"Bjorn Viaene" wrote in message
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Ex-hurricane Alex heads to the UK (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/n...shtml?newX=200

Brace yourself for another summer storm this weekend as the remnants of
ex-hurricane Alex head towards the UK.

The storm conditions are not good news for four Britons trying to set a
new
Atlantic world rowing record. The crew of the Pink Lady have been at sea
for
38 days now, having rowed over 1680 miles from St John's in Newfoundland.

They have less than 420 miles left to reach the "Lizard meridian" - a line
that stretches from Lizard Point in Cornwall to the Ushant lighthouse in
Cape Finisterre in Brittany. They must do so by 23 August in order to
break
the world record for the fastest North Atlantic row from Canada.

The four-man crew has already encountered adverse weather conditions, from
rough seas that set off their emergency beacon, to four times as many
icebergs as usual off the Canadian coastline. They even got a battering
from
a freak 45 ft (14 m) wave.

But this weekend's storms could be the fiercest that the Pink Lady has
seen.
If the boat ends up near the deep low pressure system set to form, it will
be lashed by gale-force winds and torrential downpours. The crew may well
have to ride out the storm from their cabins for two days.

Not everyone is dismayed by the imminent storm. Surfers across southwest
England are eagerly anticipating - if the number of exclamation marks on
one
surfing website is anything to go by - what may well be the best summer
surf
for many a year.

The swell was already good on Saturday for the Boardmasters at Fistral
Beach
in Newquay. Sadly the festival doesn't last until Monday, when the surf
"is
looking HUGE and an all-time
classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

BBC world


I think Ex Alex was forecast to stall just off Ireland. So most of the UK
will escape it but there will be some warm air in the southerly winds ahead
of the system.