Storm Frank

[Vagabond]

This time around, the storm has dragged warm air up from the south but these systems can also drag freezing air down from the pole.

The warmer weather has certainly fooled a number of plants in our garden

 

Daffodils and irises are showing, and the camellia is in bud with one flower bursting out. (where is that divine watchmaker and his carefully thought-out timing when he's needed ?)

 

I fear the inevitable cold snap will annihilate our spring flowers, We are making the most of our winter hellebores which look good at the moment, and our large Cymbidium on the landing sill is showing five sprays of flowers

[ayjay]

It doesn't "need" one at all but if you are looking to have a common reference point for a specific set of weather phenomena that takes place at a given time and location, a name helps to get everybody get up to speed quickly.

 

If we talk about the storm that originated over the Bahamas on August 23 2005 from the interaction between a tropical wave and the remnants of a previous tropical depression and which intensified into a tropical storm early the following day, you would be unlikely to know what I was talking about.

If I went on to explain that I'm talking about the cyclone that headed generally westward toward Florida and strengthened to hurricane force only two hours before making landfall between Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25, you probably still wouldn't have a clue.

If I pointed out that after very briefly weakening to a tropical storm, the cyclone emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began to rapidly deepen, strengthening to category 5 over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but weakening before making its second landfall at category 3 on August 29 in southeast Louisiana, you still might not know what I was talking about.

If I said "Hurricane Katrina", we are on the same page almost instantly.

 

 

I can see some merit in that, but what's wrong with just a date and a place?

 

For instance, the two really big storms we've had in the UK I remember as '87 & '89 - no place name needed as they pretty much affected the whole of the UK.

[chesters1]

Seeing as we "inherit" foreign weather surely if they needed a name at all why not put secondhand xxxxxxx and point the finger at who ever sent it here ,infact demand reparations from those throwing worn out weather our way

Edited January 1, 2016 by chesters1

[corydoras]

I can see some merit in that, but what's wrong with just a date and a place?

 

For instance, the two really big storms we've had in the UK I remember as '87 & '89 - no place name needed as they pretty much affected the whole of the UK.

Why didn't you mention the rest on this list?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/motoring/weather-watch/10587590/most-expensive-storms.html

[Ken L]

I can see some merit in that, but what's wrong with just a date and a place?

 

For instance, the two really big storms we've had in the UK I remember as '87 & '89 - no place name needed as they pretty much affected the whole of the UK.

The one in 87 certainly didn't. Anywhere north of Lancashire and Yorkshire was just another blustery day.

[ayjay]

Why didn't you mention the rest on this list?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/motoring/weather-watch/10587590/most-expensive-storms.html

It was never intended to be a comprehensive list, just two that were very memorable to me. I can remember others that cause considerable damage close to where I was at the time but they weren't anything like as widespread.

[ayjay]

The one in 87 certainly didn't. Anywhere north of Lancashire and Yorkshire was just another blustery day.

So, just half of the country then, and probably well in excess of half the population affected.

 

A name for that storm would presumably be wasted on those not affected.

[barry luxton]

Why didn't you mention the rest on this list?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/motoring/weather-watch/10587590/most-expensive-storms.html

 

 

 

fanny was boring

Edited January 1, 2016 by barry luxton

[corydoras]

The one in 87 certainly didn't. Anywhere north of Lancashire and Yorkshire was just another blustery day.

It didn't do bugger all in Glasgow.

[chesters1]

I didnt notice it at all until i tried to get to work and land rovers are rubbish climbing over fallen trees