#StormFloris peak wind gusts through tomorrow. A large swathe of northern England, parts of north Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are likely to have gusts in excess of 50mph. Most significant wind gusts will be confined to northern half of Scotland, with a narrow band of

Tried digging to find a precedent to #StormFloris for August and the closest I can find is 24th August 2005 which was a good bit further north but North Rona Island (98m ASL) had a wind gust of 101 mph. Even Needles Old Battery (IOW) reported 72 mph supposedly.

Last night's minimum temperatures across the UK

Very stark increase in wind at The Glen on Barra as the strongest winds of #StormFloris arrive - nowcast models show this corridor of very strong winds after 'relative' calm very well. wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/…

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1550 at least 22,500 without power in Scotland due to storm floris and many trees down.

With its large dry slot & pronounced 'hook', #StormFloris is a sight to behold as it crosses the UK this afternoon. If only it wasn't so disruptive, especially for Scotland. Check out those long tails of cloud stretching out across the North Atlantic too. A windstorm with flair.

Storm #Floris 🌀 Provisionally: - Strongest August gust on record in Scotland - Equal strongest August gust on record in Northern Ireland - Lowest August mean sea level pressure in NW Scotland and Orkney since 1992 - Central pressure ⬇️ 28 hPa in 24 hours

Last night's minimum temperatures across the UK

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Last night's minimum temperatures across the UK

So.. summer may well make a comeback, BUT we have a tropical system in the mix (TS Dexter). The remnants of Dexter are either going to linger to our SW allowing much warmer air to push up from the near continent and keep us drier OR be picked up and erode the ridge that tries

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"You pay your money , you take your choice" tonight's ECMWF Ensemble has something for everyone T+132/T+144 with no consensus at all in the Ensemble for any particular steer to whether a more progressive high or continental high or slack thundery low pressure set up is going to

Last night's minimum temperatures across the UK

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Last night's minimum temperatures across the UK

The 00z GFS goes for a prolonged heatwave, starting from this Sunday, lasting till 21st August. Some less hot days in the mix, but a fair long run of high 20s/low 30s, especially across southern parts of England.

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