Beeb metman mentioned it at lunchtime, but I was otherwise occupied, but
what in the next few days has enough umph to warrant a named storm?
nothing on
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/uk-storm-centre/storm-jake

On 01/03/2016 14:47, N_Cook wrote:
Beeb metman mentioned it at lunchtime, but I was otherwise occupied, but
what in the next few days has enough umph to warrant a named storm?
nothing on
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/uk-storm-centre/storm-jake

Jake would seem to be a patch of marginally tight isobars over a small
part of Ireland tonight, might remove a slate off a roof somewhere I
suppose.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 5:18:43 PM UTC, N_Cook wrote:
On 01/03/2016 14:47, N_Cook wrote:
Beeb metman mentioned it at lunchtime, but I was otherwise occupied, but
what in the next few days has enough umph to warrant a named storm?
nothing on
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/uk-storm-centre/storm-jake

Jake would seem to be a patch of marginally tight isobars over a small
part of Ireland tonight, might remove a slate off a roof somewhere I
suppose.

Yesterday the MetO were forecasting wind speeds at noon tomorrow to be 38mph, with gusts to 61mph, with no weather warning.

They have now introduced a wind weather warning, but have reduced the forecast wind speeds to 31mph & 55mph respectively. Lets hope the forecast wind speed doesn't reduce any further or we'll really be in trouble.

Now, Feb 8th, that was a storm: (bottom 3 pics http://penzanceweather.atspace.com/wpage5b.html )

Graham
Penzance

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 5:42:40 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 5:18:43 PM UTC, N_Cook wrote:
On 01/03/2016 14:47, N_Cook wrote:
Beeb metman mentioned it at lunchtime, but I was otherwise occupied, but
what in the next few days has enough umph to warrant a named storm?
nothing on
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/uk-storm-centre/storm-jake

Jake would seem to be a patch of marginally tight isobars over a small
part of Ireland tonight, might remove a slate off a roof somewhere I
suppose.

Yesterday the MetO were forecasting wind speeds at noon tomorrow to be 38mph, with gusts to 61mph, with no weather warning.

They have now introduced a wind weather warning, but have reduced the forecast wind speeds to 31mph & 55mph respectively. Lets hope the forecast wind speed doesn't reduce any further or we'll really be in trouble.

Now, Feb 8th, that was a storm: (bottom 3 pics http://penzanceweather.atspace.com/wpage5b.html )

Graham
Penzance

More like Storm Joke.

On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 18:04:31 UTC, David Mitchell wrote:
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 5:42:40 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 5:18:43 PM UTC, N_Cook wrote:
On 01/03/2016 14:47, N_Cook wrote:
Beeb metman mentioned it at lunchtime, but I was otherwise occupied, but
what in the next few days has enough umph to warrant a named storm?
nothing on
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/uk-storm-centre/storm-jake

Jake would seem to be a patch of marginally tight isobars over a small
part of Ireland tonight, might remove a slate off a roof somewhere I
suppose.

Yesterday the MetO were forecasting wind speeds at noon tomorrow to be 38mph, with gusts to 61mph, with no weather warning.

They have now introduced a wind weather warning, but have reduced the forecast wind speeds to 31mph & 55mph respectively. Lets hope the forecast wind speed doesn't reduce any further or we'll really be in trouble.

Now, Feb 8th, that was a storm: (bottom 3 pics http://penzanceweather.atspace.com/wpage5b.html )

Graham
Penzance

More like Storm Joke.

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

On 01/03/2016 19:25, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.


Yes, I thought she did.
Some strong winds for Wales & SW England but up here the potential for
a few cms of snow.
Not really a 'storm' as such but hey ho.....

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 19:25:21 UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

but when she did, she said that it was named by Met Éireann and not them....

On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:10:36 UTC, xmetman wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 19:25:21 UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

but when she did, she said that it was named by Met Éireann and not them...

Blowing a howling gale here (Dublin)...well not really.

I still can't find any reference on Met Eireann site to Storm Jake although media claiming it was named by them. Checking their twitter feed too and nothing there. Left left a comment for them.

Could be they're battening down the hatches around Glasnevin in anticipation!

Strange call if it was Met Eireann naming this as forecast is for strong and gusty winds only and an Orange level warning. Nothing storm-like!

JC

On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:47:17 UTC, JCW wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:10:36 UTC, xmetman wrote:
On Tuesday, 1 March 2016 19:25:21 UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:50:57 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

They (the Met Office) seem to have distanced themselves from it.

Louise Lear mentioned it on the 18:30 BBC1 forecast.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

but when she did, she said that it was named by Met Éireann and not them...

Blowing a howling gale here (Dublin)...well not really.

I still can't find any reference on Met Eireann site to Storm Jake although media claiming it was named by them. Checking their twitter feed too and nothing there. Left left a comment for them.

Could be they're battening down the hatches around Glasnevin in anticipation!

Strange call if it was Met Eireann naming this as forecast is for strong and gusty winds only and an Orange level warning. Nothing storm-like!

JC

My apologies for my own post reply but I've probably been unfair to Met Eireann if Orange warning is justified. It reads:

Warning for Ireland reads W, NW and South:

Wind Warning for Coastal fringes of the north, west and south
Westerly winds, veering northwest, will increase to mean speeds of 65 to 75km/h with gusts of 110 to 130km/h overnight in exposed areas with high seas also.

Issued:Tuesday 01 March 2016 13:34
Valid:Tuesday 01 March 2016 22:00 to Wednesday 02 March 2016 08:00