Everyone and anyone who is directly or indirectly affected by the Hurricane^*Judas Simone, post in here! Sweden is scheduled to be hit at 4 PM ( CET - Central European Time). SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) have issued a class 2 warning which means that flying debris is a likely hazard, power outages, damages to property and local transportation gets delayed or cancelled. 
 
Be safe out there!

 

I will update the OP whenever it's needed. Feel free to add information, I'll add it below when I see it! 

 

EDIT 1, 10:45 AM CET: Class 2 warning has been upgraded to Class 3 warning. Generally means that sh*t is about to hit the fan and the news should be follow at all times. Even higher risk of flying debris, transportation via car is not recommended. 

EDIT 2, 11:35 AM CET: Man killed in Watford, England. Also a girl has been killed. Both by falling trees. 

EDIT 3, 12:24 AM CET: Department of Transportation in Sweden have decided to close the outer bridges in Göteborg, Sweden in the afternoon. 

EDIT 4, 2:18 PM CET: Going to take the bus, and later tram, home from work. Will update the OP when I get home. 

EDIT 5, 6:56 PM CET: Got home safely, no sign of a storm. Not even rain. Eerily calm outside. 

EDIT 6, 8:43 PM CET: Winds are now increasing in the city (Göteborg).

EDIT 7, 10:08 AM CET Next day: Storm is over. Wasn't that big of a storm. Thanks for tuning in to storm watch though!  

 

http://www.smhi.se/vadret/vadret-i-sverige/Varningar. It's in Swedish, but look at the map and you may gain some understanding. Red = Bad. I'm in the middle of the red. 

 

 

*= Actual wording can be: Heavy Storm, European windstorm, Storm (Swedish word is "Orkan"). 

 

Class 3 Warning definition: 

Highly extreme weather is expected which may pose great danger to the public and  large disruption of important community functions (power, etc). The public is encouraged to heed new information on the Internet, radio or television.

 

Edited October 29, 201312 yr by ineseri

I heard nothing about Sweden and about a hurricane? Its here VERY windy (The Netherlands, Friesland, Leeuwarden). The wind is now around 90km/h, today in the afternoon it will go about 100 - 140km/h.

Be safe!

(but serious? A hurricane?)

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(but serious? A hurricane?)

Maybe hurricane is a tad bit exaggerated, maybe "heavy storm" is more like it.

Yea, thats right, in holland we have a diffrent name for the storm, i dont know it, lemme search

It's also very windy in Belgium (around Brussels), wind is 80-120 km/h here...

 

So yeah, stay safe everyone!

Well, this house lost the sat dish about an hour ago. Glad no one was standing below that when it happened.

 

"Fun..."

 

No better weather in Germany. At least the West.

Yes we have heard much about it, I'm from Denmark, Copenhagen and we will also be hit badly  

Yes we have heard much about it, I'm from Denmark, Copenhagen and we will also be hit badly  

Be safe! Be indoors as much as possible, basements are nice if the winds increase more. 

 

Updates: Updated the OP. 

Edited October 28, 201312 yr by ineseri

be safe guys

Ugggh it's just frickin' cold here, no snow though yet, horrible weather like that is the kind where you stay inside and drink hot chocolate :D

Ugggh it's just frickin' cold here, no snow though yet, horrible weather like that is the kind where you stay inside and drink hot chocolate :D

That would be nice right about now.. Sadly, now I am going out into this crap. Wish me luck :P 

That would be nice right about now.. Sadly, now I am going out into this crap. Wish me luck :P 

I'd call in dead for the day :D

I hope everyone is safe right now.

As usual the UK has over-reacted. So far all I've had to avoid was a tiny fallen tree whilst driving into town. Other than that, its pretty bog-standard British weather

I live in a class 1 (yellow) zone, so it's not that severe. I live on the east-coast just below Stockholm, it's mostly the areas on the west coast of Sweden that are severly affected.

Im up in Scotland and we have had a pretty nice day with most of the day being sun albeit its only like 10 degrees.

 

I guess we are getting it soon.

Here in Denmark, we have record high readings of up to 200km/h.. People are injured, trees and rooftops flying everywhere, it´s pretty insane!

Wow, you guys across the pond are getting hammered huh?  Good luck and stay safe.

 

DrDetroit

Storm hasn't hit here yet. Pretty calm and normal weather as of yet.

Edited October 28, 201312 yr by ineseri

Storm is over, Göteborg wasn't hit that hard. It was mostly the southern parts of Sweden that got hit. Thanks for tuning in to storm watch though! :)