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Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 1)
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Development & Analysis Of A UK Storm Indicator (part 1)

The Met Office introduced the named storm system in 2015. In this series I aim to establish a similar indicator that serves to extend analysis back in time

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I’ve written a great deal about the named storm system; and of rain and wind in these cold, damp islands. The keen reader may wish to trawl back through the archives, and to assist with this I present the following hyperlinks to all published material of significance:

  • A Century Of UK/NI Rainfall (part 1)

  • Putting The Wind Up… (part 1)

  • Not Gone With The Wind (part 1)

  • How Many Named Storms Should We Expect?

  • Singin’ In The Rain (part 1)

  • A Case Study In Rain: Yeovilton (part 1)

  • Rainfall In South West England & Wales (part 1)

  • UK Regional Rainfall Analysis 1873 – 2024 (part 1)

Storms in the UK are lovingly made with just two non-GMO ingredients: wind and rain. That’s it. Sometimes there is a lot of wind and little or no rain, and sometimes there is a lot of rain with little wind to speak of. In my book a storm should be defined as a low pressure atmospheric disturbance that is capable of whipping up winds that flatten your fence and bringing rain that thwarts idiots who drive at speed through floods …

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