Storm Ciara Sunday 9th February - Disruption Likely

Morning all.

With a fast moving jet stream pointing straight at the UK and a huge area of deepening low pressure underneath it, we're in for choppy weather in the South on Sunday. This system is unusual in that unlike most Atlantic storms which lose wind strength as soon as they hit land (so only coastal areas bear the brunt) this one won't weaken. Jet Streams are like fuel for low pressure systems so this one could see gusts of up to 75mph in spots inland anywhere South of the M62. Exposed high ground could see 80mph gusts.

It's bound to affect travel plans, but the exact location of the system won't be known until it has properly formed on Sunday morning. The latest and most accurate information can be found on the Met Office Website warnings page here; https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice

Feel free to post updates, observations, news and unusual workings here.

Don't worry. I'm sure it'll change course at the last minute and pass over us in Scotland - they always do !

See https://www.windy.com/?51.985,-3.538,5 for an excellent site for visualising the output of a number of numerical forecast models. Click on the play button at the bottom left of the screen to animate the sequence.

The centre of the depression is forecast to track east to the north of Scotland, but the extremely strong winds are forecast to affect a wide area to the south, including the whole of the UK. Winds are generally stronger over the sea because of the higher surface roughness over land causes more friction. However local topography and small scale weather features embedded in the storm can cause significant differences on a relatively small scale, as was the case with the 1987 storm.

Well, what a day! My bird table blew over and the bins are slightly askew, I wouldn't want to endure another storm like that.

DaleCooper said:

Well, what a day! My bird table blew over and the bins are slightly askew, I wouldn't want to endure another storm like that.

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That’s awful. I hope that you can rebuild your life after this...
Our green recycling box made its way onto the road outside, causing motorists to drive around it. I didn’t hear any mention of it on the news though.

I have just seen two consecutive Freightliner trains pass southbound through Ipswich with no containers whatsoever on either. I guess this is a consequence of the storm limiting shipping arrivals at Felixstowe for the last couple of days.

I imagine it will be a matter of days before the Daily Mail starts bleating about a nationwide shortage of non essential goods.

Locally to me (Suffolk coast) the storm was a bit of a disappointment. If there hadn’t been all the fuss on the news it would have been no more than a windy night!

Euston was fun on Sunday, LO was generally OK, LNR had 2 services an hour to Northampton and nothing else, Avanti had between 4 & 1 services an hour