The forecast SW gales for the 9th didn't materialise, in fact I couldn't find anywhere that topped gale force that day, though I suspect some westernmost cliff tops might have scraped a F8. In Penzance even the maximum gust was only 38mph, much as the 36mph recorded on 11th. Culdrose just topped 50mph

Different story evolving today.

Scilly
13:00 40mph S
15:20 12mph NW
16:20 44mph NW
and those are mean speeds, so we really are talking a gale for a change.

MetO is currently predicting gusts of 81mph fot St. Ives @ 19:00 http://www..metoffice.gov.uk/weather...t_weather.html , hopefully that's a slight overestimate, but worth watching.

The eye of the storm has given some recent sunshine, and shows up well on http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html (15:00 & 16:00 images)

Some interesting weather.

Graham
Penzance