The sheer force of Hurricane Katia may hit western Ireland and north-west Scotland next Monday and Tuesday, US forecasters predict.
Winds of up to 90mph could cause a risk to shipping off the west coast of Ireland on Monday.
Katia will then reach Scotland and the Orkney Islands by Tuesday, according to the US National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Forecasters expect little change in its strength as the Gulf Stream propels the storm across the Atlantic.
The hurricane was tracking off the west coast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.
A spokesman for the Met Office said weather experts were ‘keeping a close eye’ on Katia’s progress.
He added: ‘It’s too early to say where it’s going to go but we’re constantly monitoring the situation and advising people to stay up to date with the forecasts.’
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Scotland? Land of 10,000 wind turbines? They’ll take off and fly away!
Time to test the turbines power output at higher windspeeds!
Anyone near the farms with a webcam? Be interesting to see if they have to be stopped.
Here’s what the US’ National hurricane center had for a cone, before noon (Eastern), Sept. 10th.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl?large
The cone of the projected path has the post-hurricane Katia clipping northern Scotland.
The Guardian has a fresh headline up:
“Hurricane Katia’s tail set to lash parts of UK”
“Tour of Britain stage cancelled and M6 closed at Thelwall viaduct due to high winds, as Met Office warns of disruption, damage and flooding”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/12/hurricane-katia-tail-uk
“The Met Office severe weather warning map for Monday has the whole of central and southern Scotland under an amber block denoting “be prepared”, which also stretches south into North Yorkshire and Cumbria. An area of pale yellow, meaning “be aware”, covers the rest of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England as far south as mid-Wales and Lincolnshire.
“The Met Office said that gusts topping 70mph (112km/h) could bring down trees and power lines in the amber warning area and the Environment Agency is warning of potential flooding on both the west and east coasts. Heavy rain accompanying the high winds also threatens flooding inland, including around Derwentwater in the Lake District – the source of the disastrous floods in Cockermouth and Workington two years ago.
“The agency has put the Yorkshire coast between Bridlington and Barmston on flood alert at high tide, with specific warnings about spray overtopping defences. Anglesey in north Wales has been given similar advice.”
But Ireland and Scotland are expected to bear the brunt of the storm with very high winds.
I’m just south of the North Yorkshire border and we’ve had some strong gusts here this morning. I wouldn’t fancy being up on top of the Pennine hills today.
Video taken at Malin Head at the height of the storm :
Looks like a typical summers day to me!
Some 650 megawatts of capacity was shut off — enough to power Bristol. National Grid must PAY the wind farm operators almost £2million for disconnecting, higher than the going rate for the actual power.
Impeccable scientific source:/sarc
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3812584/Windfarms-shut-by-too-much-wind.html
Wind farms, solar farms etc. all designed to farm money through politicians. I’ve been involved in “green energy” for over 40 years. All systems that are created are designed around milking the system in order to make a return on investment and when the subsidies run out the systems are scrapped. Only government can make them profitable.
Any politician that backs “green energy” is part of the scam or dumber then a wood fence post. pg