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Storm Ophelia Historic



Storm Ophelia Historic

Storm Ophelia was a historic, memorable ex-Hurricane that brought unusual weather to both the United Kingdom and Ireland, and will live peoples memories for a long time (those who experienced it)

The first warnings for Ophelia began on the 12th of October in the United Kingdom, initially these where yellow warnings for the storm, at this point the storm wasn't anywhere near the United Kingdom, it was mostly confined to the South West of the Azores, and it wasn't a particularly deep system at this point in time.


When Ophelia formed it was one of the most Eastern recorded Hurricanes in the Northern Atlantic.To most people in Europe it took many by surprise to see such a sight in our corner of the world, because we're just used to seeing normal low pressure systems.

On the 14th of October the storm and was a hurricane, for a time, and continued to develop, however it soon weakened, and by the Sunday evening it had been declassified as a hurricane. However it'd still be quite potent, on Sunday the storm, now mostly an ex-hurricane began to swerve and skim Spain and Portugal, and turn towards Ireland and the United Kingdom (the system was mostly towards Ireland)

The Storm on the 16th brought strong winds to much of Ireland and the UK, however the storm didnt bring much in the way of rain, rain was mostly confined to Ireland, much of the UK remained dry, bar parts of Scotland.


Where it was dry, the storm brought gusty winds, and impressive 'sustained' winds although they weren't hurricane-like sustained winds.

The highest gust recorded in the United Kingdom on the 16th of October was 90mph, in Gwynedd, Wales.

Ireland where the storm was more present recorded 97mph at Roches Point, in Cork.

For most in the United Kingdom the storm brought unusual weather conditions, that'll be remembered for many years, at the time when Ophelia was rising up from Portugal and Spain, these countries specifically Portugal were dealing with quite harsh wildfires at the time, so as the winds turned, Ophelia brought up the smoke from Portugal with it.

And because of that, in the UK there was reports of a red sun phenomenon, and in parts of the UK people described the smell in the air as 'burning' and this was all due to the wildfire smoke being brought up by Iberia.

Here is a photo: 

This sight caught many by surprise in Britain because it is not often seen, barely ever. Because you need the right conditions, to get a weather phenomenon like this.

The Storm brought particularly humid weather with it too, personally to me, it was incredibly humid. I've never felt the air that humid before in my entire life, it was such a memorable event that I'll probably never forget. And it made a particularly dismal month overall quite memorable.



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