End of October storms of the past and future On Monday there is potential for a deep low pressure to move eastwards across England and this could bring stormy conditions to the south of Britain. A few days out there is a lot of uncertainty – if the low tracks further south the strongest winds will be over the Channel or northern France, a little further north and more of the UK could experience the windy weather. Yet the low hasn’t even developed yet. A series of elements need to come together to cause this low pressure to develop and deepen. One element is already there, a strong jet stream pointing at the UK stretching across the Atlantic hence our recent unsettled weather. Current timings bring the low pressure through during daylight hours and there is the potential for disruption to transport and energy networks. Low pressures bringing unsettled weather are typical for autumn, especially the end of the October. Some notable storms for the end of October are as follows. The Royal Charter Storm occurred on the 25th and 26th October 1859. The storm takes its name from the steam clipper which was coming to the end of a long trip from Australia and heading for Liverpool. As the ship rounded Anglesey the Force 12 winds drove the ship onto the rocks and it was wrecked with 450 lives lost. The storm came into the south-west approaches and then moved northwards through the Irish Sea. On the 27th October 2002 a storm which was the remnants of Hurricane Jeannette came in off the Atlantic and crossed eastwards across Ireland and northern England. The strongest winds occurred over the southern half of Britain with a 96mph gust reported at the Mumbles in south Wales. A gust of 102 mph was reported at the very exposed site of the Needles lighthouse on the Isle of Wight. Some recording stations in East Anglia also experienced their highest gusts since the Burns day storm of 25th January 1990. The 28th October 1989 brought another intense low pressure in from the Atlantic – this storm brought a gust of 108 knots (124mph) to Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan. This is the highest gust ever recorded at a low level site in England and Wales. With the count down to the end of the October on the way and low pressures likely to dominate the weather; it’s definitely a week to keep an eye on the weather forecasts.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:37:31 +0000
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