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In 1911, the Met Office had begun issuing marine weather forecasts which included gale and storm warnings via radio transmission for areas around Great Britain. This service was discontinued during and following World War I , between 1914 and June 1921, and again during World War II between 1939 and 1945.
Off the coast of the British Isles and France, a few vessels became stranded in high seas and 113 km/h (70 mph) winds. The Meteorological Office and the National Rivers Authority stated that tides from the storm could be among the highest of the century. In France, gusts reached 129 km/h (80 mph). [46]
The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years.
Get the France, Auvergne local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations; European Severe Storms Laboratory; Max Planck Institute for Meteorology; McGill Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Meteorological College (at the Japan Meteorological Agency) University of Miami (Florida) University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic ...
The Portuguese weather institute put the entire coast of Portugal on red alert on account of expected high seas and gale-force winds. [172] Tini (Darwin) – 10–17 February 2014. 960 hPa (28 inHg). [173] The UK Met Office issued a rare red warning of wind for North Wales and north western England.
By mid-March of the previous 2021-2022 season, the UK Met Office had already named six windstorms, indicating that the 2022-2023 windstorm season will likely conclude as much less active in ...
The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.