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A gallery of images capturing the stormy weather of 10-03-2008
Many thanks to the following contributors:-
Matt Harris, Del Skilton, Natalie Threadingham, James Blackwood, Phillip Petty, Trudy Nicolle, Dan Snow, Hezzi, Paul, Adrian Buchan and Matty.
The following weather report was issued on Sunday 9th March, 2008.
Confidence is now high in that an
exceptionally deep Atlantic low will affect the UK during Sunday night, Monday
and into the early hours of Tuesday, bringing with it a spell of heavy rain, the
risk of some snow, and perhaps more significantly, the risk of gales and severe
gales.
The low is currently developing rapidly out in the Atlantic as forecast, but
after days of consistency between the models about its forecast track, the low
is now being forecast to track on a more southerly route than previously
indicated. This in turn will have some affect over the resulting weather
conditions as will be detailed below. It is now expected that this low will make
landfall over central areas of the Republic of Ireland during the early hours of
Monday morning before tracking eastwards across Wales, the Midlands, and exiting
the country around Lincolnshire.
With this system there are still expected to be two main areas of strong winds
causing concern.
The first is expected to be ahead of the frontal system as it crosses the
country during the early hours of Monday morning, with southerly gales likely,
gusting up towards 70mph over exposed Irish Sea coasts along with southern and
southwestern coasts for a time. Even in the southeast, winds could gust up to
65mph for a time and this could coincide with Monday morning's rush hour. As the
front comes through, there is also the risk of some exceptionally squally gusts
along with hail and thunder.
The second area of concern will be the winds coming around the low on its
southern flank, where westerly gales or severe gales are likely. This now looks
like mainly affecting southwestern England (particularly Cornwall along with the
Channel Islands). Winds here could gust to between 70 and 80mph during Monday
afternoon and evening, before spreading further east across other southern
counties of England (mostly to the south of the M4 corridor) as we go into
Monday night.
As always, the strongest winds are likely over exposed coasts and hills, but
even inland areas could see gusts of wind of over 60mph at times.
All this will be enough to bring a risk of structural damage, hazardous
travelling conditions along with disruption to power supplies. In addition,
coastal flooding is likely to be of significant concern in southwestern coastal
districts as the winds coincide with high spring tides and bring the risk of a
storm surge. If you are at all concerned, please visit the Environment Agency
website.
Heavy rain is also expected to be a feature of this system, with up to an inch
of rain falling in some areas. Snow is expected over high ground, mainly for the
hills above 1000 feet, with some accumulations of up to 10cm possible over hills
in northern England and Scotland.
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