Kitty Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I have been told by a couple of neighbours that there could be a major storm brewing in the Atlantic and that it will arrive on the south west coast of France on Monday.Does anyone know any more about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My neighbour told me that it was on the news, to be warned of a big storm early next week ... but there doesn't appear to be anything on the meteo site. Does anyone else know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 If the storm is as strong as it is purported to be by my neighbours, I would be interested in moving inland for a couple of days or so.If anyone has a gite to rent inland from Bordeaux or Royan, suitable for 3 of my 4 children, a dog and a husband - who are both very well house trained - and me, could you send me a PM (the email link doesn't work)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Take a look at the met office site here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/surface_pressure.htmlAdvance it to monday night/tuesday morning by clicking on T+60 or T+72 (12 hour increments) and you'll see the potential beast. It may simply be very windy or it may deepen and become another hurricane, either way it's forecast to head off over northern France but that is only a forecast. Direction will be all important. The strongest winds will be south of the eye of the depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Not looking too bad according to Méteo FranceHere is their map for Sunday/Monday[IMG]http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/bfb_album/_1234079461096.png[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 [quote user="Gemini_man"]Take a look at the met office site here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/surface_pressure.htmlAdvance it to monday night/tuesday morning by clicking on T+60 or T+72 (12 hour increments) and you'll see the potential beast. It may simply be very windy or it may deepen and become another hurricane, either way it's forecast to head off over northern France but that is only a forecast. Direction will be all important. The strongest winds will be south of the eye of the depression. [/quote]Using Gm's link (what a useful site Gm) it seems as though the worst of the storm might occur through Tuesday - if I have read the timing right?Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 The TF1 team have promised a more detailed forecast for tuesday morning in the North West; hopefully the discontented gentleman from Les sables will get a better blow this time.[:)] Winds inland anticipated to gust to 130 kph. 2Sèvres misses out yet again[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val douest Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Looking at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/meteoalarm/index.html I have been trying to work out what the symbol consisting of a square with a line through it is - the one beside France in the example of a warning weather chart. It also appears against the vast majority of areas of France, which are coloured yellow for 'vigilance if taking part in outdoor activities', in the current meteoalarm forecast. It would be good to know what to be vigilant about - or it a symbol in such widespread use that they don't bother to define it, and it has somehow just passed me by?Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 On Méteoconsult (click for link):"violente tempête" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judie Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm afraid your link doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 [quote user="suein56"][quote user="Gemini_man"]Take a look at the met office site here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/surface_pressure.htmlAdvance it to monday night/tuesday morning by clicking on T+60 or T+72 (12 hour increments) and you'll see the potential beast. It may simply be very windy or it may deepen and become another hurricane, either way it's forecast to head off over northern France but that is only a forecast. Direction will be all important. The strongest winds will be south of the eye of the depression. [/quote]Using Gm's link (what a useful site Gm) it seems as though the worst of the storm might occur through Tuesday - if I have read the timing right?Sue [/quote]Sue, it looks as though the storm is likely to arrive onland sometime Monday afternoon/evening and it should be a very noisy night for anyone in or near it's path. Tuesday should be a lot calmer by daybreak, depending on where you are in France of course. The important thing will be how deep the depression is, at the moment Meteo France don't have it flagged to be vigilant of which kind of surprises me as they are pretty cautious these days. Fot anyother view of what's "coming your way" this is a usefull site: http://tinyurl.com/3xx87mIt shows a loop of the last three hours rainfall/snowfall from which you should be able to see if anything very wet is headed your way. It will also show cloud cover by clicking "clouds and rainfall images" at the top of the map. The images during the recent storm in the South West were quite remarkable with a very intense cloud swirl, that is until the elctricity went off and the screen went blank [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 [quote user="Judie"]I'm afraid your link doesn't work.[/quote]Judie,Lisleoise's link times out viewing sessions but if you click on Sommaire on the left of the page it will take you to a weather map with a section on the right marked "VIOLENTE TEMPETE à partir de lundi soir"which you can click on for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 [quote user="Judie"]I'm afraid your link doesn't work.[/quote]Works for me - click on the words 'voilente tempête. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 [quote user="Lisleoise"]On Méteoconsult (click for link):"violente tempête"[/quote]Maybe you're logged into the site Lisleoise? I think non registered visitors see this "Vous n'avez pas navigué sur notre site depuis plus d'un quart d'heure. Pour votre sécurité, nous vous avons déconnecté."But clicking on Sommaire does bring up the page with the Viloente tempete details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I find the easy thing is to pop your postcode into the "previsions" box at the top of this page:http://france.meteofrance.com/france/accueilIt's showing winds of 45km with gusts up to 95 on Tuesday for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Looks as though the worst of it will be further north this time.http://www.lachainemeteo.com/information.php?lapage=356 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Unfortunately the Met Office site is only updated once a day at 7.30 am which is pretty useless for forecasting purposes so will have to wait until the morning to see what their prediction is. Meanwhile Meteo France have updated their site several times and are now predicting strong winds in the West, North and Centre throughout Tuesday but are only talking about gusts of max 110 kmh consequently no vigilance orange or rouge. I'd still put away anything that could be blown about, just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 If you click on the link I gave before Méteo you will see that there is now an orange alert in the North West and West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 [quote user="NormanH"]If you click on the link I gave before Méteo you will see that there is now an orange alert in the North West and West[/quote]Yes, Meteo France updated this morning. The Met Office are forecasting the depression to be a low of 973 mb which is considerably higher than the recent storm in the South West which was 960 mb so hopefully this one will not be too destructive. It will be a noisy night though, that's for sure. Now where did I put those candles? [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Oh well ...Lets hope the new pier at La Tranche all stainless steel and posh decking stands up to this blow better than the previous pier that got swept away .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Météo France a étendu la vigilance orange pour tempête à 58 départements au nord d'une ligne allant des Landes à la Franche-Comté, contre 35 précédemment, dans un nouveau bulletin publié lundi en fin de matinée.Alerte orange for 58 départements from the Landes up to the Franche-Comté.http://actu.orange.fr/articles/a-la-une/Tempete-58-departements-en-alerte-orange.html They just said on the news that it will be between 18.00 this evening and 13.00 hours tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Depending upon the severity of tonight's blow, if there are any absent owners living within half an hours drive of Moutiers les Maufaits I'd be prepared to go out tomorrow and give your place a quick once over for obvious damage (I'm not a surveyor or builder). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm finding the site below of great value, for Britain as well as Francehttp://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=FRWell worth taking a few minutes to get to know how to use all the options.I do wish everyone luck, I absolutely hate strong winds and the damage they can cause (remembering the destruction round us after the 1999 tempete, although we were relatively unscathed).Bon courage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I posted that site last week. It would appear from thr reaction of those living further south that the wind history does not show the gusts but merely the normal wind strength.I agree with you though that it's generally a good site.Virtually no wind here as yet (10 kms inland from Les Sables). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]I'm finding the site below of great value, for Britain as well as Francehttp://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=FRWell worth taking a few minutes to get to know how to use all the options.I do wish everyone luck, I absolutely hate strong winds and the damage they can cause (remembering the destruction round us after the 1999 tempete, although we were relatively unscathed).Bon courage.[/quote]Ooh yes, nice map, have added that to my favourites and will explore the options, thanks Martin and Benjamin [:)]Talking of the tempete of 1999, that started with a deep depression that tracked along the channel and North of France, just like this one is going to do, causing enormous damage then 24 hours later out of nowhere a second depression, even deeper, developed off the West coast - oddly enough it was given the name Martin! The second depression devastated large parts of West, South West and South France. I have reason to remember it well as my subsequent insurance claim paid for a second car, a fridge freezer, a computer upgrade and some new tiles. So, I shall be watching closely for any developments off the West coast tomorrow [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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