August starts off with a bang, with three systems being monitored across the northern hemisphere. Japan should get very worried indeed by a category 4 typhoon which is about to affect Kyushu and points east to Kyoto. Category 4 means that sustained winds of 120 knots (that is 135 mph) are likely near the centre, with gusts of 140 knots (160 mph).
Tropical storm Chantal is no longer a tropical storm, but is dousing Newfoundland with little short of 6 inches of rainfall and gales over the southern Avalon peninsula. Us Europeans should start to get worried as well, as it curls up into an intense Atlantic storm south of Iceland. Current weathercharts suggest the UK might miss the worst of the winds (the Stornoway forecast mentions winds no higher than 30 mph, force 6 to 7) but the rainfall prediction gives us 55 mm / 2 inches over Friday and Saturday.
There is also tropical storm Erick in the Pacific, which is struggling to hold together in adverse atmospheric conditions.
More details on these and possible future storms on my TC blog.
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Oh boy... some blowing and rain coming then for you?
ReplyDeletebe well,
Dawn