General / Off-Topic Will Lorenzo be the very first Hurricane to ever strike Europe?

[Remus]

Not so long ago, a hurricane formed alongside the coast of Africa, it quickly raised to Cat5, making him the strongest hurricane ever observed on those latitudes.

It then did something unusual, instead of continuing drifting west, it took a sharp turn to the north east!
Every specialist concurs though, that Lorenzo should not represent any danger for the European continent. Or at least that is what they said until yesterday.
Lorenzo was supposed to loose in intensity while continuing its journey north into colder waters. And while it did decrease in intensity, it reached the Portuguese islands of the Azores while still being a Cat2.

It did seem at first that Lorenzo would then keep going in a straight line up to the arctic where it would die, if anything it would reach the Irish coasts as an extra-tropical storm.

But that was yesterday, and today, this seem to be the picture that is given to us.

As you can see, it does seem as if Lorenzo will reach Ireland, while still being strong enough to be categorized as a hurricane, keep in mind that 2 days ago, Lorenzo was expected to decrease all the way to an extra tropical storm at this point.

Clearly it seems it is no longer the case.

What are your thoughts?

 

[lysan]

No it’s not going to happen, stay frosty.

 

[ethelred]

I'm flying from Dublin to Bristol tomorrow so I'm looking forward to the 50km/h winds

 

[metatheurgist]

How dare you?

 

[Patrick_68000]

The experts wonder if this trajectory will become common in the future.

 

[Stigbob]

Only Michael Fish knows for sure !!!

 

[Speedcuffs]

It's just weather.

 

[Arry]

Oh look: Nature is flying in the face of opinion.

 

[Arry]

Only if it hits before October 31st?

 

[Para Handy]

"Met Éireann named Storm Lorenzo on Wednesday morning, (the first named storm of the 2019/2020 season named after the hurricane it started as)"

 

[askavir]

Technically it has reached europe. The azores islands belong to Portugal.

 

[Arry]

"Met Éireann named Storm Lorenzo on Wednesday morning, (the first named storm of the 2019/2020 season named after the hurricane it started as)"

I understand that large storms and potential Hurricanes, are named in alphabetical order. An A to Z of girls names and then an A to Z of boys names.

The rumour is: That it is the storms, that have girls names; do the most damage.

 

[Speedcuffs]

Hurricane Vince hit Spain and Portugal.
I think there was another in the 1800s not sure.

Tail end, yes.
Actual definition, hmm.

 

[Caramel Clown]

Not an expert on a subject, but wouldn't it be too cold up there? It's heat that adds energy to hurricanes. I'd imagine if it had to go through hundreds and thousands of kilometers of very cold air, picking up very cold water from the North Atlantic it would dissipate pretty quickly.

 

[Arry]

It's just weather.

Looking at it, closer. You are right. Winds up to 70mph, we get that all the time. Nothing new really.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

Not so long ago, a hurricane formed alongside the coast of Africa, it quickly raised to Cat5, making him the strongest hurricane ever observed on those latitudes.

It then did something unusual, instead of continuing drifting west, it took a sharp turn to the north east!
Every specialist concurs though, that Lorenzo should not represent any danger for the European continent. Or at least that is what they said until yesterday.
Lorenzo was supposed to loose in intensity while continuing its journey north into colder waters. And while it did decrease in intensity, it reached the Portuguese islands of the Azores while still being a Cat2.

It did seem at first that Lorenzo would then keep going in a straight line up to the arctic where it would die, if anything it would reach the Irish coasts as an extra-tropical storm.

But that was yesterday, and today, this seem to be the picture that is given to us.

As you can see, it does seem as if Lorenzo will reach Ireland, while still being strong enough to be categorized as a hurricane, keep in mind that 2 days ago, Lorenzo was expected to decrease all the way to an extra tropical storm at this point.

Clearly it seems it is no longer the case.

What are your thoughts?

No Hurricane is on the way... all is well.

 

[K M Butler]

Anything from the past would have just been labelled as some variant of "Big-donkeyed storm", and not differentiated from any other major storm. Journalists, even competent ones (possibly extinct), didn't have quite the reach then, to scare people. As weather patterns shift and move over time, (see early settler accounts from Greenland, wine export tallies from now-england sent to Rome, forex), sooner or later it will Europe's turn in the barrel (again). (For grins and winces look up the origins of that expression.)

 

[Patrick_68000]

I understand that large storms and potential Hurricanes, are named in alphabetical order. An A to Z of girls names and then an A to Z of boys names.

The rumour is: That it is the storms, that have girls names; do the most damage.

Why am I not surprised ?

 

[Siobhan]

Won't be the first either. Well, not the first to affect Europe. Ireland at least has encountered the edges of a few in the past... though of course, nothing like what happens further west. It does cause the Irish Sea to be especially fun.