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Sunday 9th 43F, heavy overcast and soon to be stormy. With
potential gusts to 60+mph. I walked to the village in a strong but
variable S-SE wind. I presume and hope, that it will go around to the SW
or even the west later.There is an exposed junction on the brow of a hill at half way. Where it was really hard work making any progress at all. A little further on the roadside hedges provide plenty of shelter. The garden trees are already rocking. My neighbour's corrugated metal, carport roof is already lifting and rattling back down. This, despite the wind not having reached anywhere near its promised peak until much later this afternoon. The rain is just starting at 9.30 and expected to continue all day. The rear windows are already being sprayed as well. Which shows how turbulent the wind is.
The wind is still from the south despite the DMI showing SW all day. TV2 weather shows the correct wind direction and has it going South Westerly at 19:00 when it peaks. The gales are supposed to continue for several days.
The highest wind speed measured so far is nearly 37m/s at Kolding which is 83mph. That's not very far away to our west! The wind should begin to slowly die down to "normal" gales over the next couple of hours. It sound noisier than ever outside now at 20.00 but is highly variable.
The storm has caused serious flooding in the UK.
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