{"id":2000,"date":"2018-09-15T06:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T06:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2018-09-15T06:53:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T06:53:28","slug":"2018-09-15-european-windstorm-update-strong-storm-to-strike-scotland-and-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/?p=2000","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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15.jpg 699w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-624x646.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-1024x877.png 1024w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-768x658.png 768w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15-624x535.png 624w, https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2018.09.15.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/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","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milk-weather.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}