Yeah snowing in the new forest. The drive home from Bournemouth was grim
Just rain rain and more rain here.
Need something to moan about until the next hosepipe ban I guess.
Had about 2/3" by the time I left work. Crawled down the side road, multiple accidents, lots of idiots. Fantastic on the dual carriageway though. Everyone crawling in lane one so lane two became my expressway 
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Don’t forget to walk like a penguin if you have snow, you make look like a wally but there’s less chance you will end up on your ■■■■ 
This is looking serious. Not often you see lows of 938mb this side of the Atlantic!
I think Ireland and the England/Scotland border areas are going to be in some pretty serious trouble here.
What does this mean for those of us that aren’t Michael Fish?
We’ve got rain, wind, and the odd rumble of thunder at the moment in the South West
that it is going to get windy - very windy!
I maybe teaching you to suck eggs here: winds are generated by the difference between high and low pressures. The “average” pressure is 1013 to give you a base mark - lows are typically 990 and highs ~1025-1030
so a low of 938 is very low
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Standby for a RAFAC-wide stand down for activities 
I said before, I’d generally support a stop order within all red weather warning areas!
Just don’t stop the whole country when the red only covers certain areas!
Its sunny here! But probably not for long.
I couldn’t justify holding activities under an amber warning either. It does mention a potential Risk To Life with traveling in bad weather being more dangerous… Also there could be disruption to road and rail with cadets, parents and staff getting stuck either getting to an activity or unable to get home post activity.
From the Met Office web site
Yellow Warning: Yellow warnings can be issued for a range of weather situations. Many are issued when it is likely that the weather will cause some low level impacts, including some disruption to travel in a few places. Many people may be able to continue with their daily routine, but there will be some that will be directly impacted and so it is important to assess if you could be affected. Other yellow warnings are issued when the weather could bring much more severe impacts to the majority of people but the certainty of those impacts occurring is much lower. It is important to read the content of yellow warnings to determine which weather situation is being covered by the yellow warning.
Amber Warning: There is an increased likelihood of impacts from severe weather, which could potentially disrupt your plans. This means there is the possibility of travel delays, road and rail closures, power cuts and the potential risk to life and property. You should think about changing your plans and taking action to protect yourself and your property. You may want to consider the impact of the weather on your family and your community and whether there is anything you need to do ahead of the severe weather to minimise the impact.
Red Warning: Dangerous weather is expected and, if you haven’t already done so, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather. It is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure. You should avoid travelling, where possible, and follow the advice of the emergency services and local authorities.
Not at all - I’m sure I knew that somewhere in the back of my brain but appreciate the information! We can’t all know everything all the time and in fact I find it helpful in my industry to bring things down to the lowest common denominator. I do my job daily but my clients don’t so by default, I know more than them and have to ensure they understand sometimes quite complicated (if not everyday) products.
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I think with an amber warning there is more scope for local decision making rather than specific enforced rules. Red = stop, no matter what. Amber = local commanders can make decisions but need to justify their actions or similar.
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The whole of Ireland is a red warning at the moment.
Almost 600,000 homes without power in Ireland. Red weather warning now in place for N Ireland, with the Scotland/England one coming in at 10am. It’s looking savage out there!
This is what Captain Sea Cadets has said. All activity in a Red cancelled, and no travel through a Red.
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Something that was missed with the 2022 RIAT fiasco. One of their defenses was the site was technically outside the red. Which it was. But it was so close that probably 50% of those attending those days would have had to travel through the red to get there!
Any ships recalled from Sea?