Domingo(s) to follow Ciarán

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Looks like mainland Spain is soon to get hit by the next storm after Ciarán.

At least it has got a Spanish sounding name this time. The article here cannot decide on it being called the singular or plural of Sunday. (Or it is just a typo.)

www.surinenglish.com

After Ciarán comes Domingos, a high-impact storm that will bring strong gusts of wind and rain to Spain over the weekend

State weather agency Aemet forecasts wind speeds could exceed 100 km/h in areas bordering the Mediterranean and also in the Balearic Islands
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Only been windy weather for our town far. Bad enough for me to choose not to play golf today. Luckily it is better tomorrow. For when we are due to play at a nearby course in a competition.

I think we are the very lucky ones. Given the reports I have read about the weather in the UK and across other parts of Europe recently.
 
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spanishman said:
Interesting. What part of the country is that?
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Teesside, we had the wind coming off the North sea by the time the anticyclone moved this way but it wasn't that strong, not as bad as forecast.

Did the school run and purposely left the umbrella at home due to the gales that were forecast. Schoolboy error, it was wet and I was drenched but it wasn't particularly windy.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Teesside, we had the wind coming off the North sea by the time the anticyclone moved this way but it wasn't that strong, not as bad as forecast.

Did the school run and purposely left the umbrella at home due to the gales that were forecast. Schoolboy error, it was wet and I was drenched but it wasn't particularly windy.
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Ta. Glad it wasn't as bad as expected.
 
The winds from Ciaran hit the coasts of Brittany and Normandy the hardest causing extensive damage. I live inland in the south of Normandy but still lost a 60-foot Sycamore in the garden. Fortunately I wasn't walking down that path when it fell. I'll have fun trying to chainsaw that lot away over the coming weeks.

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pierrequiroule said:
The winds from Ciaran hit the coasts of Brittany and Normandy the hardest causing extensive damage. I live inland in the south of Normandy but still lost a 60-foot Sycamore in the garden. Fortunately I wasn't walking down that path when it fell. I'll have fun trying to chainsaw that lot away over the coming weeks.

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You appear to have a forest in your 'garden'!
 
pierrequiroule said:
The winds from Ciaran hit the coasts of Brittany and Normandy the hardest causing extensive damage. I live inland in the south of Normandy but still lost a 60-foot Sycamore in the garden. Fortunately I wasn't walking down that path when it fell. I'll have fun trying to chainsaw that lot away over the coming weeks.

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speckyget said:
These names. What's wrong with Alan, Brian, Colin, Derek?
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I've wondered about that too, but apparently the met offices of different countries name the storms based on what I'm not sure, their track maybe? Ciaran Ireland? Babet France, although I haven't met a man named Babet, though I know a woman called Babette.
 
MetStorms I've been learning about this . It's all on this page at the Met. Its not countries individually its 3 regional groups of countries. Uk is in a group with Ireland and Netherlands called the Western group and they have all the names sorted for the year ahead, our next will be Debi. Spain Portugal , France and 2 others are in the South Western group and Denmark Sweden and Norway are in the northern group
 
Boro_Interlinked said:
MetStorms I've been learning about this . It's all on this page at the Met. Its not countries individually its 3 regional groups of countries. Uk is in a group with Ireland and Netherlands called the Western group and they have all the names sorted for the year ahead, our next will be Debi. Spain Portugal , France and 2 others are in the South Western group and Denmark Sweden and Norway are in the northern group
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Thanks for that. Interesting info.

So does this mean that Domingos, that is with us now, will be called that in the UK? If it hits the UK. As it was first named for the Spanish and associated countries region.

Then Debi will be used everywhere for the next storm that hits the UK, Ireland and Netherlands area first?
 
I don't think so. Unlikely that Spanish storm fronts would then move up almost directly north to hit UK. Our Met office would refer to Domingo if talking about your area, but thats it. Lets say the next storm front is set to hit South Western and Western areas, then in that case each of the regions would progress to their next name
 
Boro_Interlinked said:
I don't think so. Unlikely that Spanish storm fronts would then move up almost directly north to hit UK. Our Met office would refer to Domingo if talking about your area, but thats it. Lets say the next storm front is set to hit South Western and Western areas, then in that case each of the regions would progress to their next name
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The is a quote from the article I linked to earlier:

"Domingos, the fourth storm of the season
From Saturday onwards, the effect of Domingo, the fourth storm of the season, will begin to be felt. It will circulate between the Iberian Peninsula and the British Isles and its effects will be felt especially on Saturday in the form of wind, with very strong gusts of 70 or 80 kilometres per hour in a large part of the northwest of the Spanish mainland, the Mediterranean areas and the Balearic Islands, with gusts of over 100 kilometres per hour in coastal and mountain areas."

It mentions The British Isles. That is why I asked. As I thought it might hit the Southern part.
 
I still use the Met office YouTube channel for my longer-term weather forecast for France. I like to see the isobars and weather fronts displayed as you can work out for yourself what is likely to happen in your area. France doesn't have anything to compare. The last 10-day trend video was very useful for predicting the track of Ciaran.

 
pierrequiroule said:
I still use the Met office YouTube channel for my longer-term weather forecast for France. I like to see the isobars and weather fronts displayed as you can work out for yourself what is likely to happen in your area. France doesn't have anything to compare. The last 10-day trend video was very useful for predicting the track of Ciaran.

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Ta for that.
 
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