Britain Gets Slammed By 82 mph Winds, Flooding Rains As Unusually Powerful June Storm Strikes

Written by Mark Vogan on June 8, 2012 in United Kingdom & Ireland with 0 Comments

A huge wave crashes against the lighthouse at Porthcawl, South Wales (Image courtesy of the Daily Mail)

One very impressive June storm system continues to batter the British Isles and I think it is safe to say, it has lived up to it’s billing. After seeing wind gusts clock 70 mph along exposed coasts with one gust clocking an impressive 82 mph at Needles on the western tip of the Isles of Wight, 50-60 mph winds continue to whip the southern half of the British Isles as of late this afternoon with very heavy, persistent rains continuing to pile into particularly Wales still. While the centre of circulation pushes across southern Scotland, winds have been fairly light here across central Scotland with intermittant heavy rain pulses. It’s been once the centre tracked from off southeastern Ireland northwards and deepened to it’s lowest point between Anglesey and Dublin during late last night and early this morning where we saw the maximum wind gusts develop along the well advertised coastal zones of west, south coasts of Wales, coastal southwest England and the south coast from Lizards Point to the Isle of Wight. Pressures are rising back above 1000mb after falling to around 980mb in several locales stretching from Southwest England to northwest Wales.

AN ACCURATE FORECAST OF A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT WHICH IMPACTED LIVES WAS BROUGHT TO YOU 5 DAYS IN ADVANCE!

I am pleased with my overall forecast on this storm and my early warning to you my subscriber of such stormy conditions. I believe this is a perfect example of why by subscribing to me, you will be the first to know of impending weather, weather which may impact your travel or outdoor plans, perhaps even your wallet or purse. My well-in-advance forecasts (often well before the BBC or Met Office) of wild or significant weather and your subscription should hopefully have been justified this week. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t believe the BBC announced of any significant weather system coming until at least midweek. You likely received this notification about as early as anyone.

As for facebook and twitter. The information is always prioritised to you first, then it will go public but the finer details, personalised forecast maps and videos are all strictly subscription only!

Thanks again to all of you for subscribing and trusting in markvoganweather.com for your forecast. Please feel free to comment or email me at anytime and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.