Storm Babet

[Scuba steve]

[lassie23]

Just now, Scuba steve said:

 

[ChannelThunder]

Certainly looks like an interesting week of weather, even if I don't personally agree with it warranting a name. Given a couple of weeks ago, much of October threatened a benign period of nothingness in the models, I'll take it happily.

Edited October 16, 2023 by ChannelThunder

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 hour ago, ChannelThunder said:

Certainly looks like an interesting week of weather, even if I don't personally agree with it warranting a name. Given a couple of weeks ago, much of October threatened a benign period of nothingness in the models, I'll take it happily.

True that! Very true ...

[Metwatch]

Kind of looks a little subtropical to me if anything rather than your usual mid latitude extra-tropical depression. Quite a warm airmass surrounding Babet. A lot of moisture content with it so could amplify rainfall across western Europe in the coming days.

[alexisj9]

20 minutes ago, Metwatch said:

Kind of looks a little subtropical to me if anything rather than your usual mid latitude extra-tropical depression. Quite a warm airmass surrounding Babet. A lot of moisture content with it so could amplify rainfall across western Europe in the coming days.

I think we are already in her inflow, she's a bigan.

[Dorsetbred]

Winding up nicely...

[Nick L]

It also made me laugh that the BBC weather article on this storm had to include a bit on how to pronounce the name. It's not exactly a ringing endorsement of the system if you're having to do that. I get that we're sharing the system with other countries who have their own names, but if there's doubt that the general population aren't even going to be able to pronounce the name then that has to raise doubts over this system.

[mountain shadow]

Heavy rain focus on NE Scotland with this storm, with over 100mm, perhaps 150mm, over the three days. This area suffered badly last week, with bad flooding in the Strathmore valley.

[Met4Cast]

I'm told guidance is about to be escalated to amber..

Edited October 17, 2023 by Met4Cast

[lassie23]

Did the weather system that caused flooding in Scotland recently have a name, and will this one be worse?

[Summer Sun]

Amber rain warning issued for

• Angus
• Dundee
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling
• Grampian
• Aberdeen
• Aberdeenshire
• Moray

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2023-10-19&id=a14f96f6-3e7f-4538-ac0f-f1d34d163f15

 

The warning matrix is one step off a red warning

 

Edited October 17, 2023 by Summer Sun

[matty40s]

6 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Did the weather system that caused flooding in Scotland recently have a name, and will this one be worse?

No name, last one was Agnes and that was just West coast/ Ireland wind.

[Nick L]

1 hour ago, Met4Cast said:

I'm told guidance is about to be escalated to amber..

I'm hearing it may well be beyond amber tomorrow for rainfall in E Scotland.

Edited October 17, 2023 by Nick L

[emmett garland]

Looking really like this set up  is obviously going to cause  severe rainfall totals as its our wettest period of the year. The orograpic impact will be immense..What a developing situation..

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, lassie23 said:

Did the weather system that caused flooding in Scotland recently have a name, and will this one be worse?

No as it wasn't a storm, and I don't know yet, will be prolonged.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Will it rain in Winchester? ... (lol)

[Dorsetbred]

31 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Will it rain in Winchester? ... (lol)

Hardly never

 

[pinball wizard]

31 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Will it rain in Winchester? ... (lol)

Maybe but I can confirm it will NOT snow in Carlisle 

[Dorsetbred]

So now in to Biscay on its Trek north

[MAF]

and to think, this time in 1987 we were clearing up after 'the great storm of 1987' wonder what name it would have been given back then? 'storm michael'?  

[richie3846]

Warm sea anomalies where the storm is tracking at the moment. No wonder there's a lot of rain due for some. 

[Thunders]

On 16/10/2023 at 14:43, Bellasdad said:

That’s the problem, warning are issued on such a regular basis nowadays, the novelty has worn off and the vast majority of people just ignore them.

 

They should do a precautionary warning system and an now warning system 

[Chesil View]

The storm naming system I feel needs some revision. For a start most of the named storms often only seem to deliver what many people would describe as a bog standard autumn or winter blow.  

I feel there should be a stronger tie in as to whether a storm is genuinely likely  to cause structural damage to well maintained structures or blow high sided vehicles over or bring down healthy trees.  So many warnings that I have experienced the results of have just ended up being very windy days that might blow your bins down the road or bring down twigs or branches but not trees. 

In other words a perfectly normal autumn or winter blow and nothing out of the ordinary for the season. 

This can as other have said lead to a situation where people think its 'just another' warning. 

 

 

[Josh Rubio]

‘The boy who cried wolf’ comes to mind. Do we really need yet another yellow for heavy rain? Is this not just another bog standard autumnal low pressure system for England?