STORM FLORIS.

Absolutely 💯 local records could be beaten, being summer there's warnings for us but if this was winter it most likely wouldn't have been named with Scotland being the exception, I can see them going into an orange warning by tomorrow as it will still deepen as it passes over Aberdeen for example and some signs of a sting jet there before it heads towards Norway, Sweden and Finland, even a small area in Scotland could go red but I'm sure met Office are keeping an eye on tracks and wind speed etc

Stick to reliable sources like here

Dublin live has it like it's an apocalypse storm like they do for every weather event

Scare mongering at its worst, George Lee is no better than any of those other clowns that sensationalise these things. It does look like the storm will just about meet the criteria for explosive cyclogenesis but it's still only going to be about 984 hPa while passing our shores so it isn't a very deep low. Its wind field is relatively small so beyond the central area of the storm it won't have much impact.

It will be impactful for Scotland for sure, it passes right across the north of the country there and is deepening as it goes so they will definitely take the brunt of it. However here in Ireland it won't be anything more than a windy day for the vast majority of us. The media of course will make a big deal out of this for clicks and engagement, but I don't think anyone here should be too worried aside from taking the usual precautions if you're on the West coast.

Here's the latest ECM showing the storm tracking well to our North:

And the overall model forecasts for peak gusts at Malin head:

my elderly neighbour rang me to mention the George Lee article - she believes the RTÉ app is “gospel” - she is very worried - I said to her stick with Met Eireann advice and not the sensationalist stuff

Well, no, they will be paying for it. Thats partly why its booming now...

If I'm not mistaken, ME's warning system is purely metric based and doesn't take into account variables like the fact trees are in full leaf or that it's a bank holiday where a lot of people will be out and about

Absolutely 💯 does look like the colour orange 🍊 I probably should have said that , it sounded like I was saying this storm should be orange warnings so my bad if people got confused, does indeed look like a Scottish storm and same with Norway, I can even see Denmark getting warnings as well from this ,

Yeah sorry I misread what you meant!

I generally ignore all the warnings and media hype so doesn't affect me either way, but by right they should take the context of the forecast into account when deciding warnings, a bog standard gale in December is barely worth mentioning but the same gale on a bank holiday in the summer is obviously a different story, yet currently both would get the same warning

UK Met Office have upgraded to an Amber alert for Northern Scotland.

Marine orange

Status Orange - Storm warning from Bloody Foreland to Malin Head to Fair Head

Westerly winds may reach storm force 10 at times.

Valid: 09:00 Monday 04/08/2025 to 12:00 Monday 04/08/2025

where was this shown? i watched yesterday's 9 & 6 forecasts on the phone there and they looked yellow, maybe a dark yellow but not as orange as that

Yes it was shown like that , I thought I was seeing things and I know I'm not colour blind either so I had to post it as it does look like orange warnings on the map doesn't it , its not just me

I know ye I think they showed it after but as the UK

oh my goodness, could hug you, pauldry! I’m out in the garden staking and securing everything. Hundreds of plants grown from seed since March are going to get flattened as I’m further north.

Are the other models showing the same?