Storm Francis 26/8/20 morning update.

Good morning here are some of the impacts from Storm Francis in the last 24 hours.

Here in the Western Isles we missed the worst of the conditions with 41 mph being the top wind gust at South Uist range.

Heavy rainfall was recorded across large parts of the UK with flooding in Northern Ireland

#StormFrancis has brought a lot of #rain to Northern Ireland. These pictures captured by @aerialvisionni show the River Roe at Limavady early this afternoon, then at around 5pm pic.twitter.com/wjpKZtRISS
— Met Office (@metoffice) August 25, 2020

More flooding

@WeatherCee @barrabest @frank_broadcast #sixmilewater #ballyclare pic.twitter.com/IS9EBmRHsQ
— Lee 1️⃣9️⃣ (@hamish351) August 25, 2020

Heavy rain has also occurred in the Lake District and Glamorgan

The dramatic swirl of cloud that is #StormFrancis is bringing further #rain to many places this afternoon

An @EnvAgency rain gauge has so far recorded 86 mm of rain in the Lake District and a @NatResWales rain gauge has so far picked up 74 mm of rain in Mid Glamorgan pic.twitter.com/D98FYljHPJ
— Met Office (@metoffice) August 25, 2020

Provisionally some record highest wind gusts for August may have been broken

#StormFrancis's winds are really starting to pick up.

A number of locations look to have already seen their (provisionally) highest ever gusts recorded in August pic.twitter.com/Y0E4vYQ6lU
— Met Office (@metoffice) August 25, 2020

A selection of the highest wind gusts from BBC Weather

#StormFrancis continues to pound many areas

Here are where the winds are strongest as we start the evening. For some, strong winds and heavy rain will not ease until tomorrow morning

⚠️Warning details: https://t.co/WR0QwwhnOq pic.twitter.com/8xzBigHMOx
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) August 25, 2020

Here is the UK wide top wind gusts as of 2200 on Tuesday evening.

This map from here http://st arlingsroost.asuscomm.com/weather/uk.php

here is a BBC News article covering the event

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53901520?at_custom4=263BC284-E706-11EA-9BAD-4C8096E8478F&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom3=bbc_weather&at_medium=custom7&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_campaign=64

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