I was watching The Weather Network today and they said something about a tropical storm that might hit Ireland. Apparently it's name is Grace.
Here's an image of the storm:
National Hurricane Center wrote:000
WTNT34 KNHC 052033
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092009
500 PM AST MON OCT 05 2009
...GRACE SPEEDING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD WEST OF FRANCE...EXPECTED TO
BE ABSORBED BY FRONT BY EARLY TOMORROW...
AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 14.8 WEST OR ABOUT 400
MILES...645 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CORK IRELAND...AND ABOUT 480 MILES...
775 KM....WEST OF BREST FRANCE.
GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR. A
SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED
BEFORE GRACE IS ABSORBED BY A FRONT BY TUESDAY MORNING.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...47.7N 14.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 30 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
pikalover1234 wrote:Sorry, I know nothing, but thanks for alerting me!
Doesn't really affect you, considering it's going to affect Ireland. I don't believe New England or even the United States was effected by a single tropical storm/hurricane this year.
aparently its slowing down and getting weaker - ireland shouldnt see more than a few strong winds and a bit of rain - maybe a bit worse than normal really...
nothing to worry about really
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pikalover1234 wrote:Sorry, I know nothing, but thanks for alerting me!
Doesn't really affect you, considering it's going to affect Ireland. I don't believe New England or even the United States was effected by a single tropical storm/hurricane this year.
Nope. We've never really had any hurricanes or tropical storm for a long time...
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I who live in England, very close to Wales which is right next to Ireland, didn't hear a word about this. How silly is that? I a citizen that had a possiblity of maybe getting hit by part of the storm had no idea it might happen.
I feel neglected, I need a moment....okay, I feel better now. Thanks for the update news groups. I had to find out about this way after it happened on a Pokémon forum. How loving of them.
...wow I REALLY steped out of chracter then didn't I. Thats how annoyed about this I was.
Relax, it was to hit the west side of Ireland heading north east if I recall, Wales would have been safe from most of it...
Plus it wasnt even tropical storm status when it hit land... it had been downgraded completly - I'm sure Ireland heard about it at the time, and if it had been stronger than it was, it would have made the news as well... like the massive floods that just hit Scotland
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Actually, it did hit Wales. But the storm was moving too fast for it to have any impact. Some say the storm was absorbed by a front, and some say it was still tropical.
Regardless, you'd think I'd of heard about it. The amount of "What if" situations running through my head are to many to count.
I just found it worrying that I was left in the dark about something that if certain conditions appeared it might have actually hit nearer to me. Even a small storm, is still a storm.
I go to university right on the very west coast of Wales and I had no idea about this. We've had some really rubbish weather lately but if the tropical storm did hit in any manner it was indistinguishable from the usual bad weather.
