna go if it gets up - it has just detached from their side gate at one point in the barely blustery wind we have now...

 

[moon man]

my met office forecast only showing 64 mph peak gusts, seems nearer to what we are getting here ,so far anyway
I was expecting this veiw to be white with sea foam tbh

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Now on red, yikes. Not as bad as forecast yet - it’s meant to be in the 60s currently. We’ll see what 10am brings.

 

[XeNoN89]

Wind started to pick up here in the last few minutes and we're a good few hours away from the peak still

 

[JamesH85]

BBC forecast was a mile off.

 

[sanaxe1]

One of the nicest days of the year upto yet. ( Nottingham ) when's this storm supposed to be hitting?

 

[413x]

This isn't even ss bad as dudley.
South Wales in the red zone

Actually a nice day at present

 

[Jono8]

Yeh, bbc says 70mph+ winds right now where I am but I'd say its more like 20 at the moment.

 

[Yaayuh!]

BBC forecast was a mile off.

Indeed. Even until 7am it said 70mph gusts at 7am. It's currently breezy out... lol