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Marco Petagna

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Media Advisor & Senior Operational Meteorologist UK Met Office

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calendar_today02-10-2012 14:53:39

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🟠⚠️ AMBER WARNING ⚠️ 🟠 Storm Floris is set to bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds across all parts of Scotland tomorrow, Monday, 4 August. The Met Office has issued a blanket yellow warning across the country, in place from 06:00-00:00, with an upgraded amber

🟠⚠️ AMBER WARNING ⚠️ 🟠

Storm Floris is set to bring unseasonably strong and disruptive winds across all parts of Scotland tomorrow, Monday, 4 August. The Met Office has issued a blanket yellow warning across the country, in place from 06:00-00:00, with an upgraded amber
Scottish Government (@scotgov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️ Met Office has issued an amber warning for high winds from 10am and 10pm tomorrow for a large part of mainland Scotland and the Western Isles. Keep updated: 🌧️Weather Met Office 🚍Travel advice @policescotland 🚘Traffic Traffic Scotland 🚆Railways ScotRail

⚠️ <a href="/metoffice/">Met Office</a> has issued an amber warning for high winds from 10am and 10pm tomorrow for a large part of mainland Scotland and the Western Isles.
 
Keep updated: 
 
🌧️Weather <a href="/metoffice/">Met Office</a> 
🚍Travel advice @policescotland
🚘Traffic <a href="/trafficscotland/">Traffic Scotland</a> 
🚆Railways <a href="/ScotRail/">ScotRail</a>
Marco Petagna (@petagna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#StormFloris developing more notably now Almost hints of a bit of a hammer head forming...dry air from aloft entraining into the system aiding deepening as it engages the very strong jetstream and moves across it towards the colder more unstable northern side

#StormFloris developing more notably now

Almost hints of a bit of a hammer head forming...dry air from aloft entraining into the system aiding deepening as it engages the very strong jetstream and moves across it towards the colder more unstable northern side
Met Office (@metoffice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚠️⚠️ Amber weather warning updated ⚠️⚠️ Wind across much of Scotland Monday 1000 – 2300 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️

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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️ Wind across Orkney and Shetland Tuesday 0000 – 0800 Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

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Storm Floris is bringing strong and gusty winds to northern parts of the UK, leading to some disruption 🍃 Here are the highest wind gusts we have recorded so far ⤵️

Storm Floris is bringing strong and gusty winds to northern parts of the UK, leading to some disruption 🍃

Here are the highest wind gusts we have recorded so far ⤵️
Sayaka Mori (@sayakasofiamori) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Unbelievable day in Japan. On August 5th, a new national record of 41.8°C/107F was set in Isesaki. At least 14 locations exceeded 40°C/104F, the most ever in a single day. And for the first time, four locations topped 41°C/106F. (as of Tues 4pm)

Unbelievable day in Japan. On August 5th, a new national record of 41.8°C/107F was set in Isesaki.

At least 14 locations exceeded 40°C/104F, the most ever in a single day. And for the first time, four locations topped 41°C/106F. (as of Tues 4pm)
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (@ssencommunity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Floris has been an unprecedented summer storm, and our network in the north of Scotland has been significantly affected. This photo shows the impact Floris has had. We’ve now restored power to 50k homes; work's ongoing now to restore supplies to 22k more ssen.co.uk/storm

#Floris has been an unprecedented summer storm, and our network in the north of Scotland has been significantly affected. This photo shows the impact Floris has had. We’ve now restored power to 50k homes; work's ongoing now to restore supplies to 22k more ssen.co.uk/storm
Copernicus EMS (@copernicusems) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🔥Fire danger forecast for 5–12 Aug shows extreme FWI anomalies in: 🇪🇸Iberian Peninsula 🇫🇷S. France 🇮🇹S. Italy 🇬🇷Greece 🇧🇬Bulgaria & 🇷🇴Romania E. 🇬🇧UK & 🇮🇪Ireland Lower danger expected across most of western, central, eastern Europe & Scandinavia. 🔗europa.eu/!HRmFq6

🔥Fire danger forecast for 5–12 Aug shows extreme FWI anomalies in:

🇪🇸Iberian Peninsula
🇫🇷S. France
🇮🇹S. Italy
🇬🇷Greece
🇧🇬Bulgaria &amp; 🇷🇴Romania
E. 🇬🇧UK &amp; 🇮🇪Ireland

Lower danger expected across most of western, central, eastern Europe &amp; Scandinavia.

🔗europa.eu/!HRmFq6
Marco Petagna (@petagna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

During the rapid development of #StormFloris early yesterday it took on non typical (Norwegian style) N Atlantic low pressure system characteristics..more akin to a shapiro keyser set up.. cold front fracture and warm seclusion as below...unusual, especially for a summer storm

During the rapid development of #StormFloris early yesterday it took on non typical (Norwegian style) N Atlantic low pressure system characteristics..more akin to a shapiro keyser set up.. cold front fracture and warm seclusion as below...unusual, especially for a summer storm
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Hong Kong has just experienced its wettest August day on record. Roughly the same amount of rain fell in 17 hours that London gets on average in six months. Flash floods and landslides were reported, and 12000 lightning strikes accompanied the rainstorm.

Hong Kong has just experienced its wettest August day on record.

Roughly the same amount of rain fell in 17 hours that London gets on average in six months.

Flash floods and landslides were reported, and 12000 lightning strikes accompanied the rainstorm.