picks up weather systems and intensifies them. for most of january, thejet intensifies them. for most of january, the jet stream was to the north of the uk and high pressure sat across us and the weather was calm and we had sunshine and not a lot of rain. it has shifted south, and has been energised, and this is and has been energised, and this is a wriggling jet stream which picked up a wriggling jet stream which picked up storm eunice yesterday. 48 hours ago, if you looked in the atlantic, you would not have seen any sign of it, it formed yesterday and intensifies overnight. it is called explosive cyclogenesis, intensifying the storm, and it has spun up in the last 12 to 24 hours into a potent storm which is hitting the uk at the wrong time at most powerful. talking about climate wrong time at most powerful. talking about climate change, wrong time at most powerful. talking about climate change, are wrong time at most powerful. talking about climate change, are these - about cl
explosive cyclogenesis. and it s likely to bring some potentially damaging and disruptive winds more widely towards the uk. not only some very windy conditions, we ve also got the possibility of some snow and blizzards in the north. now, at the moment, that is perhaps more likely to be affecting scotland, perhaps the far north of england, but a lot depends on the track of the low. there is still some uncertainty, but it s likely that on friday we will see some more disruption more widely across the uk.
powerful storm just over a week ago, and it started right out here in the atlantic. just a tiny disturbance in our atmosphere, but enough for forecasters to spot that it looks like a powerful storm, and they named it eunice, which is the fifth named storm this season, and the second named storm this week. and as it approached our shores, it underwent explosive cyclogenesis, a scary name which basically means it picked up a lot of energy very rapidly. it s so tricky to compare storms, but eunice has certainly been nasty. it looks like it has brought the highest gust of wind ever recorded in england, 122 mph. but it s also exceptional because of the sheer extent of the warning area, so unusual to see virtually the whole of england and wales under an amberwind warning, and it brought the first red warning to london and south eastern parts of england since the current system was brought in about ten years ago. 80 mph gusts of wind inland are a big deal. and for scotland and northern irelan