Batten the hatches everyone in the uk, yet another gale and heavy driving rain is bearing down on us all !!!
well half way around the planet from you, we had a couple of days of gully washers beginning of the week. just clouds here, but summer temperatures are a memory now for this year.
Just to give everyone an idea of what is happening now, and how strong the wind is, this is a 'live' webcam on the roof of one of the seafront hotels. Live Cam Brighton Pier | SkylineWebcams
Is this typical Halloween weather or has it been so for the last few years? I seem to remember some devastation before 2020 where towns were flooded for quite a while. A bit like a few months ago but much worse.
Tornadoes ‘not out of the question’ as wind and rain batter the UK Mike Bedigan 31 October 2021, 10:43 am Parts of the UK may have seen tornadoes on Sunday, the Met Office has said, as strong winds and rain batter the country. Gusts of over 80mph have been recorded with reports of wind damage which may cause disruption to travel. Yellow warnings for wind and rain are in place over large parts of the west and elsewhere, and more are likely. ⚠️ Yellow weather warning UPDATED ⚠️ Heavy rain and squally winds across southern parts of the UK. 2300 Saturday – 1500 Sunday Further heavy #rain and strong #winds may lead to #flooding and disruption to transport Latest info UK weather warnings Stay #WeatherAware pic.twitter.com/Bs0pjbn84d — Met Office (@metoffice) October 30, 2021 Meteorologist Tom Morgan said the Met Office could not confirm any tornadoes but would not rule them out. “We’ve got a deep Atlantic area of low pressure that’s bringing a very heavy band of rain and squalling winds across the whole of the country, but particularly in the south of England,” he said. “We’ve seen some very strong gusts of wind on the south coast… and a few reports of damage from the winds. “It’s not out of the question that there will have been some localised, brief funnel clouds or tornadoes. (PA Graphics) “In the last couple of days we have seen some reports and seen some photos of funnel clouds and water spouts, which are similar to tornadoes.” Tornadoes occur when funnel clouds extend from the cloud base to ground, Mr Morgan said. He added that wind speeds of 87mph were recorded at an exposed location on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, and there were gusts of 60mph across Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and Sussex. “We can’t confirm that there have been any (tornadoes) but we have seen reports of wind damage,” Mr Morgan added. “This kind of situation does lend itself to sometimes producing tornadoes so it’s something we can’t rule out and there is some evidence to suggest there have been some.” Northamptonshire Police said they had received a high number of calls relating to the weather conditions and that trees had fallen on scores of roads in the county. We were just praying for the COP26 conference in church when we were hit by what I can only describe as a tornado, which took out a number of trees including this pre Conquest yew. pic.twitter.com/BofwiOyGDo — Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) October 31, 2021 Reverend Richard Coles, vicar of Finedon, took to social media after a blustery close call. “We were just praying for the COP26 conference in church when we were hit by what I can only describe as a tornado, which took out a number of trees including this pre Conquest yew,” he tweeted. South Western Railway apologised to customers after trees blocked part of the network and said there may be cancellations, delays and alterations to services.
