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Atlantic Storms January 2014


Liam J

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  • Location: Torrington, Devon
  • Weather Preferences: storms - of the severe kind
  • Location: Torrington, Devon

Daily Mail are running that Porthcawl lighthouse picture on their frontpage

 

But the headline is 'thrillseekers dicing with death'

 

Maybe so, i think it's wrong for parents to drag children around harbour walls when giant waves are crashing over them

 

For Adults, we're responsible for ourselves, and we should know the risk we're taking.

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  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales
  • Location: Blackwood SE Wales

The more I look into January's forecast, the less I see much of a chance of a recovery period... ~ Thursday to Saturday night may'be the driest time ? Then we are back into our cycle of lovely atlantic storms :) 

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)

Amazingly no forecasts or warning from ESTOFEX, Skywarn or the other dedicated storm sites - are they getting punch drunk too?

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  • Location: Pontardawe, Neath-Port Talbot 78m asl
  • Location: Pontardawe, Neath-Port Talbot 78m asl

Daily Mail are running that Porthcawl lighthouse picture on their frontpage

 

But the headline is 'thrillseekers dicing with death'

 

Maybe so, i think it's wrong for parents to drag children around harbour walls when giant waves are crashing over them

 

For Adults, we're responsible for ourselves, and we should know the risk we're taking.

 

Agree but in that pic, the area where the people are standing is actually adjacent to the main road with a car park behind them...its a spot locals often park to view waves at high tide...the coast guard station is the building in the pic and they are usually present and prevent anyone from accessing the main pier beyond in stormy conditions. (I would'nt be surprised if some of the people picture are actually members of the coast guard)The angle of the pic makes it look much more dangerous

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  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.

Agree but in that pic, the area where the people are standing is actually adjacent to the main road with a car park behind them...its a spot locals often park to view waves at high tide...the coast guard station is the building in the pic and they are usually present and prevent anyone from accessing the main pier beyond in stormy conditions. (I would'nt be surprised if some of the people picture are actually members of the coast guard)The angle of the pic makes it look much more dangerous

 

Heres a photo of the coastguard station showing it to be much safer than the other photo suggests.

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  • Location: Rayleigh, Essex
  • Location: Rayleigh, Essex

My girlfriend's family live on a farm in Porthcawl looking down onto the seafront and it is well worth a visit during bad weather. No other reason to visit the concrete beach though :D

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  • Location: St rads Dover
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, T Storms.
  • Location: St rads Dover

Daily Mail are running that Porthcawl lighthouse picture on their frontpage

 

But the headline is 'thrillseekers dicing with death'

 

Maybe so, i think it's wrong for parents to drag children around harbour walls when giant waves are crashing over them

 

For Adults, we're responsible for ourselves, and we should know the risk we're taking.

If it does go wrong you also risk the rescuers lives.

 

Edit didn't know the topography of the area before the post above told us. Looks like the media is just using this pic to make a point. But in some areas there are idiots that get to close and get in trouble and put others at risk to help them. If it is a pic of coastguards I would complain if I was them.

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)

UK storms: Flood warnings continue for much of Britain

 

Numerous flood warnings remain in place across Britain, and the Met Office has warned of more heavy rain for south and south-east England. Three severe flood warnings - meaning "danger to life" - have been issued for Dorset, along with more than 120 lower-level warnings in England and Wales. One of the severe warnings is for Chiswell - where a flood siren was sounded after defences were breached.

 
Flood warnings have also been issued in Scotland, though none is rated severe. Police in Northern Ireland asked people to avoid coastal areas on Monday, but tides there were not as high as initially feared. Weather warnings were issued for much of the UK on Monday, but these have all been lifted with the exception of the rain warning for southern and south-eastern England. This is a yellow warning - the lowest of the Met Office's three levels - for "heavy showers, some of them combined with hail and thunder". The warning, due to run until 06:00 GMT on Wednesday, says the public should be "aware of the risk of further localised flooding, especially in areas which have been affected in recent days".
 
'Move upstairs'
 
The Environment Agency set off the flood siren in Dorset to warn of extreme danger to people and property after waves crashed over defences at Chesil Beach, near the village of Chiswell. Dorset Police have told families in the area to move to an upstairs room facing away from the sea. Elsewhere in the county, severe flood warnings are in place for the Lower Stour and Preston Beach, near Weymouth. Karen Bosman, a watch officer at Solent coastguard on the English Channel, told the BBC she had never seen such a prolonged storm and said there were forecasts for more high winds of up to 50mph that would whip up the sea.
 
Western and southern parts of the UK were the worst affected by Monday's bad weather and flooding, which left some villages in Somerset cut off. Other areas affected included:
  • Cornwall, where waves of up to 27ft (8m) were recorded and some properties flooded
  • Salisbury in Wiltshire where some residents had to leave their homes
  • Aberystwyth, where all buildings along the promenade were evacuated
There was travel disruption on Monday, with many roads closed due to flooding. Some roads remain closed and more rain later could caused renewed problems. The Rail Delivery Group, which speaks on behalf of the rail industry, said on Monday that 96% of scheduled services were operating despite localised flooding and weather damage.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25633693

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall

Ahh yet another thunderstorm in W Cornwall this morning! Will be all quiet when im back there on Friday! :lol:

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More heavy rain tomorrow, models have shifted it further NW than was originally forecast with Wales, NW England and some central areas looking to get the worst of it now, S/SE England probably escaping another soaking.

 

EURO4 model shows 50mm or so for these parts, in inch or so more widely possible.

 

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  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...
  • Weather Preferences: extremes n snow
  • Location: on a canal , probably near Northampton...

Really dial 112 for a fallen tree that is out of the way?

Thats a direct line through to us liveaboard boaters who can descend with chainsaws to fill our roofs with more free fuel!!
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Some interesting reflections on the recent storms we have experienced. From UKWW

 

As an afterthought, the wind waves modelled within this present low pressure reached over 19 metres (Sig Wave). To get Max Wave, multiply this figure by 1.4. Likely that for a time over the North Atlantic, there were perhaps several waves over 100 feet within the circulation of the low.

Previous highest modelled waves were during the Braer Storm, these topping out at 17.5 metres on 10th Jan 1993.

It will probably be a long time before we have waves on such a collosal scale again.

 

A rock fall in Porthcothan Bay, Cornwall, a local landmark destroyed

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In Portland, a rock stack off the coast, known locally as Pom Pom rock, has been washed away. Local historian Stuart Morris, who photographed the rock before and after its collapse, said: "You are talking about a natural stack that was hundreds of tonnes, totally demolished and broken to pieces by the storm.

 

 

In Portreath waves destroyed a 100 year old building off the pier.

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25637142

 

These storms really were exceptional, perhaps a 1 in 100 year event. Our weather does seem to be getting more extreme?

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  • Location: Coastal West Sussex
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Humid & stormy
  • Location: Coastal West Sussex

amazing pictures of those waves

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  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
  • Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex (work in Mid Sussex)
Flood Risk Continues With More Rain On The Way
 
Swollen rivers and saturated ground may not cope with heavy rains forecast over the next two days, the Met Office warns
 
More heavy rain is on the way with large parts of Britain remain at risk of further flooding.
 
The Met Office has extended its severe weather alert until Thursday morning, warning that the saturated ground and swollen rivers in the south of England and Wales may not cope with more rain. A Met Office spokesman said: "The public should be aware of the potential for further flooding, especially in the areas which have been affected recently. "Given current sensitive hydrological conditions, there is a risk of further surface water flooding in Wales, and both river and surface water flooding in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset."
 
The Met Office has its lowest warning in place, forecasting "periods of heavy rain" in the south west of England and Wales on Wednesday into Thursday. Between 30-40mm of rain is expected to fall in the wettest spots. There are no longer any severe flood warnings in force from the Environment Agency, but there are 114 flood warnings in place across the country. A further 195 low-level flood alerts are also in force.
 
Paul Mustow, flood risk manager at the EA, said: "The risk of flooding continues this week, with communities in the South West and South East urged to stay safe and sign up to free flood warnings." Seven people have died and more than 1,700 homes and businesses have been flooded in England since the beginning of the Christmas period, with around 550 properties flooded since the new year. Some 140 properties have been flooded in Wales. Flood defences protected 220,000 properties over the Christmas period and another 800,000 were protected during the coastal flooding in early December.
 
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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

Well so far the rain is light which is surprising looking at the radar. less than 1mm in an hour and half here.

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

The floods affecting large parts of the country are probably connected to climate change, David Cameron has said.

 

The prime minister told MPs that there were more "abnormal" weather events occurring and he "suspected" they were linked to global temperature changes.

 

Several senior Conservatives, including former Chancellor Lord Lawson, are professed "climate change sceptics".

 

Whatever the reason for the recent weather, Mr Cameron said it made sense to invest in the UK's flood defences.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25656426

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

Twaddle

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

Tonight's rain has suddenly got heavier now up to 6.2mm although now the radar thinks it's light rain.Posted Image

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  • Location: Hereford
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: Hereford

 

The floods affecting large parts of the country are probably connected to climate change, David Cameron has said.

 

The prime minister told MPs that there were more "abnormal" weather events occurring and he "suspected" they were linked to global temperature changes.

 

Several senior Conservatives, including former Chancellor Lord Lawson, are professed "climate change sceptics".

 

Whatever the reason for the recent weather, Mr Cameron said it made sense to invest in the UK's flood defences.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25656426

 

given his comments, l still cant see why they are making cuts to the departments.. :/ but oh well its a weather forum and not a political one.. none the less l couldnt help making this comment.

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The next deep depression moves in with quite a lot of wet weather likely over the next week and likely beyond. Some heavy rain moving into the West later today then a squally band of rain crossing the county tomorrow

 

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Looks wet over the next 72 hours, 2 inches/50mm possible across parts of Wales and NW England. NMM:

 

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