Saturday 17:00: Concerns are growing in Pevensey Bay this weekend about alert warnings that have been issued for the area by the Met Office
Wind speeds are noticeably increasing this afternoon as bright sun breaks through and people wonder what will happen over the next 48 hours.
Tech savvy Pevbay.co.uk provides a complete realtime wind speed readout for Pevensey Bay. The service will be of value to residents right across the locality over the weekend.
The worst storm for a number of years is expected to reach the country late on Sunday night or Monday morning, with the Met Office suggesting that wind speeds could reach 80mph that could bring down trees and cause other problems leading to structural damage and the possibility of power cuts.
Timing is uncertain, but the Met Office site is giving hourly details of latest information.
The great storm of 1987 saw wind speeds of up to 100mph overnight, with people waking up across the South Coast to scenes of devastation that appeared to put parts of the country on something of a war footing for 48 hours.
This weekend in the Bay, as fears grows, we will be monitoring the situation hourly and putting both the current wind speeds and other information into our headline bar.
The Met Office has learnt its lesson from 1987, and of course now with Twitter and Social media feeds, the situation can be tracked on a minute by minute basis.
In 1987 four or five days before the storm struck, forecasters predicted severe weather was on the way. As they got closer, however, weather prediction models started to give a less clear picture. Instead of stormy weather over a considerable part of the UK, the models suggested severe weather would pass to the south of England – only skimming the south coast.
Concern about exposed coastal areas, particularly in West and East Sussex is now also featuring in local forecast information from the Met Office.
Wealden District Council is currently stating on its website that it will be providing a normal service on Monday unless there is severe disruption.
Lewes District Council have just become first local authority to announce a suspension to their bin collection service on Monday.
17:00 Wind speed here in the Bay currently 21mph.
Live real time wind speed alerts for Pevensey Bay here : http://www.pevbay.co.uk/
