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Hurricane Milton

Hurricane Milton is expected to severely impact parts of Florida over the next couple of days.

It’s currently a category four major hurricane, but is likely to slowly weaken as it moves towards western Florida through today. However, Milton is still expected to be a dangerous and destructive hurricane as it makes landfall, with sustained winds of around 130mph along the coast

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Ex-Hurricane Ophelia

feature will be the arrival of Ex-Ophelia along the western seaboard of Ireland on Monday. Although this ex-hurricane will bring impactful weather to many northern and western parts of the UK, the forecast for other areas – such as South East England – is good with warm and mainly dry conditions likely

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Will Hurricane Lorenzo affect the UK?

Lorenzo will arrive in the UK and Ireland as an ex-hurricane later this week, bringing very strong winds and heavy rain to western areas of the UK.

Currently to the southwest of the Azores, Lorenzo is the strongest hurricane to have been recorded so far east in the Atlantic. Lorenzo is expected to maintain Category 2 (105mph) winds as it passes close to the Azores today and Wednesday, before transitioning into a deep low pressure system

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Ex-hurricane Ophelia impacts the UK

Ex-Hurricane Ophelia will bring stormy conditions to western parts of the UK today (Monday 16 October).

Although this ex-hurricane will bring impactful weather to many northern and western parts of the UK, the forecast for other areas – such as South East England – is for warm and mainly dry conditions to dominate. Met Office Chief Forecaster Paul Gundersen said: “Ophelia weakened on Sunday night

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Ex-hurricane Bertha From Sunday 10 to Monday 11 August 2014, the UK experienced some unseasonably windy and very wet weather from the remnants of ex-hurricane Bertha. Some locations in north-east Scotland received double the August long-term average rainfall, resulting in significant flooding

More active Atlantic hurricane season ahead?

active Atlantic hurricane season ahead? Author: Press Office 27 May 2022 The Atlantic hurricane season – which runs from June to November – is most likely to be above average for tropical cyclone activity according to the latest seasonal prediction from the Met Office. The forecast for the coming

What has been driving Hurricane Beryl?

has been driving Hurricane Beryl? Author: Press Office 5 July 2024 Hurricane Beryl, which has been tearing through the Caribbean, has been hitting the headlines for several reasons. Firstly, there is the undeniable fact that during her existence as a Category 4 and 5 hurricane Beryl caused much

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Ex-hurricane Ophelia passes after 90mph winds

Ex-Hurricane Ophelia has moved out over the North Sea after bringing gusts of over 90mph to parts of the UK.

will be at high altitude and are not expected to bring air quality issues at ground level, the smoke particles alone are not expected to turn the sky red to such an extent as yesterday. Hurricane Ophelia developed to the southwest of the Azores and had reached Category 3 status over the weekend

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Ex-Hurricane Ophelia 16 October 2017 On 16 October 2017 ex-hurricane Ophelia brought very strong winds to western parts of the UK and Ireland. This date fell on the exact 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 16 October 1987. Ex-hurricane Ophelia (named by the US National Hurricane Center

Hurricanes

Hurricanes are amongst the most powerful and destructive meteorological systems on earth. Each year several make landfall in various parts of the world and can cause considerable damage to property and loss of life.

What is a hurricane? A hurricane is an area of low pressure over tropical or sub-tropical waters, with organised convection (i.e. thunderstorm activity) and sustained winds near the surface of at least 74 m.p.h. (and stronger gusts) circulating either anti-clockwise (in the northern hemisphere

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