Alan White wrote:
So far as this part of the UK is concerned the current weather warning
has proved, again, to be unnecessarily alarmist.

Here, we experienced lower wind speeds and less rainfall than during
the event on the 30th November during which a maximum gust of 44mph
occurred and we experienced 62.2mm of rain.

The figures for this event, so far, are 39mph and 17mm.

This afternoon, of course, I may be eating my words but at the moment
there's a light breeze, the cloud is clearing and it looks as though
it could be an 'average' day.

Last night we went to bed with some trepidation. We're now ignoring
the warnings and taking it as it comes.

On a 30 mile drive today, I lost count of the number of downed trees (mostly
deadwood, but the cleared remains of one large tree that blocked a road) -
IMO that justified the warnings (Somerset).

(indeed, neighbours lost part of their garage roof and most of their house's
fascia boards as well....)