On Sep 10, 2011, at 9:55 AM, andrew.wallace wrote:

I'm hearing on the news wire 80mph winds will come to UK over the next 72 hours.

Andrew

Andrew, 80 km maybe. TS force winds for Northern Scotland and Hebrides probably but I doubt the rest of the UK and it is only forcast to be a TS at that time See http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/102512.shtml?tswind120 Follow Katia at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl#contents Tom

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 2:55 PM, andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> wrote:

I'm hearing on the news wire 80mph winds will come to UK over the next 72 hours.

 Anyone worried about major weather events in the UK is probably best either checking or subscribing to the Met Office's weather warnings at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/weather/warnings/ rather than relying on a US source (and vice-versa for US weather). If worried about flooding, the Environment Agency's Flood Warnings are what you're after at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31618.aspx. Both Weather Warnings and Flood Warnings come in three flavours, yellow, amber and red. Red is the danger to life / take action level. Currently, there is an amber 'be prepared' weather warning out for Monday for some areas of the UK. Currently the country wide detail is: Weather Report Stormy weather heading for the UK The forecast team at the Met Office are continuing to keep an eye on the remains of Hurricane Katia as it moves across the Atlantic Ocean. Currently the storm lies just southeast of Newfoundland in Canada, but it is expected to rapidly move towards northwestern parts of the UK during the next 36 to 48 hours, arriving on Monday morning. Please see our warnings page for further details. Issued at 1346 on Sat 10 Sep 2011. And the warning itself Issued at: 10 Sep 2011, 1138 Valid from: 12 Sep 2011, 0000 Valid to: 12 Sep 2011, 2359 The remains of Hurricane Katia are expected to come across the UK on Monday bringing a spell of wet and very windy weather. There remains some uncertainty about its track and intensity, although Scotland and Northern Ireland are most likely to bear the brunt of the winds, The public should be prepared for the risk of disruption to transport and of the possibility of damage to trees and structures. Chief Forecaster's Assessment Forecast models continue to show some differences in the handling of the transition of hurricane Katia to an intense extra tropical depression, though with increasing agreement that the centre will pass close to the north of Scotland on Monday, bringing strongest winds to Scotland and Northern Ireland. There is the potential for 60-70 mph gusts and 80 mph or more could occur over exposed coasts and hills. Heavy rain will be an additional hazard for the same regions, with as much as 50-100mm possible over parts of western Scotland. So not too bad really in the overall scheme of things. Alex

Just another average day in Scotland... On 10/09/2011, at 11:55 PM, "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> wrote:

I'm hearing on the news wire 80mph winds will come to UK over the next 72 hours.

Andrew