Hurricane Ophelia on path for Ireland/UK

[AtariLegend]

Hurricane Ophelia strengthens before storm reaches UK

The UK is set to experience the tail end of a category three hurricane with high temperatures and wind forecast.

As a result of Hurricane Ophelia, parts of England could see temperatures reach 25C on Sunday beating the 15C average for mid-October.

On Monday some areas of the UK will be hit with winds of up to 80mph (128km/h).

The hurricane will be a storm when it hits the UK, exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people.

On its way from the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Ophelia is currently blowing winds of 115mph (185km/h) setting the record for the most eastern category three hurricane in the Atlantic.

Category three hurricanes are defined as having wind speeds of between 111mph (179km/h) and 129mph (208km/h) and can cause major damage to well-built homes.

Though it is forecast to gradually weaken later on Sunday, the US National Hurricane Center said Ophelia would still be blowing hurricane-force winds as it approaches Ireland on Monday.

The Republic of Ireland's Met Office has issued a red warning for counties in Munster and Connacht, predicting that coastal areas will be hit by winds in excess of 80mph (130km/h) from 09:00 BST on Monday until Tuesday.

The ferocity of the hurricane will dissipate before it reaches the UK, but Ophelia's remnants are forecast to bring high winds in coastal areas.

Western England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland will be most affected by the storm winds.

The storm is often remembered for BBC Weather presenter Michael Fish dismissing reports that "there was a hurricane on the way".

Although he was right, storm winds of 100mph did batter the south of England, leaving a trail of destruction.

Eighteen people died and 15 million trees were destroyed as a result of the high winds.

It is thought that the storm caused £1bn in damage to property and infrastructure.

The Met Office has issued severe weather alerts ahead of Ophelia and has warned there could be potential power cuts, disruption to road and rail networks, and damage to buildings as a result of Monday's stormy weather.

But parts of England will benefit from the warm temperatures brought by the storm, with areas as far up as Nottingham expected to hit highs of 21C on Monday.

Clouds in central and southern England are expected to break up to provide sunny spells over the course of the weekend.

Some parts of the country have been enjoying a "mini heatwave" already. Ian Senior tweeted a screenshot of the temperature in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, which was 17C on Saturday morning.

Jennie, who lives in Leeds, also wrote on Twitter that she never thought she would be "walk[ing] around bare legged wearing a skirt and short sleeved T-shirt" in mid-October.

But some parts of the country were still waiting for the temperatures to improve. Martin Cluderay, from Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales, posted an overcast scene from the town titled: "Welcome to the heatwave."

West Scotland and Northern Ireland are forecast to receive heavy rainfall on Sunday.

BBC Weather has tweeted that Monday will bring "contrasting fortunes" - wild and windy in some western areas, warm and breezy in the east.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41620071 

The place I live in, is expected to see winds of close to 30 miles an hour!

The locals complain that 3 miles is too windy, how will they cope with this?

[Graeme]

It annoys me that they're straight-facedly calling it a hurricane. Just because it -was- a hurricane, doesn't mean it is now... we don't get hurricanes in northern Europe (in fact, in Europe in general). Media sensationalism for the sake of a catchy headline, but it misinforms so many people who're never actually going to do the research on where, why and how hurricanes are formed.

(As a volcano scientist used to chart-toppingly unhelpful levels of exaggeration and stupidity from the fourth estate, I might be a bit more sensitive to this than most).

Edited October 15, 2017 by Graeme

[DieselDaisy]

Windy with sunny spells and spots of rain.

[Len Cnut]

Its just God afflicting the North as usual, don't make no odds to us decent folk in the South East.

[DieselDaisy]

The fair Ophelia!—Nymph, in thy orisons. Apparently mobile phones will be disrupted; every cloud..., eh?

[janrichmond]

Been lovely today innit @Len Cnut😎☀️

[Len Cnut]

1 hour ago, janrichmond said:

Been lovely today innit @Len Cnut😎☀️

Dunno, been indoors all day pissed as a fart.

[Georgy Zhukov]

Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row

Edited October 15, 2017 by Georgy Zhukov

[AtariLegend]

32 minutes ago, Georgy Zhukov said:

Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row

Filming of GOT is supposed to start this week, if lucky D/D might end up getting blown off in the winds.

[DieselDaisy]

Fair Ophelia

 

[DieselDaisy]

Nothing has happened, it being merely foggy and wet.

The great thing about Britain is we do not get hurricanes or tornadoes; we do not get tsunamis; volcanic eruptions are unheard of; there are no earthquakes; we don't have forest fires; our 'heatwaves' prompt the ridicule of other nations. We do get a lot of rain but even that is exaggerated when compared with countries afflicted by the monsoon. Our animals do not kill us either.

Everything is temperate, in the middle, lacking extremity, moderate.

[Graeme]

4 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Nothing has happened, it being merely foggy and wet.

The great thing about Britain is we do not get hurricanes or tornadoes; we do not get tsunamis; volcanic eruptions are unheard of; there are no earthquakes; we don't have forest fires; our 'heatwaves' prompt the ridicule of other nations. We do get a lot of rain but even that is exaggerated when compared with countries afflicted by the monsoon. Our animals do not kill us either.

Everything is temperate, in the middle, lacking extremity, moderate.

Three people have died in Ireland.

[DieselDaisy]

4 minutes ago, Graeme said:

Three people have died in Ireland.

It is good I said 'Britain' then.

 

[MillionsOfSpiders]

 

[Graeme]

I hope no further deaths occur when it arrives in western Scotland tonight.

[DieselDaisy]

Fewer than the number of daily cardiovascular deaths in Scotland as a result of la munchy box one suspects.

[DieselDaisy]

The fair Ophelia has just struck Geordieland. Just a gale force wind really. Load of nothing about nothing.

[janrichmond]

Down south it's been really warm all day and a bit breezy but it got really dark with a reddish sky. No rain but it felt stormy.

That sentence was so fucking British  talking about the weather. If i find a nice queue to join i'll be a proper stereotype 

Cup of tea anyone?

[Gracii Guns]

My sister's flight from Berlin had to stop at Amsterdam for the night due to the storm. 

I'm just waiting for the right time to rake up the leaves in the garden. 

[Len Cnut]

18 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Fewer than the number of daily cardiovascular deaths in Scotland as a result of la munchy box one suspects.

That was a bit cold weren’t it?

[DieselDaisy]

9 minutes ago, Len Cnut said:

That was a bit cold weren’t it?

The Munchy Box? I'd lodge a complaint.

I am somewhat fascinated with the Munchy Box.

[Len Cnut]

18 hours ago, MillionsOfSpiders said:

 

I was watching the video thinkin ‘some old gits gonna slide across doin the twist’

[Gracii Guns]

5 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

The Munchy Box? I'd lodge a complaint.

I am somewhat fascinated with the Munchy Box.

Of course, Newcastle is known for its temperance, shunning anything beyond basic nutrition for penance and the contemplative life. 

[Len Cnut]

The only temperance they got in Newcastle is the snooker halls.

[DieselDaisy]

2 hours ago, Gracii Guns said:

Of course, Newcastle is known for its temperance, shunning anything beyond basic nutrition for penance and the contemplative life. 

I'm living on Greek salads right now so...