Storm Doris...

[surveyor]

Anyone else watching with interest?

My phone has been dinging away with travel alerts as I'm due to fly Dublin to Manchester then get the train back to Doncaster tomorrow.

So far, I think I'm ok... As long as arrivals don't get stuffed in Dublin (which would obviously knock on to departures).

The South seem to be worse - or at least gearing up to be more affected....

[Dogwatch]

Is this the same Doris as last time or a different one?

[BossHogg]

I'm on patrol over Shap/Tebay Gorge tomorrow afternoon, I could be for a busy duty.

[jonnyb]

surveyor said:

Anyone else watching with interest?

My phone has been dinging away with travel alerts as I'm due to fly Dublin to Manchester then get the train back to Doncaster tomorrow.

So far, I think I'm ok... As long as arrivals don't get stuffed in Dublin (which would obviously knock on to departures).

The South seem to be worse - or at least gearing up to be more affected....

Looking at the forecast the morning should be ok, but the afternoon is touch and go.

Birmingham on the other hand look like it could be very "interesting"!!!!!

[WindyCommon]

Dogwatch said:

Is this the same Doris as last time or a different one?

There was no Doris last time, other than in a few over-excited tabloids. The MetO didn't attribute the name then, so it's being used for the first time now.

[treehack]

Looks like I may have an interesting day, we have contract for emergency call outs with highways for a county council.

[talksthetorque]

Working from home tomorrow, so I have double checked the gates are bolted so they don't make the occasional bang.
Looks like a bit of weather.
Sad days when even the weather forecast is chasing ratings.

[Sparkyhd]

treehack said:

Looks like I may have an interesting day, we have contract for emergency call outs with highways for a county council.

Is that a Doris Day?

[Willy Nilly]

It will be hard work pedalling to work tomorrow.

[iphonedyou]

surveyor said:

Anyone else watching with interest?

Just some more wind and rain, in a county that has generally windy, rainy weather.

[ChocolateFrog]

Willy Nilly said:

It will be hard work pedalling to work tomorrow.

Coming home will be a breeze then.

[55palfers]

Just luxuriating in a few days in Barmouth at the moment.

It's a bit blowy and wet, but on the whole not exactly Armageddon yet

[battered]

BossHogg said:

I'm on patrol over Shap/Tebay Gorge tomorrow afternoon, I could be for a busy duty.

I'm there on Friday, I'll wave. Tomorrow is Kent to Leeds, leave about 3, home by 730, then Friday is Glasgow for lunchtime, back to Leeds that evening.

[BossHogg]

I'm there on Friday too! don't know what I've done to deserve 2 consecutive days in hell!

[battered]

You a copper then, or AA? If the former, let me know which bridges you are staking out and around them I'll stick to <78 or whatever the magic figure is now. :-p

[BossHogg]

Neither - Highways England Traffic Officer.

[Some Gump]

wonder how much sleep cc's eye will get tonight. Will he be beating to quarters?

[fttm]

Some Gump said:

wonder how much sleep cc's eye will get tonight. Will he be beating to quarters?

Roger that , full comms with the Optrex tonight over . Don't mention the Walts

[sebhaque]

Over the past year one of the trees in my garden has started to get a bit of a lean on. I'm wondering whether this new storm (why are they getting names now? And how are we only on the 4th one?!) will be enough to topple the tree. With some luck it'll land in my pond and help expel some of the ste that's accumulated over a few months of disuse.

I'm also looking forward to seeing how the planes cope - I work on the Heathrow site - and it's always nice to see engineering in action. I suspect some of the 767s with the enormous winglets will be impersonating a hummingbird on their way into the sky.

[WindyCommon]

sebhaque said:

...I'm wondering whether this new storm (why are they getting names now? And how are we only on the 4th one?!)...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_storm_naming_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland