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with easterly winds from the continent warming the sea surface. What impacts will stem from elevated Atlantic sea-surface temperatures? The eastern tropical Atlantic is the principal spawning ground for North Atlantic hurricanes. Meteorological records show that during periods influenced by El Niño

respite is only ahead of the next incoming system. Sunday night into Monday: remnants of Hurricane Melissa Persistent rain will push into the Republic of Ireland and reach Northern Ireland by late Sunday. This rain will sweep across the UK on Sunday night into Monday and is attached to a low-pressure

tropical storm status. 2. Tropical cyclone activity Tropical cyclone activity NWP NEP NAT NI MED TOTAL Tropical depressions (<34 knots) 5 (6) 0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (6) Tropical storms (34-63 knots) 13 (13) 8 (11) 5 (14) 6 (3) 1 (2) 33 (43) Hurricanes/typhoons (>63 knots) 12 (10) 10 (8) 8 (7) 1 (3) 0 (0

gale 40 45 56.68 66.01 7.873 9.963 Storm 50 75.35 12.300 Violent hurricanes, tempests, etc. 60 80 100 88.02 117.36 146.70 17.715 31.490 49.200 Table 1. Velocities and forces of the wind by Mr Rous. From 1660 onwards, keeping weather records at places on land became increasingly popular, and as early

. However, there are signals for the potential of further wet and windy weather towards the end of next week.   There has been some speculation about the impact of Hurricane Isaac on the UK weather next week. Hurricane Isaac is expected to transition into an ex-tropical storm through Sunday night

hurricane Ophelia dragged warm air northwards across the UK, resulting in maximum temperatures in the low 20°C’s across eastern counties of England (23.5°C, Manston, Kent on 16th) as well as hurricane-force winds. A gust of 90 mph was recorded at Aberdaron and Capel Curig in Gwynedd on the same day

to be prepared for the effects of weather and climate change on them and their communities. Find out more at www.metoffice.gov.uk/schools © Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office 5 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Extreme weather profile cards Hurricane Hurricanes are very large, rapidly rotating storms

© Crown Copyright 2019, Met Office 5 Exploring extreme weather | Extreme weather Extreme weather profile cards Hurricane Hurricanes are very large, rapidly rotating storms, with very strong winds and thunderstorms. Each year several make landfall and can cause considerable damage to property

areas of improvement such as the improvements to the NSWWS which MH and her team have delivered. The group were informed about the Met Office work in forecasting and tracking the Atlantic hurricanes which have plagued the Caribbean this season. The Met Office global model, and a nested high resolution

safe during impactful storms.   If a storm is named by a different storm naming group and impacts the UK, the given name will be used in communications, as occurred with Storm Malik in January this year. In addition, if the remnants of a hurricane has moved across the Atlantic to impact UK weather