With the help of snow cover, light wind and a clear, cold atmosphere, Loch Glascarnoch witnessed a Sunday AM minimum of -9.8C. This is the UK’s lowest November reading since the record cold end to November 2010 which marked the beginning of the UK’s coldest December on record.

View from Loch Glascarnoch (Between Inverness-Ullapool).

In stark contrast and at the very same time Highland Scotland shivered, the 2016-17’s first named storm (Angus) was battering southern England and Wales and holding temperatures above 10C in the Southeast, a full 20C warmer than the other end of the country!

With the track of Storm Angus slicing east almost paralleling the English Channel Coast, the strongest winds were out over the open water.

While Guernsey officially recorded the strongest UK wind gust of 84 mph, the strongest mainland gust was 81 mph along the Kent Coast but ships out in the choppy Channel reported gusts of up to 106 mph.

Scaffolding blown off a building in Brighton.

Damage to the seawall at Swanage, Dorset.

This cargo ship struck a barge and needed rescue as it began to take it water. Rescue helicopters were deployed.

On the other side of the Channel, the Dutch coast recorded wind gusts of 134kph or 83 mph.

An impressive image of sand being whipped up by the storm on the Hook Van Holland.

Flooding occurred in many areas.

Heavy snow fell as moisture from Angus bumped into the colder air further north.

Snake Pass, Derbyshire.

Through the day, strongest winds pull away out into the North Sea and towards Denmark.

Hope to add more to this post later! Stay tuned!

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