Storm Comin’

[gothwalk]

Originally published at Now Is A Long Time Too. You can comment here or there.

You all know I’m a weather buff by now. And one of the things I’m most fascinated by in the weather is the stuff that happens within a few days of the same date every year, regardless of what the rest of the weather is doing. One of these is the upturn in temperatures on Christmas Day (proving, at least in my mind, that the date was set by early medieval weather geeks). The other is the equinoctal storm, which happens twice a year, within the week of March and September 21. St. Patrick’s Day 1987 saw one of the worst storms I can remember, and now, coming up to September 21, we have… Hurricane Gordon.

From Metcheck:

Here are the probabilistic forecasts for the next 48 hours :- 1. Gordon has no interaction with the British Isles (5%) 2. Gordon splits in two late on Wednesday evening taking gales and heavy rain North into Southern Ireland which later spreads East into Western areas (60%) 3. Gordon retains central circulation affecting Western Ireland as a Tropical Storm (20%) 4. Gordon retains central circulation affecting Western England and the Irish Sea as a Tropical Storm (15%)

Better forecasts will be available tomorrow, but in any case, incoming storm.

(Yes, I know this is nothing for people in real hurricane areas. This is a big one from our point of view.)

Comments

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

Hire some young men to lean against it on the other side. You can give them anoraks as an incentive.