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Storm warning for Monday!
Terry N
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Watch out southern England, winds will get up to 50mph!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24654390
I went to the met office site after seeing that, expecting to see 60 or 70mph. :yawn:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24654390
I went to the met office site after seeing that, expecting to see 60 or 70mph. :yawn:
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Hope it's not as bad a predicted.
We can be assured a dry, warm, windless day on Monday then.
They don't seem to be able to forecast the weather yesterday, these days. Sunday they said for London "may get away with a dry day - possibilities of some showers, but will be very localised and soon move away".
We had a monsoon for 2 hours in the afternoon. The A406 was flooded.
It does seem that Monday will be windy, but by how bad it is - we will have to wait and see.
They are only issuing a yellow warning - the lowest one.
I don't think they have ever forgotten October 1987 ....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19923565
That is simply untrue and a bit Daily Express :rolleyes:
Forecast is not fact and I very much doubt it rained for 120 minutes as you suggested or that the wording of the forecast was as you say.
Then sadly for this thread you did not look properly. there are plenty of SW england stations with sunday pm gust forecast for 60 mph
maybe if you were less tired you could get your facts correct...
At this early stage there is uncertainty about the timing, intensity and track of the low. However, the public should be prepared for the risk of falling trees as well as damage to buildings and other structures, bringing disruption to transport and power supplies. "
Its Amber Warning for Monday, for the winds
"Uncertainty about the timing, intensity and track of the low" is key.
Already, there are disagreements between the computer models about exactly where and when the winds will intensify most. GFS, for example, currently suggests that the worst of it will develop over and beyond the North Sea.
I am very surprised that the Met Office has issued its orange warning so soon, knowing how the tabloid media will produce panic-stricken headlines of an event that may or may not occur at maximum severity over the UK.
What their Warning matrix actually depicts is that the impact of this event would be high (so potentially VERY serious) but the liklihood is moderately low and this *just* warrants an amber warning instead of a "be aware" yellow. If I had to make the decision, I would have issued a yellow "be aware" warning at this stage (because of likely stupid media reaction).
tee hee. i liked this.
I combust all the time, cause they get it wrong...:mad::D
Scotland is getting a drenching tomorrow but its the S and W of England that will get the winds sunday into monday
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html?day=5
They'll have already written their combustion-busting headline for Monday in case it doesn't come off (seems to be around 40% chance of it happening at the 'crisis' level, so less than evens) "Met Office Cry Wolf - AGAIN!" :rolleyes:
So to stop that, we could do with a nice Winter gale that blows branches about on trees, produces some great photos of massive breaking seas, and scares people but doesn't cause any serious damage or casualties.
I think in cities they are undergorund but as soon as you hit the outskirts and countryside the cables all still seem to be overhead.
50mph winds are not nice wherever you are, but a bit silly to use bad weather for a dig at the south. The MET office are quite right to give warnings so people are aware, I apologise in advance on behalf of the South if we are not flattened by Winds to your satisfaction next week.