: Hurricane Katia - Hitting the UK

Posted by: IpswichWeatherCenter, 06:45:GMT den 12. september 2011

Hurricane Katia transitioned into a Extra-tropical system a few days ago, and tracked towards the UK. It has now hit, with a big variation across the UK.

Parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are being buffeted with Tropical Storm Force Winds:
"The deep area of low pressure which was contains post-tropical cyclone Katia is moving closer to western Scotland. Winds are strengthening, currently meaning 55 mph and gusting to 72 mph at Capel Curig in the mountains of North Wales. Elsewhere winds are widely gusting to 40+ mph, with further strengthening expected through Monday." - Sourced from the Met-Office website.

The media have been predicting a natural disaster, and it seems like they are wrong. Like normal.

Meanwhile, here in Ipswich, we are getting about 10-15mph sustained winds, and very light rain. Also it feels like its about 20c already at the moment. It is really hot for 07:39 in the morning.

I expect Katia to probably be alot intenser than predictions state in the mountainous areas, however I think she will bottom out around 969 mbar and with winds about 80-100 mph. I expect there will be limited damage however, apart from a few powerlines down etc etc, due to how buildings are constructed here compared to the US.

Wind, Rain graph for Isle Of South Uist (Scotland):

Categories:Tropical Cyclone Hurricane Landfall United Kingdom

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Tropical Cyclone Update - 13th June 2010

Posted by: IpswichWeatherCenter, 10:55:GMT den 13. juni 2010

So on this cloudy 13th of June in Ipswich, Suffolk lets see what is happening in the Tropical Atlantic.92L (AOI 1): In the Tropical Atlantic we have a brand new Invest dubbed 92L. Its an incredibly impressive system for a Cape Verde invest 13 days into the 2010 Hurricane Season.I am very impressed by the overall structure of 92L, while it looks rather mangy cloud wise it has incredibly good potential and could become TD1 within 12-48 hours. After then I reckon 92L w...

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Tropical Cyclone Update - 6th June 2010

Posted by: IpswichWeatherCenter, 13:22:GMT den 06. juni 2010

Hola, Bonsoir, Hello and welcome to my first Tropical Cyclone Update of 2010.The date is the 6th of June and I've just come back from holiday in Espanyol!There's nothing in the Atlantic or Pacific basins as of 14:22 BST.Next update - tommorow after school

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Tropical Update 21:27 BST

Posted by: IpswichWeatherCenter, 20:34:GMT den 01. september 2009

Hiya everyone, Welcome to my as frequent as possible Tropical Outlook.Atlantic Overview:Eastern Pacific Overview:Central Pacific Overview:----------------------------------------------------------------Atlantic Cyclones:94L/Tropical Storm 06:Right now before you kill me, we are hearing rumors of 94L being upgraded.I expect an advisory at 5 p.m local time, if you wonder about track, I'm thinking BAMM will be the NHC track for this.Also, Look out for soon to be 95L:I ...

Updated: 20:36:GMT den 01. september 2009

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Tropical Update at 09:01 BST

Posted by: IpswichWeatherCenter, 08:01:GMT den 27. august 2009

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