Adam Lea wrote:
Just seen a weather warning on the Met Office web site for severe gales and
heavy rain with gusts to 60-70 mph. Seems an unusually strong storm for
August - more like what you would expect during Autumn/Winter (yes I am
aware of the Fastnet storm). It will be interesting to see if it verifies.

Since it is obviously wrong (or I am) there is going to be a major
earthquake (or severe tropical or extra-tropical cyclone.)

Aug 12 23:03 (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/phase/
phase2001gmt.html)

So from the 12th or 13th there will be a more authentic fine spell
than the present less veritable one. And hence a shift in the model.

Tuesday being at the far end of model specifications, the situation
will bear watching with all the deft circumspection one is partial to,
when the remarkable Weatherlawyer pokes his oar in.