Hurricane Ophelia to Brush the Azores This Weekend; May Affect Ireland Next Week

Old Man · 14 Oct 2017 at 06:16

Hurricane Ophelia, looks like there's a chance of it hitting Scotland as well.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2017-10-11-tropical-storm-ophelia-hurricane-azores

Kronos · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:06

I tend to look at what the BBC is forecasting then I can pretty much guarantee it will be the opposite. So today, it is warm, dry and not windy as opposed to heavy rain, gale force winds forecast. i think it is time the BBC reviewed it's seaweed and pine comb approach to weather forecasting.
Weather forecasting went down hill once the BBC split from the Met office.

Old Man · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:31

Once you're in something like a hurricane, you're always worried about the next nasty storm or at least I am

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antijoke · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:37

Kronos said:
I tend to look at what the BBC is forecasting then I can pretty much guarantee it will be the opposite. So today, it is warm, dry and not windy as opposed to heavy rain, gale force winds forecast. i think it is time the BBC reviewed it's seaweed and pine comb approach to weather forecasting.
Weather forecasting went down hill once the BBC split from the Met office.

Yeah I’ve notice this too!

neil_g · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:41

Noaa estimates

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac

413x · 14 Oct 2017 at 09:50

antijoke said:
Yeah I’ve notice this too!

Yep I don't even look at it anymore

Feef · 14 Oct 2017 at 10:03

Oh no, somebody think of the roof tiles!

That's "a bit windy". Tropical storm is 40-70mph winds, hurricane is a bit over the top.

robfosters · 14 Oct 2017 at 10:08

Corks going to get a bit of a whack.

22 degrees down here though. That will do very nicely for an October weekend thank you very much.

Sasahara · 14 Oct 2017 at 11:14

Aww Ophelia is my favourite name.

Just hope no one drowns.

Rroff · 14 Oct 2017 at 11:26

So far looking like a non-event for most of the UK - though could be reasonably severe for those places that do get hit.

malachi · 14 Oct 2017 at 12:36

As long as my fence panels stay up then it's a non issue for me.

DannyDrama · 14 Oct 2017 at 13:30

Old Man said:
Once you're in something like a hurricane, you're always worried about the next nasty storm or at least I am .

It's the same when a seemingly normal amount of rain destroys your house in a flood, you're scared of every bloody drop. My dad is like a 2017 Noah at the met office site every day.

flea.rider · 14 Oct 2017 at 13:59

Old Man said:
Hurricane Ophelia, looks like there's a chance of it hitting Scotland as well.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2017-10-11-tropical-storm-ophelia-hurricane-azores

in the south they will call it a hurricane in the north maybe a storm in Scotland it's just another windy day ...
just depends what your used to i'll go sea fishing in 20-30mph winds and sideways rain in winter for cod

uvarvu · 14 Oct 2017 at 15:58

Showing up on my phone wallpaper now :/

Rroff · 14 Oct 2017 at 16:03

If you are in the South/South West of Ireland I'd recommend being prepared - moderate possibility of it coming in towards the more extreme end of the possible scale.

flea.rider · 14 Oct 2017 at 16:20

as soon as it passes Portugal it will start to die .. no warmth in the water and that's what they use to breed off

https://www.windy.com/

Rroff · 14 Oct 2017 at 16:22

flea.rider said:
as soon as it passes Portugal it will start to die .. no warmth in the water and that's what they use to breed off

https://www.windy.com/

Model runs this morning showed it holding power further North than is usually the case (quite a bit of contention on some of the weather forums over it hah). Waiting to see the latest model output to see if its still showing similar possibility.

EDIT: Mid-day runs are inconclusive - downgraded a bit from the morning runs but lower confidence in the outcome as well.

Kronos · 15 Oct 2017 at 07:17

Just in from walking my cat Millie and can report that up here in Edinburgh that it is very mild and a little breezy, we have not seen any of the massive amounts of rain as forecast by the BBC these past couple of days.

redline · 15 Oct 2017 at 07:55

This is something I've not seen before.

I wish I could get down to the far west of Cornwall as the seas might be quite something.

Ayahuasca · 15 Oct 2017 at 07:57

Any chance in the near future the UK could see a low category hurricane make landfall?