On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:35:46 +0100
Graham P Davis wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:15:43 +0100
Dave Cornwell wrote:
Richard Dixon wrote:
On Wednesday, 26 September 2012 07:55:38 UTC+1, David Allan
wrote:
Just heard the weather of the last couple of days described on
BBC radio as the "...worst September storms for 30 years...",
which, if true, sort of answers my previous question of just
how unusual is this sort of weather. what might arrive on our
doorsteps for the closing months of 2012?
I only had video of Peter Gibbs but no audio and was wondering
what they were using to classify the "worseness". I saw a 973mb
on the chart which made me wonder whether they were simply using
central pressure as a proxy for "worseness"...
Richard
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My thoughts entirely Richard. What criteria were used to define
"worst" September storm?
Was it amount of rain and number of regions affected,low pressure,
wind speed (I doubt it), population size affected. I just don't see
how they could come to this conclusion other than in some subjective
way. I'm not disputing it - just not sure what the criteria are for
a "storm" Dave
Here is the link I posted in an earlier thread on this subject.
http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2...her-to-the-uk/
And the relevant extract:
The low pressure system that is affecting the UK is unusually deep for
September, with the lowest air pressure recorded so far being 973mbs.
To find a similarly intense low pressure system in September you need
to go back to 1981, when pressures below 970mb were reported over a
period of 24 hours. Like this week’s, this low pressure system brought
unsettled weather as it crossed the British Isles – starting in the
Isle of Man and tracking east and then north to cover Cumbria,
Northumberland, eastern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland. There have been
other times when pressures as low as 970mb were recorded in some parts
of the British Isles in September, such as in the Isles of Scilly in
1995 and others across the far north or west of Scotland or Northern
Ireland, however none were as widespread as the low that pushed across
the UK in 1981.
And here's the latest one:
http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2...k-in-30-years/
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