In this case, Chuck, our Met Office thought that this was from the USA (unless
I’m thinking of the one before it . . .)
Chris
> On 6 Feb 2016, at 17:15, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> All of the storms want to go north and then loop back east. Early season
> storms tend to go into the Gulf of Mexico and expend themselves over land in
> Mexico or the US. Later season storms start turning north earlier and
> earlier, some hitting the US east coast and some running up the Atlantic and
> turning east back toward Europe. Very few actually hit the UK but a lot of
> them try.
>
> Here are the historical tracks of about 150 hurricanes.
> <https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/ <https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/>>
> Click on the link and then at upper right click on "Hurricanes". That will
> populate the map with all the tracks. Use your mouse scroll wheel up or down
> to change the magnification. Left click on the map and drag it left to be
> able to see the UK and other parts of Europe.
>
> If you click on "Hurricanes" again it will turn the tracks off. If you then
> click on "County Strikes" it will shade the counties in the US with various
> shades of pink and red indicating the relative frequency of hurricane strikes
> in those counties. All of the counties along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
> have been hit at one time or another.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/6/2016 10:28 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> I believe they do originate over here, much as our hurricanes tend to
>> form up off the coast of Africa. Piers told me about some impressive
>> winds last winter along the road from Ullapool to Inverness. I wonder
>> if this year's storms have topped those. Just a few days ago I was
>> exchanging emails with the fellow who runs the B&B we like in
>> Fionnphort, and he testified to the strength of the storms this
>> winter. I believe that video was shot along the B8035(?) between
>> Salen and Bunessan.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus. This is a perfect mobile device. Any
>> perceived errors in spelling, grammar, or logic are figments of your
>> imagination.
>>
>>> On Feb 6, 2016, at 1:28 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I wondered whether you had, Bob.
>>>
>>> And those winds were sent over from the East Coast of the US,
>>> weren’t they? You didn’t want them but they had to go somewhere .
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