Gusts of up to 80mph are possible on exposed parts of the south coast in the early hours of Monday morning when Storm Isha is due to hit, The Met Office is warning.
Two wind warnings – a yellow one for Sunday from midday, and a more serious amber one from midnight to 9am on Monday morning, have been issued for the south east this morning.
The amber one says: “Very strong southwesterly winds, associated with Storm Isha, will develop across parts of Sussex and Kent during Monday morning. Gusts of 50-60 mph are likely widely with 70 mph possible in a few locations.
“Along exposed coastal stretches winds may gust up to 80 mph a times. Winds will turn westerly around mid-morning on Monday and ease.”
The yellow one says: “Strong winds associated with Storm Isha are expected to develop widely across the UK on Sunday, persisting into Monday across parts of England and Wales.
“Within the warning area, many places are likely to see southwesterly winds gust to around 50-60 mph and gusts may reach 60-70 mph for exposed locations (e.g. coasts).
“There remains a chance of stronger winds impacting parts of this area for a time but this aspect remains uncertain with further updates to the warning to be expected over the coming days.”
Is it really worthy of needing a name though? It’s not a hurricane! It’s just an average windy spell that’s going to last for a few hours. Totally normal and relatively mild. All these warnings and naming of storms is silly. How long before we run out of names? And, stop calling snowy weather, ‘the deep freeze’, or a ‘snow bomb’. It’s some cold weather.. not an ‘arctic blast’. And it’s a few sunny days, not a ‘level three heatwave alert’. We’re told it’s to raise awareness but the reality is it’s for ‘clicks’. It’s all so overdramatic!
Too right!
In the UK a storm will be named when it has the potential to cause disruption or damage which could result in an amber or red warning. This is based on our National Severe Weather Warnings service, which is a combination of both the impact the weather may have, and the likelihood of those impacts occurring.
Storms will usually be named on the basis of the impacts from strong winds, but the impacts of other weather types will also be considered. For example rain, if its impact could lead to flooding as advised by the Environment Agency, SEPA and Natural Resources Wales flood warnings, or snow. Therefore ‘storm systems’ could be named on the basis of impacts from the wind but also include the impacts of rain and snow.
I once got blown a 100ft in the air by storm ploppy pants. Luckiky i landed in a heap of manure.