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“Hurricane Éowyn is causing dangerous weather on the British Isles on Friday,” ORF meteorologist Manuel Oberhuber informs on X.
With a core pressure of 935 hPa and 180 km/h on the coasts, this is “a different number” even for the storm-tested Irish and “in the absolute record range.” Due to the expected damage, the highest warning level applies.
Fabian Ruhnau from Kachelmannwetter also warns on X: “This is going to be a major and dangerous hurricane.” On Friday, Galway all-weather models are predicting wind speeds “around or over 150 km/h.” His colleague Peter Hinteregger even speaks of a “super hurricane.”
The Austrian severe weather center UWZ also reported Thursday afternoon that Éowyn could “break records” in the coming night: “After a drop in pressure of around 55 (!) hPa in 24 hours, gale-force gusts of up to 200 km/h are possible.”
The background is a sharp air mass boundary with large temperature differences within a few kilometers over the North Atlantic, which led to a “bomb cyclogenesis.” “In this case, the cold air masses that brought snow as far as New Orleans meet the warm air masses over the Atlantic,” the experts report.
On Friday night, the cold front will cross Ireland with heavy showers and thunderstorms, with expected gale-force winds of 120 to 140 km/h. In the west of Ireland, for example, in the city of Galway, with a population of 85,000, gusts of 160-180 km/h are to be expected. In exposed locations and on the coast, peak gusts of 200 km/h or even higher are possible.
If the forecast wind peaks actually occur, new records will be set, the meteorologists continue. The previous record was set on 16 September 1961, in Malin Head, at 181 km/h.
They warn: “Traffic disruptions and some major damage are to be expected. In addition, staying outdoors at night, especially near the coast, is life-threatening.”If the forecast wind peaks actually occur, new records will be set, and the meteorologists will continue.
A special NOAA aircraft intended for hurricanes has even been sent to collect measurement data.
On Friday morning, the cold front will then move across Great Britain, with heavy showers, thunderstorms, and widespread gusts of at least 80 to 100 km/h to be expected. The gusts will be stronger towards the north and west. In Wales and South West England, gale-force gusts of around 120 km/h are to be expected, and from North West England to North East England, 140 km/h. In west Scotland, gusts of up to 160 km/h can be expected locally.
In comparison, only minor effects are to be expected in German-speaking countries. Stormy gusts of 60 to 80 km/h are only to be expected on the North Sea coast, the low mountain ranges in Germany, the Jura in Switzerland, and on the eastern edge of the Alps in Austria. In the northwest of Germany, a few showers will also move through from midday on Friday evening.Switzerland,
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