Latest shipping forecast for sea area Plymouth this afternoon - more to come!

Still more to come tonight!

Gale warnings - Issued: 1546 UTC Tue 04 Feb

Storm force 10 veering southwesterly soon

Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1625 UTC Tue 04 Feb

Wind - South veering southwest, gale 8 to storm 10. 

Sea State - High or very high, becoming phenomenal for a time. 

(On the Beaufort Scale - Force 12 - - 64 knots+ 33m/s+ Hurricane 14m+ - sea state 9 Phenomenal)

Weather - Rain or squally showers. 

Visibility - Moderate or poor.

90 mph winds hit penzance Dock

Filmed some two and a half hours before high water - the wind was full of sleet for a time.

Still at sea and fishing in force 10s

The French fishing boats Boree Al and the Iroise are both fishing on the edge of the 12 mile limit north of St Ives...

the weather with them, according to the AIS data is South Easterly Force 10 or 48.2 knots - this is not as bad as the weather in which the Le Sillon was damaged last weekend.

From the horse's mouth #ukstorm

Falling rapidly? - Don't tap it!

The air pressure continues to fall rapidly at the SevenStones Lightship

People have a habit of tapping aneroid barometers - heard an old fisherman say once, "If it were meant to be tapped it it would have a hammer hanging next to it!"...

and now the wind has backed round slowly from the West over the last 24 hours to Sou'sou'easterly - the worst possible direction for Newlyn.

When the wind blows...

The shipping forecast for where three french boats are working:

Lundy, Fastnet: South or southeast, veering west later, 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10. Rough or very rough, becoming high or very high. Rain or squally showers. Good, becoming moderate or poor

Latest readings from the Sevenstones Lightship at 1200 today showing the air pressure plummeting this morning...

with a look at what is to come from the 'live' world wind map...125 km/h is just under 80 mph...

which won't be good news for the three 23m French boats trawling off St Ives, though it's not like they don't know the wind is coming. Also in the bay off Godrevy is a small 90m coaster sheltering from the wind.

Midnight forecast for Plymouth

Shipping Area Plymouth:

#plymouth: West or southwest 5 to 7, backing south later gale 8 to storm 10. Rain or squally showers. Moderate or good, occasionally poor.

imminent = less than six hours

soon = between six and twelve hours

later = after 12 hours


Latest forecast issued at 1030 for Portland, Plymouth and Biscay:

South or southeast, veering southwest later, 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10. Rough or very rough, becoming high or very high. Rain or squally showers. Good, becoming moderate or poor