last of those extra warm days here in Netherlands today


as of tomorrow goes down again into 24/25 degrees during the day, and more back into 16, 17, 18 degrees at night

thunderstorm now here :worry:

my dad just wanted to go outside and water the garden, i quickly said stop that otherwise you'll attract lightning with the hose

King Nicky saving his Dad from a grisly demise :love:

Nicky:love: a hero.

why is it though, everytime i am in the shower, those thunderstorms start to happen :worry:

[UK weather: Storm Ellen triggers warnings
as tropical cyclone to bring 75mph gusts to UK]

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weathe...to-uk-12052569

Aiming for neem

We survived, electricity went last night but its back now, i haven't checked if my tomatoes survived the night yet though. I will keep you updated :fc: think there's tree's down all over the place too so will have to take it easy driving to work

Oh stay safe Niamh

Thanks Cherie, made it to work, had to take a different route because of tree's blocking roads but the good news is, no deaths or injuries have been reported here. Also, my tomato greenhouse took a bit of a battering but looks like the plants survived :love:

Watch this its incredible (just whizz through it in dsegments). Last week there was a Derecho event in a few central USA states. Essentially its a stack of fast moving storms that gang together and create huge straight line wind. Its like a mainland Hurricane. WInds peaked at 130 mph.

amazing and it caused tons of damage

The vid is from Cedar Rapids

Storm Francis
 

latest named storm approaching

details here: https://twitter.com/i/status/1297824772215255040

Amber WIND warning now for Wales and Midlands

A spell of very strong winds will develop across much of Wales and a large swathe of central England during Tuesday before easing from the west during Tuesday evening. Gusts are likely to widely reach 50-55 mph inland with some sites seeing 60-65 mph. Exposed coastal locations in the west and some higher ground inland may see gusts to 70 mph at times.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather...2be478&details

3 times today I've been soaked to the bone with rain :fist:

And I have a cold coming on

tomorrow we get bits of that storm :D :dance2:

exciting

:suspect:


https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...lOGxQ&usqp=CAU

Pouring down here.....I'm sat in the car whilst my son is at athletics....the wind is picking up.....he's flying (almost literally) down the back straight and then can barely walk round the rest of the track :laugh:

Laura rapidly intensifies, expected to be ‘catastrophic’ Category 4 as it zeroes in on Texas, Louisiana

Hurricane Laura is rapidly strengthening and is poised to strike the upper Texas coast and western Louisiana with a ferocity that has not been seen in this region in more than a decade.

The storm, which leaped from a Category 1 to Category 3 overnight Tuesday, is forecast to make landfall as a “catastrophic” Category 4 between Houston and Lake Charles, La., on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Hurricane and storm surge warnings cover much of this zone.

Beaumont and Port Arthur, Tex., which were severely damaged during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, may be near the point of landfall, where officials have ordered evacuations.

Depending on the timing of the storm, Laura may strike near high tide, inundating areas of western Louisiana and parts of Texas as far as 30 miles inland under between 10 to 15 feet of water.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...xas-louisiana/

omg ....where does our Mont live

Check out @bbcweather's Tweet: https://twitter.com/bbcweather/statu...50740953698304

ours says one of warmest christmasses to come

0.0C this morning in N Scotland. Here it is 10C with clear blue skies