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Title: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: old original on February 08, 2020, 15:59:03 Among a lot of alterations XC are not running anything south of Bristol...
Never used to happen in my day..... Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: a-driver on February 08, 2020, 19:00:03 Among a lot of alterations XC are not running anything south of Bristol... Never used to happen in my day..... But in your day they probably never had blanket speed restrictions, allowed trees to grow lineside and, should a train have hit a tree, the most damage it would have sustained would have been a scratch!! ;D Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: CyclingSid on February 08, 2020, 19:09:10 Cancellations and disruption to Isle of Wight ferries expected. Gosport ferry expected to run as normal. Hayling ferry cancelled Sunday and Monday.
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 09, 2020, 06:45:13 Among a lot of alterations XC are not running anything south of Bristol... Never used to happen in my day..... Pretty well a "blueOut" on GW too - map at the top of these pages a sea of blue! London - Bristol houry London - Swansea hourly London - South West terminates at Plymouth and "amended" London - Hereford terminates at Worcester and "amended" London - Bedwyn becomes Reading - Bedwyn shuttle London - Cheltenham Spa becomes Swindon - Cheltenham Spa shuttle Speed restrictions, risk of trees and debris blown onto lines. Where trains are cancelled, road replacement may NOT be available Tickets valid by any reasonable route, on many First and Stagecoach buses, and tomorrow too. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/claracan.jpg) Quote Cancellations to services on all routes Due to high winds fewer trains are able to run on all lines. Train services running across the whole Great Western Railway network may be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of the day. Customer Advice CrossCountry, London Underground, South Western Railway, Southern Railway, Transport For Wales and West Midlands Railway are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Great Western Railway rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys. First Bus routes 43, X43: Worcester (Crowngate Bus Station) - Malvern Link (Station) - Great Malvern (Church Street), First Bus routes 44, X44: Worcester (Crowngate Bus Station) - Great Malvern (Station) - Malvern Link (Station), First Bus route X1: Weston-Super-Mare - Weston Milton - Worle - Nailsea & Backwell (Crossroads) - Bristol (Bus Station Bay 9), First Bus routes X8: Bristol (Bus Station Bay 11) - Nailsea & Backwell (Station), First Bus routes X9: Bristol (Bus Station Bay 11) - Nailsea, Stagecoach bus routes 94, 94X, 94U: Gloucester (Market Parade) - Cheltenham (Promenade), Stagecoach bus route 51: Swindon (Bus Station) - Cheltenham (Promenade), Stagecoach bus route 10: Gloucester (Clarence Street) - Cheltenham (Promenade), Stagecoach bus route 61: Stroud (Merrywalks) - Stonehouse (Elgin Mall), Stagecoach bus route 63: Gloucester (Bus Station) - Stroud (Merrywalks), Stagecoach bus route 64: Gloucester (Bus Station) - Stonehouse (Elgin Mall) - Stroud (Merrywalks), Stagecoach bus route 66: Cheltenham (Promenade) - Stroud (Merrywalks) - Stonehouse, Stagecoach bus routes 97, 98: Gloucester (Bus Station) - Cheltenham (Promenade), First Bus route X2: Weston-Super-Mare - Weston Milton - Worle - Yatton - Nailsea & Backwell (Crossroads) - Bristol (Bus Station), First Bus route X5: Weston-Super-Mare (Oxford Street) - Weston Milton (The Borough Arms) - Worle (New Bristol Road) and First Bus route X7: Weston-Super-Mare - Weston Milton - Worle (Locking Castle) - Yatton - Nailsea (Link Rd) Bristol (Bus Sta) are conveying passengers via any reasonable route until further notice. Arrangements have been made for Great Western Railway rail tickets to be accepted for these journeys. If you wish to use local buses as an alternative means of transport and the local bus is not accepting Great Western Railway tickets, please keep the bus ticket and send it, together with your rail ticket, to us for a refund. Ticket acceptance will remain in place until further notice. Additional Information Advice In anticipation of significant high winds on Sunday 09th February, we expect to run a reduced train service and you are advised to check before you travel. The current forecast suggests high winds of 60-70mph and heavy rain in some areas. To make sure as many trains are safely able to run as possible, speed restrictions will be in place on lines in the South West and the Thames Valley. We expect to reduce the number of long-distance services that we will be able to operate, and where trains do run, journeys are expected to take longer and be very busy. Trains between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington One train per hour will be running on the route between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington in both directions. Trains between Swansea, Cardiff and London Paddington One train per hour will be running on the route between Swansea and London Paddington in both directions. Trains between Penzance and London Paddington An amended timetable will be in place between Penzance and Plymouth. Trains between London Paddington and Penzance will start / terminate at Plymouth. Trains between London Paddington and Bedwyn An amended timetable will be in place with trains operating between Bedwyn and Reading. Connections will be available from Reading to London Paddington. Trains between London Paddington and Great Malvern / Hereford Trains will start / terminate at Worcester Foregate Street. Passengers are advised to travel to Worcester Foregate Street for onward travel to London Paddington. Replacement road transport may not be available as road conditions may not be safe to be used as an alternative. Trains between London Paddington and Cheltenham Spa An amended timetable will be in place where trains will operate between Cheltenham Spa and Swindon. Connections will be available from Swindon for onward travel. All Other Routes - Delays and alterations can be expected to train services throughout Sunday 09th February, due to the possibility of debris or trees being blown on to the line. There are no planned changes to the timetabled service at present, however, please Check Before You Travel. Replacement road transport - Where we are unable to run a train service because of the weather, we may also be unable to use taxis or buses. Road conditions may not be safe for road transport to be used as an alternative and we advise you not to travel on these routes. Ticket advice Can I travel on an alternative day? If you hold a ticket for Sunday 09th February and would like to travel on Monday 10th February, your ticket(s) will be valid. If you still intend to travel on Sunday 09th February, your ticket will not be restricted, and you may complete your journey on any service. Further Information An update will follow within the next 2 hours. If you hold a valid single, return, or weekly ticket, you will be able to claim compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more. Please keep your ticket and visit GWR.com/DelayRepay Last Updated:09/02/2020 05:47 Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TaplowGreen on February 09, 2020, 07:14:56 Blimey......haven't seen a map that blue on a Sunday since BBQ season, or at the very least after a GWR staff leaving do! 🙂
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: didcotdean on February 09, 2020, 10:18:26 Despite the weather the disused Didcot Power Station chimney was still demolished at 7:30-ish.
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Oxonhutch on February 09, 2020, 10:33:52 Despite the weather the disused Didcot Power Station chimney was still demolished at 7:30-ish. And 7 miles away, it still made the windows rattle! Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Marlburian on February 09, 2020, 11:25:17 Here in Tilehurst it just seems to be a windy day with steady rain - though I walked the ten minutes to the newsagents in the lightest of drizzles.
Having heard and seen all the doom & gloom about Ciara, I was fearing for the latest in a series of damaged fence panels and wondering if another branch would come off the poplars (one did last autumn) that are swaying elegantly but not ominously at the bottom of my garden. Perhaps I'm speaking too soon ... Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Marlburian on February 09, 2020, 11:34:11 Great Western Railway says: "Due to a tree blocking the railway between Basingstoke and Reading all lines are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised. All stations between Reading and Basingstoke will not be served. Disruption is expected until 11:30 09/02."
and "Passengers on the line between Ascot and Virginia Water are warned of a “precarious tree” that could fall at any minute. It’s very likely this will affect journey time". Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: eightf48544 on February 09, 2020, 11:41:30 Open Train times shows tree blocking Down Main at Maidenehad and Up Main and Relief blocked just before Langley.
Paddington is full but Heathrow Express and Connect and Hayes stoppers seem to be running. Not sure how accurate Open Train times at times of purtibation Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Timmer on February 09, 2020, 12:14:13 Nothing moving at Paddington. Ciara has done for services in and out of Paddington for now. Well done to GWR/NR for attempting some sort of service this morning but it was only going to be a matter of time before this storm caused services to be stopped.
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: broadgage on February 09, 2020, 13:00:56 Despite the weather the disused Didcot Power Station chimney was still demolished at 7:30-ish. Wet or windy weather is often preferred for blowing up redundant structures. Dust clouds from such demolitions can be a problem. Wet weather helps to settle the dust and minimises nuisance. Windy weather disperses the dust and spreads it very thinly over a wider area. High winds are not favoured for the preparations, but are fine for the actual detonation. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TaplowGreen on February 09, 2020, 13:17:49 Nothing moving at Paddington. Ciara has done for services in and out of Paddington for now. Well done to GWR/NR for attempting some sort of service this morning but it was only going to be a matter of time before this storm caused services to be stopped. Lots of this type of message on the GWR Twiitter feed, seems to be a number of trains stuck outside Paddington for some time; @GWRHelp no information and 2 children who need a toilet. All power gone means it’s now getting very cold too. Now nearly 2 hours stopped. Understand it may take time to fix the power however why is there no plan to get people off the train? We’re 5mins walk from Ealing Broadway. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: IndustryInsider on February 09, 2020, 13:32:26 Can't see any GWR trains stuck - looks like TfL Rail ones. Most of which have no toilets of course!
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Timmer on February 09, 2020, 14:28:45 GWR have just tweeted:
Quote Despite some lines re-opening, one of the affected electric trains is still unable to move after having broken down between #Reading and #LondonPaddington. All lines between the two stations are now expected to be closed for the remainder of the day. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: didcotdean on February 09, 2020, 14:39:15 Despite the weather the disused Didcot Power Station chimney was still demolished at 7:30-ish. Wet or windy weather is often preferred for blowing up redundant structures. Dust clouds from such demolitions can be a problem. Wet weather helps to settle the dust and minimises nuisance. Windy weather disperses the dust and spreads it very thinly over a wider area. High winds are not favoured for the preparations, but are fine for the actual detonation. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Timmer on February 09, 2020, 14:58:19 GWR have just tweeted: Hmmm three trains have just left Paddington to Bristol, Plymouth and Oxford so not sure what’s going on ???Quote Despite some lines re-opening, one of the affected electric trains is still unable to move after having broken down between #Reading and #LondonPaddington. All lines between the two stations are now expected to be closed for the remainder of the day. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Marlburian on February 09, 2020, 15:25:39 According to National Rail, just six of the 13 trains scheduled to leave Paddington between 1530 and 1630 have been cancelled, the rest are on time :-\
A similar proportion of trains were scheduled to leave between 1300 and 1400, though Realtimetrains suggested otherwise, showing all were cancelled. But the 1403 for Plymouth did leave, 48 minutes late. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TaplowGreen on February 09, 2020, 15:36:41 As at 1506;
Cancellations to services between Reading and London Paddington Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between Reading and London Paddington fewer trains are able to run on all lines. Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 120 minutes. Disruption is expected until the end of the day. Customer Advice A tree had fallen in high winds damaging overhead wires in the Acton Main line area. Train services are now operating between between Reading and London Paddington, however due to the disruption, there will be several service alterations owing to crew and train displacement, and the existing amendments remain in place due to storm Ciara. Customers are now advised not to travel between Reading and London Paddington in both directions for the remainder of today. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: eightf48544 on February 09, 2020, 15:57:10 Found this at Maidenhead going West. 5V84 1048 Leicester L.I.P. - Laira T.& R.S.M.D. (ZZ) passed 15:00.
Things seem to be moving at bit out of Padd picked up a Down Bristol TM. Picked up a couple of DMU Express passenger Reading Padd 1Z79 1Z80 Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TaplowGreen on February 09, 2020, 16:00:40 TfL stopper just (5 mins) gone through Taplow heading West
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: PhilWakely on February 09, 2020, 16:16:06 I had travelled up from Exeter this morning in the hope of participating in the Hidden London Jubilee Line special from the old platform at Charing Cross. Sadly, the attempt was aborted at Reading. I must, however, congratulate the station staff at Reading, who, under very trying circumstances, kept everybody informed and, where possible, offered alternatives - until the Reading-Waterloo line was also blocked.
I was also thankful for Exeter-Waterloo services being diverted into Reading today, as that saved a considerable wait at Reading for a return service. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TonyK on February 09, 2020, 18:46:22 I took the coward's way out, turned the heating up, and stayed home.
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: stuving on February 09, 2020, 19:08:46 SWR have taken to listing all the trees they have removed all day - presumably reasoning that they might as well get the credit for all their hard work, rather than deleting the mention as soon as the tree has gone. It's quite an impressive list - and the day's not over yet:
Quote Current obstructions on the SWR network - 15:56 A tree is precarious between Farnham and Alton. Trains are running under caution. - 18:13 A tree is blocking the line between Portchester and Fareham. - 18:30 A tree is blocking the railway between Ashurst New Forest and Totton. - 18:48 A tree is blocking the railway between Overton and Whitchurch. Previous obstructions on the SWR network today that have impacted train services: - 07:53 A tree is blocking the railway at Bursledon. CLEARED 08:13. - 07:42 A tree was blocking the railway at Gillingham (Dorset). CLEARED 08:34. - 08:45 A tree was precarious between Virginia Water and Ascot. CLEARED 10:01. - 08:04 A tree was blocking the railway between Guiildford and Effingham Junction. CLEARED 09:12 - 09:45 A tree was blocking the railway at Mortimer, affecting our West of England services to/from Reading. CLEARED 11:03. - 10:33 A tree was blocking the railway at Ashford (Surrey). CLEARED 10:46. - 10:57 A tree is blocking the railway at Martins Heron. CLEARED 11:23. - 11:35 A tree was blocking the railway at Bracknell. CLEARED 11:52. - 11:45 A tree was blocking the railway at Hamble. CLEARED 11:56. - 10:06 The trees affecting replacement bus routes between Salisbury and Mottisfont & Dunbridge/Dean have been cleared. CLEARED 12:18. - 11:35 A tree was blocking the railway between Virginia Water and Ascot. CLEARED 12:19. - 12:25 A tree was blocking the railway at Gillingham (Dorset). CLEARED 12:29. - 12:33 A tree was blocking the line at Holton Heath. CLEARED 12:41. - 08:39 There was a precarious tree between Basingstoke at Micheldever. CLEARED 12:22. - 09:30 There was a precarious tree between Staines and Windsor and Eton Riverside. CLEARED 13:16. - 13:52 A tree is blocking the railway at Botley. CLEARED 13:56. - 13:47 A tree was blocking the railway at Surbiton. CLEARED 14:19 .- 14:24 A tree was blocking the railway at Horsley. CLEARED 14:35. - 14:24 A tree was blocking the railway at Hampton Court. CLEARED 14:42. - 15:01 A tree was blocking the railway at Teddington. CLEARED 15:27. - 15:32 A tree was blocking the railway between Warminster and Salisbury. CLEARED 16:24. - 15:40 A tree was blocking the railway at Templecombe. CLEARED 16:26 - 15:57 A tree was blocking the railway between Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside. CLEARED 16:19. - 13:53 A precarious tree was reported at Holton Heath. CLEARED 16:31. - 16:27 A tree was blocking the railway at Barnes Bridge. CLEARED 16:32. - 17:23 A tree blocking the railway between Staines and Windsor and Eton Riverside. CLEARED 17:48. - 15:08 A tree is blocking the railway at Romsey. CLEARED 17:53. - 17:29 A tree blocking the railway between Ashurst New Forest and Beaulieu Road. CLEARED 17:50. - 15:36 Some metal sheeting is blocking the railway between Cosham and Portchester. CLEARED 18:09. I was particularly impressed by the one at Gillingham that was removed four minutes from first report - I guess it almost fell on top of one of their prepositioned lumberjack crews. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: PhilWakely on February 09, 2020, 19:17:40 SWR have taken to listing all the trees they have removed all day..... <snip> - 12:25 A tree was blocking the railway at Gillingham (Dorset). CLEARED 12:29. <snip> I was particularly impressed by the one at Gillingham that was removed four minutes from first report - I guess it almost fell on top of one of their prepositioned lumberjack crews. Removed by the driver who encountered it ;D Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: IndustryInsider on February 09, 2020, 19:37:59 A very sensible decision to impose the blanket 50mph restriction then!
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: tomL on February 09, 2020, 19:48:13 A very sensible decision to impose the blanket 50mph restriction then! It felt almost therapeutic cruising at 50mph from Didcot to Swindon earlier. Maybe not so much if you were in a hurry to get somewhere. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: PhilWakely on February 09, 2020, 19:57:15 A very sensible decision to impose the blanket 50mph restriction then! It felt almost therapeutic cruising at 50mph from Didcot to Swindon earlier. Maybe not so much if you were in a hurry to get somewhere. I was chatting to our customer host between Taunton and Castle Cary this morning and said exactly that! A very pleasant cruise [even though I was mildly panicking about getting to Charing Cross in time for the LT event] Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 09, 2020, 19:58:20 Quote Quote 10:06 The trees affecting replacement bus routes between Salisbury and Mottisfont & Dunbridge/Dean have been cleared. CLEARED 12:18. Love it! Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: johnneyw on February 09, 2020, 21:20:54 Fly away trampolines cause rail delays. From the BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51436805 Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TonyK on February 09, 2020, 23:16:38 Fly away trampolines cause rail delays. From the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51436805 Some helpful advice from RoSPA there. Elsewhere, ScotRail posted a picture after one of their "new" HSTs hit a tree, fortunately rather slowly. (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQWibJZXsAYw0in?format=jpg&name=large) Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: rogerpatenall on February 10, 2020, 11:34:31 I am sure that a lot of the trees down were not from Network Rail property, but most probably were. It is a Network Rail management decision not to manage the line side - and react only to emergency work and situations, so I put much of that problem down to NR Management - not Act of God.
We took the decision to continue with our plans to attend a 5th birthday lunch in Manchester. Booked on the 1020 from Euston we went there at 730, caught the first train out and had a five hours fifteen minutes journey to Piccadilly. 50 mph certainly induces rest and sleep. Coming back at 6pm was expected to be another 5 hours - but the speed limit was lifted after Stoke, and the return journey (on a rammed full Pendolino) was 3 hours. Could easily have been a foolish plan for a day out, but actually worked well - my first experience of an Avanti West Coast service. Not fair to draw conclusions about them on that one exceptional day, but they and their staff did well. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: IndustryInsider on February 10, 2020, 11:46:29 Could easily have been a foolish plan for a day out, but actually worked well - my first experience of an Avanti West Coast service. Not fair to draw conclusions about them on that one exceptional day, but they and their staff did well. I think the new staff they've got in are far better than the old Virgin lot. ;D Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TonyK on February 11, 2020, 00:37:09 I think the new staff they've got in are far better than the old Virgin lot. ;D Old Virgins get a bad press. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: charles_uk on February 11, 2020, 12:40:53 And there's more to look forward to this coming weekend:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2020/storm-dennis-will-bring-heavy-rain-and-gales-to-the-uk-on-saturday Quote Storm Dennis to bring heavy rain and gales to the UK Author: Press Office 10:35 (UTC) on Tue 11 Feb 2020 ...not expected to be as extreme as Storm Ciara but will bring widespread strong winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK... Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 11, 2020, 13:25:49 And there's more to look forward to this coming weekend: Quote Storm Dennis to bring heavy rain and gales to the UK Was I the only one to be expecting the next weather event to be Storm(y) Daniel(s)? Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: froome on February 11, 2020, 16:52:10 And there's more to look forward to this coming weekend: Quote Storm Dennis to bring heavy rain and gales to the UK Was I the only one to be expecting the next weather event to be Storm(y) Daniel(s)? How long will we have to wait before Storm Zee is strutting the stage, raining down on us all? Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Robin Summerhill on February 11, 2020, 17:13:20 50 mph certainly induces rest and sleep. It certainly used to on the York to Swindon mail and parcels down the GC in the 1960s. And 50 would have seemed a reckless hair-raising speed on the Somerset & Dorset ;) Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Phil on February 12, 2020, 07:58:32 How long will we have to wait before Storm Zee is strutting the stage, raining down on us all? Storm Zed post-Brexit, surely? Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: eightf48544 on February 12, 2020, 09:02:35 50 mph certainly induces rest and sleep. It certainly used to on the York to Swindon mail and parcels down the GC in the 1960s. And 50 would have seemed a reckless hair-raising speed on the Somerset & Dorset ;) I used to catch the Manchester (Central) to Marylebone Via Woodhead and GC overnight parcels train in the early 60 usually got a good nights sleep. Peter Smith SD driver reckons he did 85 passing Baileygate on rebuilt WC/BB. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: BBM on February 12, 2020, 09:15:52 How long will we have to wait before Storm Zee is strutting the stage, raining down on us all? Some off-topic trivia - in 2005 the North Atlantic hurricane season had so many storms that they ran out of names with Hurricane Wilma and they then had to start using Greek letters beginning with Tropical Storm Alpha and ending on the sixth letter of the alphabet with Tropical Storm Zeta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season) Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: REVUpminster on February 12, 2020, 10:20:04 This may not be the place to put this but with storm Clara passing and Storm Dennis on it's way and no one has mentioned this.
A huge chunk of cliff fell into the sea revealing caves undermining property above. Luckily not near the railway at the moment. which is at the left arrow and the fall at the right arrow. Last year a number of rocks were placed at the bottom of the cliff with the railway line immediately above. The two storms above come from the West whereas it is storms from the East that damage Torbay (Hollicombe) and Dawlish. (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49463964521_f72b5cabb6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2imXKmv)Livermead from air (https://flic.kr/p/2imXKmv) by Robert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/revupminster/), on Flickr (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49463964371_224d841311_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2imXKiV)Livermead (https://flic.kr/p/2imXKiV) by Robert (https://www.flickr.com/photos/revupminster/), on Flickr Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Surrey 455 on February 12, 2020, 10:21:38 How long will we have to wait before Storm Zee is strutting the stage, raining down on us all? Sorry, won't be possible. Some letters just aren't used :( From The Met Office (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-storm-centre/index) Quote Why are there no storms for Q, U, X, Y and Z? To ensure we are in line with the US National Hurricane Centre naming conventions, we are not going to include names which begin with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z. This will maintain consistency for official storm naming in the North Atlantic. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: didcotdean on February 12, 2020, 10:35:16 The furthest down the alphabet reached so far since the naming system was started is K.
The UK Met Office used to be the more reluctant partner to name storms, but now they have done two in a week. However, the British media started using Dennis before the Met Office declared it which might have forced its hand a bit. Even the intensity of Ciara ranks only at the rarity of a once a year storm which was not really that exceptional apart from it taking a more southerly track than typical. Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: Timmer on February 12, 2020, 11:05:18 Even the intensity of Ciara ranks only at the rarity of a once a year storm which was not really that exceptional apart from it taking a more southerly track than typical. Almost more noteworthy for the rain in the North of the country that bought flooding than the wind though there was plenty of that as well. Concerning that 'Dennis' could be bringing a lot of rain over the weekend leading to further concerns of flooding in vulnerable areas.Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: TonyK on February 12, 2020, 21:00:04 Was I the only one to be expecting the next weather event to be Storm(y) Daniel(s)? grahame, the " ;D" button next to the "like" is overdue. Some off-topic trivia - in 2005 the North Atlantic hurricane season had so many storms that they ran out of names with Hurricane Wilma and they then had to start using Greek letters beginning with Tropical Storm Alpha and ending on the sixth letter of the alphabet with Tropical Storm Zeta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season) OMeGa! Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: CyclingSid on February 13, 2020, 07:08:43 I thought storm Ciara was named by Met Eireann? They operate a joint list with the Met Office, not sure where the demarcation is between who does the naming.
Title: Re: Storm Ciara -Sunday 9th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 15, 2020, 17:53:58 Following posts ... on following storm Dennis ... may now be found at
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