In message , Richard
Dixon writes
Richard,
I was on night shift so followed every detail. There was tropical air
involved - whether that makes it a 'Hurricane' I really don't know.
Bracknell made a mistake and the intervention forecaster was at the root
of it.
On the military side a 140KT gradient was forecast (reduction for
curvature negated that to a point). The forecast was based on the then
coarse mesh while the fine mesh ran the low from Biscay into Holland.
There was no damage to military installations - and I certainly had all
Tornados off the pan and into hangers.
Thank heavens the Office got it wrong otherwise everyone in the south
would have been outside tying down caravans etc. The death toll would
then have been near 100 rather than the 13 with them all safely tucked
up in their beds.
Cheers
Paul
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'Wisest are they that know they do not know.' Socrates.
Paul Bartlett FRMetS