Weather or Not?

[JohnWillimas]

Has anyone else noticed how the winter storms have got worse since we started giving them names?

I reckon all that fame has gone to their heads.

[DaveB]

Hmm.. an interesting theory

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

What part of the world are you writing from, John?

[JohnWillimas]

The drafty corner of Oxfordshire / Warwickshire / Northants in the UK.... (folk in the south west and the north have had it much worse than here, though)

[Paul K]

This winter is turning out very much like that of 2013/14, when we also had a powerful storm about every ten days. A sizeable portion of Somerset was under water for weeks.

I've just taken this screenshot of Windmap - as you can see, on the right is the UK and the winds are pretty ferocious. But look over to the west coast of North America; there is yet another storm building !




http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wi ... ,50.24,951

[dodger]

The drafty corner of Oxfordshire / Warwickshire / Northants in the UK.... (folk in the south west and the north have had it much worse than here, though)

High All,

You are right there John, i am about 25 miles from Bude Cornwall and the wind and rain has been awful, i don't know how Peter has faired ,obviously the same, i have just heard an aircraft overhead and looking on FR24 two Dash 8Q400's passing one another Manchester to Newquay and visa versa, i don't think i would like to be flying in them! wind gusts are still strong here.

Roger

[Airspeed]

The drafty corner of Oxfordshire / Warwickshire / Northants in the UK.... (folk in the south west and the north have had it much worse than here, though)

Interesting, I knew about hurricane/cyclone naming, but didn't know about Atlantic storms.
There seem to be cross-references to tropical events in the storm sites, so for all I know, they all come under the one banner; no time to look deeper into it at present.
Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, John....
They've already picked the names into the future:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml

Fascinating image, Paul, well found

[Paul K]

Fascinating image, Paul, well found

If you click on the link below it, you will see a real-time animation of wind patterns round the globe. I always have a look when we have a major blow coming in.

[Airspeed]

Thanks, Paul.
Bookmarked that one.
I see that you can sneak a peek anywhere on the planet.

[JohnWillimas]

Slightly off topic, but I can't help feeling that we'd feel better about our weather if we had weather forecasts like the Greeks. Forget the language, what I love is the exuberance. The song goes.. "lovely day... every day"...

So very different from our own Bill Giles... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVmf6RWTFfA