{"id":1542,"date":"2018-09-15T06:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T06:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2018-09-15T06:53:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T06:53:53","slug":"2018-09-15-european-windstorm-update-strong-storm-to-strike-scotland-and-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/2018\/09\/15\/2018-09-15-european-windstorm-update-strong-storm-to-strike-scotland-and-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"2018.09.15 &#8211; European Windstorm Update: Strong Storm to strike Scotland and Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Forecaster: LH<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are two storm systems currently in the vicinity of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>A weak storm has formed to the southwest of Iceland, currently holding wind speeds of just 70km\/h and a central pressure of 998hPa. The storm is expected to slightly intensify as it approaches <strong>ICELAND<\/strong> as the day progresses. In about 12 hours, the first storm gusts may reach the island, and wind speeds will stay elevated, especially at exposed locations, for hours to come.<\/p>\n<p>The still unnamed storm located to the west of the British Isles has intensified over night, now holding wind speeds of around 110km\/h and with its central pressure having dropped to 1008 hPa. The storm is expected to further intensify as it makes its way towards\u00a0<strong>IRELAND<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>UK<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWind speeds will start picking up at the western coast of <strong>Ireland<\/strong> this evening. Especially the western and northern coasts of Ireland will be affected; here, gusts up to or exceeding 110km\/h are possible. Wind conditions will stay calmer further inland, but there may still be storm gusts. Storm warnings and watches have been issued accordingly (see below).<br \/>\nThe wind field of the storm will reach\u00a0<strong>Scotland<\/strong> in the coming night; especially in the Scottish Highlands, the Isles and the coasts, partially hurricane-forced gusts are to be expected. Wind speeds may exceed 120km\/h. As it is still unclear how far south the wind field will stretch, a storm watch has been issued for large parts of the UK.<br \/>\nBetween 36 and 48 hours from now, the storm field is expected to reach the coast of\u00a0<strong>Norway<\/strong>, where gusts of around 100km\/h are to be expected.<br \/>\nDue to uncertainties in prediction, no forecasts are given for more than 48 hours in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the ESC European Windstorm Overview and Storm Warnings &amp; Watches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2001\" src=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2002\" src=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-1024x877.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This forecast is solely for informative purposes and though is done to the best of the forecaster\u2019s ability, no warranty is given for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forecaster: LH There are two storm systems currently in the vicinity of Europe. A weak storm has formed to the southwest of Iceland, currently holding wind speeds of just 70km\/h and a central pressure of 998hPa. The storm is expected to slightly intensify as it approaches ICELAND as the day progresses. In about 12 hours, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/2018\/09\/15\/2018-09-15-european-windstorm-update-strong-storm-to-strike-scotland-and-ireland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2018.09.15 &#8211; European Windstorm Update: Strong Storm to strike Scotland and Ireland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-severe-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions\/1543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/MILK-now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}