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. Sensitivity: Names linked to significant public figures, controversial topics, or politics are avoided. Retired names: Any name previously retired as a hurricane name will not be reused. Impartiality: Storms are never named after private companies or brands. Suitability: The frequency of a name’s

progressed northwards over Britain from Cornwall to the Yorkshire Coast and the strongest winds in the system developed as a rather narrow stream from the N or NNE over the Irish Sea. The winds reached hurricane force 12 on the Beaufort Scale and were estimated at well over 100mph. Wind speeds recorded

changing through the course of the weekend from Hurricane Aaron to an area of low pressure that will mix things up a little bit as we go into next week. But before that, plenty of fine weather to be had through the course of this long weekend.” Keep up to date with weather warnings, and you can find

generally dry. And with that, we're going to see our temperatures rising a little bit. Not as high as they have been earlier on in the summer, but nonetheless, it is likely to be a bit warmer as we go through this weekend. “Now, there's been a lot of talk about what's going to happen with Hurricane Aaron

model (known as GloSea) is used to forecast the number of tropical storms (including hurricanes) and Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index for the Atlantic sector in the period July to November 2008. Recent research has shown that the skill of dynamical systems such as GloSea is challenging

has been named in line with the Met Office’s storm naming protocol, which aims to improve public awareness and readiness for impactful weather. The storm’s evolution is being closely monitored, with its development influenced by the remnants of Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda over the tropical

the year for some of its more notable weather events. Events like ex-hurricane Ophelia, which in October brought high winds and disruption to parts of Ireland and the UK, and memorably for some drew up dust from the Sahara and smoke from the wildfires in Iberia, giving us the appearance of sunset

are strengthening further north in the western North Pacific Ocean region. Over the United States, tropical cyclones (known locally as Hurricanes) progress slower over the country compared the early 20th century. The mechanics of tropical cyclones and how they interact with our changing climate

and Tuesday had a different origin as it developed from a hurricane in the tropical Atlantic. Therefore, Ophelia’s original name was continued rather than using the next predetermined name from the UK and Ireland’s storm-naming process. You can find out the current forecast in your area using our forecast

knots Track forecast errors were low and skill scores very high for forecasts for Hurricane Helene. The landfall location was very well predicted. Isaac (10L) 26-30 September 968 mb, 90 knots The first forecast for Isaac was a little fast, but later forecasts had very low track forecast errors