What a beautiful storm

[Tarmo Tanilsoo]

Disclaimer: If you are disappointed in 2006 hurricane season, following may hurt you.

http://saturn.unibe.ch/rsbern/noaa/dw/realtime/current/800/n1bcurr.jpg - and it is an middle latitude cyclone. It is simply beautiful. OPC says that it is storm force cyclone.

 

[Karen Politte]

Ah! Thanks for posting, Tarmo! I see that my homecountry of Scotland is getting whipped by the main "feeder-band" (if you can call it that) of that big atlantic storm!!! Pity it wasn't a bit further south......then I'd have my mum on the phone telling me about all of the downed-trees and landslides.

Very cool!

KL

 

[Tarmo Tanilsoo]

http://saturn.unibe.ch/rsbern/noaa/dw/realtime/n1b/640/N18_20070215022912-c4-corrected.jpg - it looked a bit more impressive at night. Warnings about winds to 70 mph are in effect - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/he/he_forecast_warnings.html . Gale warnings are up also in Iceland.

Meanwhile, it looks like it makes landfall in Iceland soon.

 

[Marko Korosec]

One impressive satellite more...



Here is a 12 UTC surface analysis map from OPC, reporting hurricane force winds and 953hPa minimum central pressure: