"plenty of wind"
We've been having a bit of weather up here, which has resulted in some rather hysterical news reports, however amongst the hyperbole I came across this masterpiece of Hebridean understatement on the BBC news website, from the Barra Lifeboat coxswain...
Speaking from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Donald MacLeod, coxswain of the island's lifeboat, said there was rain, hail and "plenty of wind".
He said the storm had "grown through the night", adding: "The swell conditions are pretty bad to the west - it's showing about 14m (45ft)."
Mr Macleod said this was "a lot deeper than we normally see" and was "definitely something to be wary of".
And here's what a 45 ft swell looks like in the Hebrides. These pictures of the Butt of Ness lighthouse at the northern tip of Lewis were taken earlier today. To give you some idea of the scale, that lighthouse is about 120 feet high and in the middle picture the waves are breaking right over it.
By Dell-icious-ness
By Chris Murray
By Angus Maclean
Speaking from Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Donald MacLeod, coxswain of the island's lifeboat, said there was rain, hail and "plenty of wind".
He said the storm had "grown through the night", adding: "The swell conditions are pretty bad to the west - it's showing about 14m (45ft)."
Mr Macleod said this was "a lot deeper than we normally see" and was "definitely something to be wary of".
And here's what a 45 ft swell looks like in the Hebrides. These pictures of the Butt of Ness lighthouse at the northern tip of Lewis were taken earlier today. To give you some idea of the scale, that lighthouse is about 120 feet high and in the middle picture the waves are breaking right over it.
By Dell-icious-ness
By Chris Murray
By Angus Maclean