Brendan faster, deeper
Call it delusions of grandeur if you like, but sometimes I get the distinct impression that someone down in the forecasting office in Exeter does occasionally read some of the stuff I write on xmetman.
Warnings
Missed warnings for heavy rain
Is it just me that questions how warnings for heavy rain are issued?
How is Monday’s gale shaping up?
A few thoughts about low Fenja or should that be storm Brendan on Monday.
A quick look at today’s winds so far
Honey I shrunk the area too much!
Windy warnings
Weather warnings – another feature that I’ve just discovered in the great Windy.com web site.
A windy Monday next week
Monday certainly looks like it will be very windy so it’s a fair bet that this could be named storm Brendan if Met Eireann have anything to do with it. Tuesday has the potential for being even windier across southern area as the secondary low looks well placed for rapid development.
Today’s cancelled warning
I was rather surprised that they didn’t cancel it earlier, and had thought they might leave the warning in force and brazen it out like they’ve done in the past, after all it is a rather windy day south of 53° north, and there have been a few lively gusts around.
Meteogroup all in a dither
The latest forecast chart for Thursday doesn’t look particularly threatening but everyone seems in a dither about what low Clara is going to do.
The Capel Curig wind tunnel
The Met Office are not taking any chances after getting caught out on two separate occasions in the last week with gusts of 70 mph at Capel Curig.
Meteogroup might not be expecting it to happen but the Met Office are pretty certain it will…
It will be fascinating to see who wins out in this tussle about how much low Clara deepens on Thursday
Strong winds but which are they blowing?
Thursday is shaping up to be an interesting day with all the NWP models at sixes and sevens about exactly what track low Clara is taking
Must try harder
Some of the highest gusts today occurred outside the yellow warning area for strong winds, notably at Aboyne (64 mph), Inverbervie (64 mph) and a 68 mph again at Capel Curig (aka the Welsh wind tunnel).
